The to find Estonia’s entrant for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest is on as Estonia’s ERR has announced the 20 wildcards will compete in an online voting round in the hopes of participating at the full show next February.
Eesti Laul 2025 wildcards
The 20 wildcards still within contention at competing at next year’s edition of Eesti Laul are:
| Artist | Entry |
| AG & Laura Põldvere | “Pimepäev” |
| Antsud Metal Project | “Ei enam” |
| Bel-Etage Swingorkester | “Mind kõikjal näed” |
| Carol Suurevälja | “Purpose” |
| Cecilia | “Rollercoaster” |
| Ela | “Südamés” |
| Elina Martinson | “Sinitihane” |
| Everfall | “Stories We Hold” |
| Felix Enghult | “More than Innocent” |
| Gerli Padar | “Võõraks jääd” |
| Horror Dance Squad | “The Rebel Reborn” |
| Kozy | “Jääb nii (tahan, et tead)” |
| Marianne Leibur | “Pluto and Mars” |
| Marta Lotta | “Tantsin veel” |
| Merwis | “Aknal langevaid pisaraid” |
| Mick Pedaja | “Sound of Pines” |
| Sarah Murray | “High on Myself” |
| Silver Jusilo | “Turn Back Time” |
| Sten-Olle | “Noorex” |
| Synne Valtri | “Butterflies & Bees” |
You can listen to the songs vie ERR’s website here. In addition to the songs listened above, ERR also released the 117 songs that failed to make it through to the wildcard round of the contest. You can listen to them here.
What’s still to come?
- 6th of January – Online wildcard concludes and the final line-up is announced
- 15th of February – The final of Eesti Laul 2025
What is Eesti Laul?
For over a decade now Eesti Laul has showcased Estonian talent in a multi-stage format to select Estonia’s Eurovision entrant. Traditionally featuring two semi finals and a final, in recent years the show has been adapted year on year to feature (then subsequently remove) quarter finals, and wild card rounds. The winner is typically decided by a hybrid voting of juries and televotes, with superfinal of usually three acts vying for the chance to represent Estonia.
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.
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News Source: ERR
Photo credit: ERR
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