The Estonian Public Television (ERR) has hosted the semifinal of Eesti Laul 2024, the national final that will determine Estonia’s representative in Eurovision 2024. Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets served as hosts at the Tartu University Sports Hall, a sports venue with a capacity for around 2,500 people in the city of Tartu.
Eesti Laul underwent changes this year compared to previous editions, transitioning from two semifinals to just one, where 15 entries competed for the five available spots. The five selected songs join the other five already chosen by an expert jury in the grand final on February 17th, to be held in Tallinn.
Eesti Laul 2024: Semifinal Results
A total of 15 participants made up the lineup for the semifinal, vying for one of the last five spots in the grand final on February 17th. Here are the entries that qualified for the Eesti Laul 2024 final:
FIRST PHASE (Jury + Televote)
- Ewert And The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
- OLLIE – “My Friend”
- 5MIINUST x Puuluup – “(Nendest) Narkootikumidest Ei Tea Me (Küll) Midagi”
SECOND PHASE (Televote)
- Peter Põder – “Korra Veel”
- Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin”
The lineup for the Eesti Laul 2024 final is now complete. Review the participants below.
It will be another month until the grand final of Eesti Laul, set to take place at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn on February 17th, where only one of the ten participating artists will emerge victorious, earning the ticket to Malmö for Eurovision 2024. With the five qualifiers from the semifinal, the lineup for the final has been finalized.
Below is the complete list of entries participating in the Eesti Laul 2024 final on February 17th:
- 5MIINUST x Puuluup – “(Nendest) Narkootikumidest Ei Tea Me (Küll) Midagi”
- Ewert And The Two Dragons – “Hold Me Now”
- Anet Vaikmaa – “Serotoniin”
- Nele-Liis Vaiksoo – “Käte Ümber Jää”
- Brother Apollo – “Bad Boy”
- OLLIE – “My Friend”
- Carlos Ukareda – “Never Growing Up”
- Peter Põder – “Korra Veel”
- Daniel Levi – “Over The Moon”
- Uudo Sepp & Sarah Murray – “Still Love”
Eesti Laul, Estonia’s preselection contest, was established in 2009 to replace the former Eurolaul, which had been unsuccessful in sending any of its winners to the Eurovision final since 2004.
Since its inception, Eesti Laul has stood out for introducing musical styles that had not been represented in other European preselections. In its first edition, winners Sandra Nurmsalu & Urban Symphony with the electropop song “Rändajad” finally broke the streak and secured a 6th place in the Eurovision Grand Final.
Among Estonia’s notable Eurovision entries during the Eesti Laul era are Ott Lepland (2012), Elina Born and Stig Rästa (2015), Elina Nechayeva (2018), and the latest winner, Alika, who achieved an impressive 8th place in the Grand Final held in Liverpool with the song “Bridges.”