5MIINUST x Puuluup performing (nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi for Estonia at the Grand Final at Malmö Arena
Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) announced that 15 of the participants for Eesti Laul 2025 will be revealed on November 4th and 5th, 2024.
The Jury has made their choice!
Last month, broadcaster ERR announced that 175 songs were submitted for the competition. A jury of 34 members then whittled it down to just 15 songs. The jury consisted of artists who have Eurovision experience, including Alika, Jüri Pootsmann, Kohver (5MIINUST), Maian Kärmas, Mihkel Mattisen, Sven Lõhmus and Tanja Mihhailova-Saar.
Speaking about the selection, Eesti Laul producer Riin Vann comments that many of the songs have been awarded points:
We are all the more grateful to them (the jury) for this time and extensive contribution, listening, comparing, and analyzing all the songs in different categories is the work of several days
The 15 participants of Eesti Laul will be revealed in “Ringvaade” on Monday, November 4, with Jüri Pootsmann (Estonia 2016), and on Tuesday, November 5, with Tanja Mihhailova-Saar (Estonia 2014), both of whom were part of the jury selecting the 15 finalists.
The entries of the 15 competing artists can be heard for the first time on the “Start” program on December 6. The 16th contestant will be announced at the beginning of January, and the public can also have a say in this regard.
Estonia’s Eurovision Journey
Estonia has appeared at almost every Eurovision since their debut in 1994. They have won the contest once with Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL in 2001, singing Everybody. Other notable Estonian entrants include 3rd placer Sahlene with Runaway in 2002 and Ines with Once In A Lifetime in 2000, who placed 4th. More recently, their highest-placing entries have been Urban Symphony with Rändajad in 2009 and Ott Lepland with Kuula in 2012, both of which finished in 6th place.
In 2024, Estonia elected to send 5MIINUST and Puuluup through Eesti Laul to the Contest with “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”. They successfully qualified for the final and finshed in 20th place with 37 points. The group finished with 4 points from the juries, and an additional 33 points from the televote.
Who would you like to see at Eesti Laul 2025? Let us know in the comments or on social media! Be sure to follow ‘That Eurovision Site’ on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads and Bluesky for all the latest Eurovision news!
Rory Gannon 
Giwrgos Oiko