As previously reported, Estonia will choose its Eurovision 2025 entry via the traditional selection “Eesti Laul 2025”.
The jury ended up selecting 15 entries for the “Eesti Laul 2025” final. An additional song will be selected by the public.
The 15 chosen songs have been released today:
- An-Marlen – “Külm“ (Eng: Cold)
- Andrei Zevakin ft. Karita – “Ma ei Tea Sind“ (Eng: I Don’t Know You)
- Anna Sahlene – “Love Me Low“
- ANT – “Tomorrow Never Comes“
- Elysa – “The Last to Know“
- FELIN – “Solo Anthem“
- Frants Tikerpuu – “Trouble“
- Gen 98 – “Psycho”
- Janek – “Frozen“
- Joelle – “Eyes Don’t Lie“
- Minimal Wind – “Armageddon“
- Räpina Jack ft. Kaisa Ling – “Tule“ (Eng: Come On)
- Stereo Terror – “Prty Till The End of The World“
- Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato“
- Tuuli Rand – “Rem“
You can find all the songs on ERR digital platform here
Among the participants, we can mention some known faces and names:
- Tuuli Rand participated in Eesti Laul 2021 with the song “Üks öö“. She has also participated in previous editions of the Estonian selection as part of different groups in 2013 (“Ring The Alarm“), 2014 (“Maailm on hull“), 2016 (“Salty Wounds“), and 2019 (“Öhuloss“).
- Anna Sahlene represented Estonia in Eurovision 2002 with “Runaway“, and also competed in Eesti Laul 2022 with “Champion“.
- ANT won the local edition of “Pop Idol”
- An-Marlen competed in Eesti Laul 2022 with “Lõpuks Muutub“
- Elysa competed in Eesti Laul 2015 (“Superlove“) Eesti Laul 2022 (“Fire“) and Eesti Laul 2023 (“Bad Philosophy“).
- Räpina Jack‘s Hain Hoppe participated in “Eesti Laul 2016” as part of “The Jingles” with “Love a Little Bit“
- Minimal Wind competed in Eesti Laul 2022 with the song “What to Make of This“ and ended in 3rd place
- Andrei Zevakin competed in Eesti Laul in 2021 and 2022, as part of duos.
- Frants Tikerpuu competed in Eesti Laul 2022, as part of a duo performing “Laululind“
- Janek competed in Eesti Laul 2023 with “House of Glass.“
- Joelle was part of the Little Mess band, who participated in Eesti Laul 2020 (“Without a Reason“) and 2022 (“Hea päev“).
- FELIN is a Swedish-Finnish singer, who competed in the Finnish national selection in 2010, as part of Sister Twister with the song “Love at First Sight“
“Eesti Laul 2025” – Known Details
- This time, “Eesti Laul” will include one show only. This means the selection won’t feature semi-finals.
- The final will be held on Saturday, the 15th of February 2025.
- A professional committee of 35 members chose 15 songs to participate in the national selection.
- An additional song will be chosen as a wild-card by the public vote. The song will be revealed in January 2025.
- The results of the selection will be determined in 2 rounds:
- The results of the 1st round will be based on a 50% international jury and a 50% public vote. The top 3 songs will qualify for the super-final.
- In the super-final, the results will be based on the public vote only.
5Miinust & Puuluup represented Estonia at Eurovision 2024 with the song “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”.
They finished in 20th place with 37 points
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th and 17th of May 2025
