Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Estonia is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) will organise the national final Eesti Laul 2024 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2024 contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2024
Country Estonia
National selection
Selection processEesti Laul 2024
Selection date(s)
  • Semi-final:
  • 20 January 2024
  • Final:
  • 17 February 2024
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Background
Main article: Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

Prior to the 2024 contest, Estonia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty-eight times since its first entry in 1994, winning the contest in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Estonia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on nine occasions, including in 2023, when "Bridges" performed by Alika placed eighth in the final.[1]

The Estonian national broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eesti Laul competition has been organised since 2009, and on 5 July 2023, ERR announced that it would organise the 2024 edition of the competition, thus confirming its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[2]

Before Eurovision

Eesti Laul 2024

Eesti Laul 2024 is set to be the sixteenth edition of the Estonian national selection Eesti Laul, which will select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. The competition will be held between 20 January and 17 February 2024.[3]

Format

In July 2023, ERR announced their intention to apply changes to the production team of the selection, with Tomi Rahula stepping down from his position as chief producer after five editions, as well as to the format of the competition.[2]

On 15 September 2023, ERR specified the details of the new format. This will include only one semi-final on 20 January 2024 and a final on 17 February 2024. 15 songs will compete in the semi-final and the top five will qualify for the final, joining five automatic qualifiers for a ten-song final. The results of the semi-final will be determined by the combination of votes from a 35 (or more)-member jury and public televoting for the first qualifiers, and a second round of public televoting for the remaining qualifiers. The winning song in the final will also be selected over two rounds of voting: the top songs selected via the combination of a 7 (or more)-member international expert jury and public voting will go through a second round of televoting to determine the winner.[3][4]

Competing entries

A submission window for interested artists was open from 15 September until 23 October 2023, with each applicant being able to submit a maximum of five entries. At least 50% of the artists and/or songwriters for a submission were required to be nationals or residents of Estonia, with a lower fee imposed on Estonian-language songs compared to songs in other languages.[3][4] At the closing of the application period, 215 entries had been received – 88 in Estonian, 126 in English and one in Italian.[5]

15 semi-finalist entries and 5 finalist entries (plus two backups) will be selected by a 35 (or more)-member jury composed both of professionals and non-specialist music listeners, who will not be informed about the identity of the applicants until after the selection has taken place; the names of the jury members will also be disclosed later. Selected artists are set to be announced by 8 November 2023, and their entries by the following 8 December.[3][4][6]

Semi-final

The semi-final is set to take place on 20 January 2024 in Tartu.[6]

Final

The final is set to take place on 17 February 2024 in Tallinn.[6]

References
  1. "Estonia". Eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  2. Kaldoja, Kerttu (5 July 2023). "Eesti Laul läbib uuenduskuuri" [Eesti Laul is undergoing a renewal]. err.ee (in Estonian). ERR. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  3. Carabaña Menéndez, Hugo (15 September 2023). "Estonia arranca la búsqueda para Malmö: presentado el Eesti Laul 2024 con una sola semifinal y la final el 17 de febrero" [Estonia starts the search for Malmö: Eesti Laul 2024 has been presented, with a single semi-final and the final on February 17]. ESCPlus (in European Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2023.
  4. "In English". err.ee. ERR. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  5. Farren, Neil (23 October 2023). "Estonia: 215 Songs Submitted for Eesti Laul 2024". Eurovoix. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  6. Adams, William Lee (16 September 2023). "Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 slashes second semi-final and will include 'ordinary people' on selection jury". Wiwibloggs. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
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