Following their participation at Junior Eurovision 2024 in Madrid, we have our first withdrawal from Junior Eurovision, as it has been revealed that Estonia will not be participating in Junior Eurovision 2025.
Budget cuts at ERR
Yesterday, the Estonian Public Broadcasting Council held a meeting where ERR’s budget for 2025 was approved, where it was revealed that the impact of VAT increase, alongside inflation meant that the broadcaster have had to cut back €2 Million when preparing its budget.
This meant that ERR had to make cuts in all of its programming, which even included the reduction of Eesti Laul 2025 to just a final, rather than having a Semi-Final and a Grand Final. With this, it was ultimately decided that Estonia will not be participating in Junior Eurovision 2025.
Estonia’s Junior Eurovision Journey
Estonia debuted at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2023. The Baltic nation was represented by Arhanna in Nice, France with the song “Hoiame Kokku”. At the close of voting in Nice, Arhanna received 49 points in total. Estonia gained 6 points from the national juries, while getting 43 points from the online voting, ultimately scoring 15th overall in their debut.
The next year, Annabelle represented Estonia with her song “Tänavad”. She beat Estonia’s previous result by one place, reaching 14th overall with 14 points from the jury and 41 from the online vote.
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News Source: ERR
Photo Credit: Corinne Cumming/EBU
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