The bands both formed with eachother especially for their Eurovision entry. Their song won the superfinal with the help of the televoters! They will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in malmö with ” “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”. They will compete in the second semi final on may 9th.
Tonight the semifinal of Eesti Laul, the Estonian national final, will be held. Out of 15 songs, 5 will head to the final after two rounds of voting. The first round is 50% jury 50% televoting, the second round is televoting only. The show starts at 18.15 CET and you can watch it here. The 15 entries are: 5miinust &Jak sing “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” Inga sings “No dog no leash” Ollie sings “My friend” Yonna sings “I don’t know about you” Peter Põder sings “Korra veel” Cartoon & Ewert Sundja sing “Oblivion” Traffic sings “Wunderbar” Ingmar sings “Dreaming” Anet Vaikmaa sings “Serotoniin” Laura sings “Here’s where I draw the line” Sofia Rubina sings “Be good” Antsud sings “Velevaim” Silver Jusilo sings “Lately” Cecilia sings “FOMO” Ewert and the two Dragons sing “Hold me now”  Inga took part in 2019 (5th), 2020 (semifinal), 2022 (as a member of DeLulu, semifinal)Ollie was runner up in 2023.Yonna took part in 2019 and reached the 2nd chance round.Peter Põder participated in 2022 (semifinal).Cartoon was 3rd in 2016.Ewert Sundja was present in 2004.Traffic took part in 2008 (6th), 2009 (2nd), 2012 (3rd), 2014 (3rd), 2020 (5th) and 2022 (semifinal).Laura represented Estonia in 2005 with Suntribe and the song “Let’s get loud”, and in 2017 together with Koit Toome with “Verona”. Besides she took part in the national selection in 2007 (3rd), 2009 (3rd), 2016 (2nd), 2020 (11th).Sofia Rubina was present in 2006 (7th), 2011 (7th), 2019 (2nd chance round). Antsud reached the 2nd chance round in (2017).Silver Jusilo performed in the 2022 semifinal. Suntribe (2005) with Laura Põldvere. Laura with Koit Toome in 2017.
Photo by Mats Oun Alika has won Eesti Laul 2023, and will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest with her song “Bridges”!  She went on the Superfinal, together with the rockband Bedwetters, and Ollie. In the end it was between Alika and Ollie, where she took eventual the victory. Eurovision winner Duncan Laurence has reacted to “Bridges”, and called it superstar quality. You can see the Eesti Laul performance right over here: We will see Alika in the Second Semi Final on May 11th. Â
Tonight is the night: Estonia will make a decision about who is going to Liverpool. Out of 10 songs, 5 will be chosen to go to the final: four of them by a 50/50 jury-televoting. After that, one more song will be chosen by televoting only. The show will be aired on ETV at 18:30 CET and you can watch it here. The contestants are: 1 Meelik Tuju 2 Inger Awaiting you 3 Janek House of glass 4 Elysa Bad philosophy 5 M Els So good (at what you do) 6 The Bedwetters Monsters 7 Andreas Why do you love me? 8 Alika Bridges 9 Anett & Fredi You need to move on 10 Ollie Venom 11 MIA Üks samm korraga 12 Sissi Lighthouse Meelik was a member of Tenfold Rabbit, who took part in 2012 (3rd) and 2013 (semifinal)Inger became 6th in Eesti Laul in 2019 and 8th in 2020.Elysa was 3rd in Eesti Laul last year.Karl-Kristjan Kingi (The Bedwetters) took part in 2017 (4th) and 2018 (5th)Annett & Fredi took part in 2020 and became 3rd.Mia took part in the semifinal of Eesti Laul 2012Sissi was present in 2019 (4th) and 2021 (2nd).