Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011
Country  Estonia
National selection
Selection process Eesti Laul 2011
Selection date(s) Semi-finals:
12 February 2011
19 February 2011
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Final:
26 February 2011
100% Televoting
Selected entrant Getter Jaani
Selected song "Rockefeller Street"
Finals performance
Semi-final result Qualified (9th, 60 points)
Final result 24th, 44 points
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Eesti Laul 2011, organised by Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR).

Eesti Laul 2011

Logo of Eesti laul 2011

On 19 October, Estonian national broadcaster announced the kick off of Eesti Laul 2011 through which the country will select the 2011 Eurovision entry and singer. The show will take place in February and will have two semi-finals with ten songs each. Five from each semi-final will advance to the final. The 20 songs for the semi-finals will be decided by a jury and the ten to the final will come out from jury and televoting. In the final there will be a second part between two super finalists the winner of which will be decided by 100% televoting.[1][2] Like in 2010, the show will be hosted by Ott Sepp & Märt Avandi.[3] On 13 December, ERR announced that they received 140 songs, 15 fewer than 2010.[4]

On 20 December, ERR announced that Janne Saar has been disqualified because her song "Meeting the Wolf" was published before 1 September. Tiiu Kiik, who already participated in Eesti Laul 2010, fills the gap with the entry "Second chance".[5]

Just three Days later, ERR announced that the song "Ilusad inimesed" from Laika Virgin feat. Fredy Schmidt is also disqualified because it was published before 1 September. It was replaced by Meister ja Mari with their song "Unemati".[6]

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

The first semi-final was held on 12 February, presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. Five songs chosen by a joint televoting and jury decision qualified for the final on 26 February. The televote in the first semi-final registered 22,499 votes.[7][8]

Semi-final 1–12 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Author(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Marilyn Jurman & Karl Kanter "Veel on aega" Marilyn Jurman & Karl Kanter (m & l) 1 603 2 3 10
2 ELMAYONESA "Kes ei tantsi, on politsei" Nicolas Behler, Nora Reitel, Helen Heinmäe 2 2,325 6 8 7
3 Victoria "Baby Had You" Viktoriya Suslova, Sten Pulkkanen (m & l) 8 1,939 4 12 5
4 Noorkuu "Be My Saturday Night" Mart Vainu (m & l) 5 2,381 7 12 3
5 Jana Kask "Don't Want Anything" Jakko Maltis, Jana Kask (m & l) 7 2,222 5 12 4
6 Kait Tamra "Lubadus" Kait Tamra (m & l) 4 1,359 3 7 8
7 Ans. Andur "Lapsed ja lennukid" Madis Aesma, Mihkel Kirss, Gert Pajuväli, Madis Kriss (m & l) 6 343 1 7 9
8 Meister ja Mari "Unemati" Mari Meentalo 3 2,444 8 11 6
9 Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" Sven Lõhmus (m & l) 9 5,857 10 19 1
10 Outloudz "I Wanna Meet Bob Dylan" Stig Rästa, Fred Krieger (m & l) 10 3,026 9 19 2

Semi-final 2

The second semi-final was held on 19 February, presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. 10 songs were originally to compete, however "Jagatud öö" by Uku Suviste, originally to be performed 6th, was disqualified after it was revealed that the lyrics to the song were already used in another song released in 2004.[9] 9 songs remained to compete for 5 places in the final, decided by a joint decision of televoting and jury voting. The televote in the second semi-final registered 13,070 votes.[8][10]

Semi-final 2–19 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Author(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Sõpruse puiestee & Merili Varik "Rahu, ainult rahu" Allan Vainola, Mait Vaik (m & l) 2 1,328 6 8 6
2 Shirubi Ikazuchi "St. Cabah" Silvi Pilt (m & l) 3 403 3 6 7
3 Sofia Rubina "My Melody" Sofia Rubina, Talis Paide (m & l) 4 203 2 6 8
4 Mimicry "The Storm" Paul Lepasson, Timmo Linnas, Kene Vernik, Jaanus Telvar (m & l) 7 547 4 11 4
5 Orelipoiss "Valss" Jaan Pehk (m & l) 9 1,953 8 17 1
6 Tiiu Kiik "Second Chance" Tiiu Kiik (m & l) 1 197 1 2 9
7 MID "Smile" Markus Robam (m & l) 8 1,403 7 15 3
8 Ithaka Maria "Hopa'pa-rei!" Ithaka Maria Rahula, Peeter Pruuli (m & l) 6 5,751 9 15 2
9 Rolf Junior "All & Now" Rolf Roosalu, Liis Lass (m & l) 5 1,285 5 10 5

Final

The final of Eesti Laul 2011 was held on 26 February, presented by Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa and Ott Sepp. Televoting and jury voting selected two songs from the 10 semi-final qualifiers to qualify for the super-final, where the winner of Eesti Laul 2011 was decided by televoting alone.[11]

Outloudz and Getter Jaani were chosen by the televoting public and jury voting to take part in the super-final. In the first round of voting, the televote registered 63,190 votes. Getter Jaani performing the song "Rockefeller Street" was declared the winner after getting 62% of the super-final televote which registered 45,325 votes.[8][12]

