The 24 competing songs for Eesti Laul 2021 were released back in December. Now, Estonia’s ERR has published the running order for both semi-finals.
This also means that we now know which acts will perform in which semi-final.
Eurovision 2014 singer Tanja will open the entire selection, performing first in semi-final one on 18 February. Other big names in this heat include Egert Milder and two-time Eurovision star Koit Toome. Ivo Linna, another song contest alum, will close the evening alongside Robert Linna and Supernova.
Semi-final two kicks off on 20 February with two firm fan favourites — Sissi followed by Gram-Of-Fun. Eesti Laul 2020 winner Uku Suviste can also be found here, as can Jüri Pootsmann. The problematic Alabama Watchdog are set to perform tenth. Suured Tüdrukud have secured the last slot in the running order.
As in previous years, six acts will progress from each semi. The first four will be determined by a mixture of public and jury vote while the fifth and sixth place qualifiers will be chosen solely by the public in a second round of voting.
The grand final will take place on 6 March. Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets will host all three shows.
Eesti Laul 2021 running order
Semi-final one
- Tanja: “Best Night Ever”
- Hans Nayna: “One By One
- Wiiralt: “Tuuled”
- Kea: “Hypnotized”
- Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto: “Wingman”
- Karl Killing: “Kiss Me”
- Nika Marula: “Calm Down”
- Egert Milder: “Free Again”
- Tuuli Rand: “Üks öö”
- Koit Toome: “We Could Have Been Beautiful”
- Kristin Kalnapenk: “Find A Way”
- Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova: “Ma olen siin”
Semi-final two
- Sissi: “Time”
- Gram-Of-Fun: “Lost In A Dance”
- Kadri Voorand: “Energy”
- Helen: “Nii kõrgele”
- Redel: “Tartu”
- Rahel: “Sunday Night”
- Uku Haasma: “Kaos”
- Heleza: “6”
- Uku Suviste: “The Lucky One”
- Alabama Watchdog: “Alabama Watchdog”
- Jüri Pootsmann: “Magus melanhoolia”
- Suured Tüdrukud: “Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight”
What do you make of the running order? Where are your favourites? Let us know below.
There’s actually a good few songs I like this year (at least in the snippets I heard)
Karl killing – kiss me
Koite Toome – we could have been beautiful
Uku suviste – the lucky one (much better than last year
And juri’s song.
There’s some other alright ones but these are my main picks.
Eesti laul is strong this year.
Oh, the producers killing Gram of Fun chances. Okey… Hope the running order doesn’t affect that much
Can’t wait for the wiwibloggs reactions to Eesti Laul semifinalists! One of my favorite things to look forward to every year!!!
The Lucky One for the win pls
I am 99% sure that Ivo Linna will advance from the first semi-final. Estonian song, TV viewers like it, the jury does not leave Ivo without high points.
Egert Milder and Koit Toome will also advance from the 1st semi-final, the other 3 finalists will already depend on the stage numbers.
In the 2nd semifinal, Kadri Voorand gets high points from the jury, but how do TV viewers vote for the song? Uku Suviste, Jüri Pootsmann, Suured Tüdrukud will get the final with almost 100% probability.
That’s an excellent line-up. Well done Estonia. 🙂
This should be very exciting, as long as everyone is safe and well.
SF1 finishes strongly! A lot of my favourites are there.
These are my favorites:
I found it so funny , one of the other Eurovision devoted sites had published the same article . And they translated the Estonian language songs to english and it then read :
Uku Summer : The lucky one
Second semi – I have 5 song that I love: +Helen has nice song)
Sissi: “Time”
Helen: “Nii kõrgele”
Heleza: “6”
Uku Suviste: “The Lucky One”
Alabama Watchdog: “Alabama Watchdog”
Jüri Pootsmann: “Magus melanhoolia”
Agree , semi 1 is the tougher one
But glad heleza and gram of fun are in semi 2
Semi 1 for me is too hard, I have 8 song that I love …
Hans Nayna: “One By One
Kea: “Hypnotized”
Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto: “Wingman”
Karl Killing: “Kiss Me”
Nika Marula: “Calm Down”
Egert Milder: “Free Again”
Koit Toome: “We Could Have Been Beautiful”
Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova: “Ma olen siin”
Why is “Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight” the LAST song in Semifinal 2? The lyrics literally say, “This’ll be one hell of a show,” and “So let’s get on with the show.”
It makes way more sense to start the show with it.
They will stay in semi still so Eesti Laul producers dont care
Kaire vilgats and Dagmar Oja aka Suured Tüdrukud are very popular background singers in Estonia and I am sure that they will reach the finals, especially with the votes of the jury.
Of cource everyone can made it, but this year is Eesti Laul strong in my opinion. So u never know.
wdym? Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight for the win!
Heleza!!!
Go ‘problematic!’ Alabama 😀
They are the best!
I’m happy Nika got a good spot, was worried she wasn’t gonna qualify. I hope she does
Reminder that Verona performed second in 2017… and won. In 2016 Jüri Pootsmann performed second in his semi and also won. Kerli was also second in her semi and Uku performed 3rd last year in his semi.
Running order means absolutely nothing in Eesti Laul, so calm down before you comment about who is being sabotaged etc. 🙂
bad spot for Wingman and Lost in A Dance 🙁
Both Verona and Play won from the 2nd place, and Uku won from 3rd. Running order means nothing.
Maybe they’ll get a better spot in the final? I hope they win (if not then Juri or Wingman) but I think that Uku will take it… For me Uku’s songs is miles better than last year but is still just ok as a song for me personally.
Great place for Juri. I hope he can pull through and win this, but I am kind of already accepting of the fact that it will 99% probably go to Uku (Suviste not Haasma).
same, it’s so sad really that nobody else stands a chance in the voting system as it is. There’s literally 1% chance that anybody else wins