🇪🇪 Estonia: Eesti Laul 2026 Line-Up Complete

The twelve acts competing to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 have been announced.

ERR has completed the reveal of the artists that will compete in Eesti Laul 2026. The reveal took place on tonight on Ringvaade on ETV, following the first six artists reveal yesterday evening. The next six singers artists this evening are:

ANT x Minimal Wind – “Wounds (Don’t Wanna Fall)”
Clicherik & Mäx – “Jolly Roger”
Getter Jaani – “The Game”
Laura Prits – “Warrior”
Robert Linna – “Wild Rose”
Stockholm Cowboys – Stig Rästa, Victor Crone  – “Last Man Standing”

Among the artists are three past Eurovision participants. Getter Jaani who represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with “Rockefeller Street”, she finished 24th with 44 points in the final. Stig Rästa who represented Estonia in 2015 alongside Elina Born with “Goodbye to Yesterday” placing 7th, and Vicor Crone who competed in 2019 with “Storm” placing 20th with 76 points.

The six artists who were announced as competing yesterday evening were:

NOËP – “Days like this”
Grete Paia – “Taevas jäi üles” (The sky remains above)
Marta Pikani – “Kell kuus” (At six o’clock)
Ollie – “Slave”
Uliana Olhyna – “Rhythm of Nature”
Vanilla Ninja – “Too Epic to Be True”

The 12 competing songs were selected by a jury of experts, including music professionals and ordinary people of various ages. In total, at least 25 members evaluated the songs blindly, without knowing the names of the writers or artists. The songs will released on December 4.

Eesti Laul 2026 will be held on February 14 in the Unibet Arena in Tallinn. As in previous years, the winner will be determined in two rounds. In the first round, three songs will be selected through a combination of jury voting and televote. In the superfinal, the winner will be chosen solely by televote. The jury for the final will consist of at least seven members, including international music experts actively involved in the making, publishing, or teaching of pop music.

Karl-Erik Taukar and Korea will host Eesti Laul 2026. Both presenters have competed in and hosted Eesti Laul before. Karl-Erik competed in Eesti Laul 2015 with “Päev korraga”, which failed to qualify from the first semi-final. He then returned to host the contest in 2019 and 2020. Korea won Eesti Laul 2024 as part of 5Miinust x Puuluup and represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”. This year, he hosted Eesti Laul alongside Ines, who represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000.

Estonia finished 3rd in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, the country’s best result since the 2002 contest in Tallinn. Tommy Cash performed “Espresso Macchiato” and scored 356 points, including 12 points from the public in Armenia, Croatia, Latvia, Malta and Serbia.

Image Source: Eurovision.tv – Andres Putting | Source: ERR

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 nine out of fourteen attempts.

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