Just four percentage points covered the top three of Eesti Laul 2026, with all three super finalists receiving over 30% of the votes cast.

The Superfinal of Eesti Laul 2026 was one of the closest results in recent national selection history, with all of the top three covered by less than 5 percentage points. In the end the winner was determined by a difference of 3 percentage points, with Vanilla Ninja narrowly beating NOËP to victory.

ArtistSongResultNOËP“Days Like This”32%Ollie“Slave”31%Vanilla Ninja“Too Epic to Be True”35%

The full results of Eesti Laul 2026 will be revealed by ERR in the coming days.

A total of 12 artists competed in the final of Eesti Laul 2026. The results were decided over two rounds of voting. In the first round, an international jury (50%) and public voting (50%) chose three songs to advance to the superfinal. The jurors were:

Renato Milone (Italy) – Producer, composer and sound engineer
Linnea Deb (Sweden) – Songwriter for nine entries at the Eurovision Song Contest including 2015 winner “Heroes”
Paul Jordan (United Kingdom) – Eurovision expert
Rosa Linn (Armenia) – Represented Armenia at Eurovision 2022 with “Snap”, going on to have a viral hit with the song
Andrea Stople (United States) – Singer and songwriter
Kevin Hughes (United Kingdom) – Music and pop culture expert, currently a radio presenter on Heart Radio
Maria Faust (Estonia) – Composer and saxophonist

The results of the first round were:

ArtistSongJury PointsTelevote PointsResultClicherik & Mäx“Jolly Roger”47117thRobert Linna“Metsik roos” (Wild rose)51611thGrete Paia“Taevas jäi üles”16710thLaura Prits“Warrior”6289thUliana Olhyna“Rhythm of Nature”3588thOllie“Slave”12UnknownUnknown1stMarta Pikani“Kell kuus”23512thNOËP“Days Like This”9UnknownUnknownSuperfinalistGetter Jaani“The Game”89175thANT x Minimal Wind“Wounds (Don’t Wanna Fall)”104146thVanilla Ninja“Too Epic to Be True”71219SuperfinalistStockholm Cowboys“Last Man Standing”118194th

Vanilla Ninja will perform “Too Epic to Be True” in the second half of the first semi-final on May 12. They will return to the Eurovision Song Contest having represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Source: ERR

Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest+

Estonia debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 alongside six other countries. At the contest in Dublin, they were represented by Silvi Vrait, who finished second last, scoring just 2 points. In 2001, Estonia won the Eurovision Song Contest for the only time to date. They were represented by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL, who performed the song “Everybody” and took a surprise victory in Copenhagen. After the success of the late-90s and early 00s, Estonia failed to qualify for the final from 2004-2008. In 2009, Estonia launched a new selection show, Eesti Laul, and has since qualified for the final on 11 out of 16 attempts.