Unlike last year — when Estonia had two semi-finals — this year there will only be one. The preliminary event will take place on January 20 in the city of Tartu.
And we now know which 15 acts will contest it.
Following the submission period, a “broad-based jury” consisting of 41 people selected 20 songs: 5 which have automatically qualified for the final and 15 more who will sing it out in the semi-final.
We’ll have to wait until 7 November for ERR to reveal the five automatic qualifiers, which it’ll do on the tv show Ringvaade.
But for now we do have the semi-finalists. Among them is OLLIE, who placed second in last year’s competition with his number “Venom.”
Estonia: Eesti Laul 2024 reveals the 15 semi-finalists
5miinust ja Puuluup “(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi”, autorid Põhja Korea, kohver, Lancelot, Päevakoer, Marko Veisson, Ramo Teder, Kim Wennerström
Anet Vaikmaa “Serotoniin”, autor Sven Lõhmus
Antsud “Vetevaim”, autorid Aile Alveus, Antsud
Cecilia “FOMO”, autorid Cecilia-Martina Mägi, Sander Sadam, Liis Hainla
Ewert and The Two Dragons “Hold Me Now”, autorid Ewert Sundja, Erki Pärnoja, Ivo Etti, Kristjan Kallas
Inga “No Dog On a Leash”, autorid Inga Tislar, Markus Palo
Ingmar “Dreaming”, autor Ingmar Erik Kiviloo
Laura “Here’s Where I Draw the Line”, autorid Laura Põldvere, Johannes Lõhmus
Multikas, Ewert Sundja “Oblivion”, autorid Joosep Järvesaar, Hugo Martin Maasikas, Ewert Sundja
Ollie “My Friend”, autor Oliver Mazurtšak
Peter Põder “Korra veel”, autor Peter Põder
Silver Jusilo “Lately”, autorid Silver Jusilo, Markus Palo
Sofia Rubina “Be Good”, autorid Jason Hunter, Robert Stanley Montes, Renae Rain
Traffic “Wunderbar”, autorid Stig Rästa, Silver Laas
Yonna “I Don’t Know About You”, autorid Johanna Eendra, Jakob Kaarma, Semjon Greef
Which names excite you the most so far? And who do you hope has automatically qualified?