Final - 26 February 2011
Draw Artist Song Author(s) Jury Televote Total Place
1 Ithaka Maria "Hopa'pa-rei!" Ithaka Maria Rahula, Peeter Pruuli (m & l) 3 12,069 9 12 5
2 Rolf Junior "All & Now" Rolf Roosalu, Liis Lass (m & l) 6 1,548 2 8 8
3 Orelipoiss "Valss" Jaan Pehk (m & l) 10 5,441 6 16 3
4 Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" Sven Lõhmus (m & l) 7 15,679 10 17 1
5 Jana Kask "Don't Want Anything" Jakko Maltis, Jana Kask (m & l) 8 3,364 5 13 4
6 MID "Smile" Markus Robam (m & l) 5 3,264 4 9 7
7 Outloudz "I Wanna Meet Bob Dylan" Stig Rästa, Fred Krieger (m & l) 9 10,747 8 17 2
8 Mimicry "The Storm" Paul Lepasson, Timmo Linnas, Kene Vernik, Jaanus Telvar (m & l) 2 885 1 3 10
9 Noorkuu "Be My Saturday Night" Mart Vainu (m & l) 1 3,121 3 4 9
10 Victoria "Baby Had You" Viktoriya Suslova, Sten Pulkkanen (m & l) 4 7,072 7 11 6

Jury Points

Artist Jury Voting Total Points
Jaanus
Nőgisto		 Iiris
Vesik		 Erik
Morna		 Veronika
Portsmuth		 Chalice Kristo
Rajasaare		 Hannaliisa
Uusmaa		 Siim
Nestor		 Peeter
Vähi		 Helen
Sildna		 Ott
Lepland
Ithaka Maria 4 4 3 9 6 2 3 5 6 5 5 52 3
Rolf Junior 8 7 7 1 2 4 8 9 5 8 8 67 6
Orelipoiss 1 5 10 10 10 9 9 10 1 9 7 81 10
Getter Jaani 9 9 6 5 3 5 4 8 10 3 6 68 7
Jana Kask 6 6 5 6 9 3 10 7 9 4 9 74 8
MID 3 1 9 7 8 10 7 4 2 7 4 62 5
Outloudz 10 10 8 8 7 7 5 6 4 6 10 81 9
Mimicry 5 3 1 4 4 6 2 2 3 1 1 32 2
Noorkuu 7 2 2 3 1 1 1 3 7 2 2 31 1
Victoria 2 8 4 2 5 8 6 1 8 10 3 57 4

Superfinal

Super Final
Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
Outloudz "I Wanna Meet Bob Dylan" Stig Rästa, Fred Krieger (m & l) 17 223 (38%) 2
Getter Jaani "Rockefeller Street" Sven Lõhmus (m & l) 28 102 (62%) 1

At Eurovision

Estonia began their Eurovision campaign with selecting Getter Jaani with "Rockefeller Street" as the Estonian representative for 2011. Before the start of the contest, Estonia were ranked second by bookmakers to win the contest and they consistently did this until the final. Estonia competed in the second semi final on 12 May 2011, in position 15. Estonia qualified to the final achieved 9th place and 60 points in the second semi-final. Estonia was drawn to perform 8th in the final on 14 May 2011, achieving 44 points and placing 24th.

Points Awarded by Estonia[13]

Semi-final 2

12 points Sweden
10 points Denmark
8 points Latvia
7 points Ukraine
6 points Romania
5 points Slovenia
4 points Belarus
3 points Ireland
2 points Austria
1 point Belgium

Final

12 points Sweden
10 points Denmark
8 points Azerbaijan
7 points Finland
6 points Italy
5 points Russia
4 points Spain
3 points Georgia
2 points Slovenia
1 point Romania

Points Awarded to Estonia (Semi-Final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Ireland
  •  Latvia
  •  Ukraine
  •  Belgium
  •  Sweden
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Austria
  •  Israel
  •  Bulgaria
  •  France
  •  Denmark
  •  Belarus
Points Awarded to Estonia (Final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
  •  Finland
  •  Ireland
  •  Lithuania
  •  Moldova
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
  •  Israel
  •  Latvia
  •  Belgium
  •  Denmark
  •  Norway
  •  Ukraine

See also

References

  1. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2010-10-19). "Estonia goes big with selection in 2011". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  2. ↑ Al Kaziri, Ghassan (2010-10-19). "ESTONIA - ERR kicks off 2011 quest". Oikotimes.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  3. ↑ Hondal, Victor (2010-12-10). "Estonia: Ott Sepp & Märt Avandi, hosts of Eesti Laul 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
  4. ↑ Hondal, Victor (2010-12-13). "Estonia: 140 songs submitted for Eesti Laul 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-12-13.
  5. ↑ Hondal, Victor (2010-12-20). "Estonia: Janne Saar disqualified from Eesti Laul 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  6. ↑ Hondal, Victor (2010-12-23). "Estonia: One more disqualification in Eesti Laul 2011". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-12-23.
  7. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2011-02-12). "Estonia gets first ever semi-final winners". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 "Poolfinaalide ja finaali statistika" (in Estonian). Eesti Rahvusringhääling. 2011-03-01. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  9. ↑ Hondal, Victor (15 February 2011). "Disqualification in Eesti Laul 2011". ESCToday. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  10. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2011-02-19). "Estonia picks last finalists, completes final lineup". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 19 February 2011.
  11. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2011-02-26). "Estonia: Amazing race ahead". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  12. ↑ Siim, Jarmo (2011-02-26). "Estonian victory goes to Getter Jaani". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
  13. ↑ Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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