You learned the names 15 of the 16 Eesti Laul finalists back in November. And now, as we rush head long toward Christmas, their songs have finally dropped. You can listen to them below. Scroll down for the songwriting credits.
The following songs were selected by a jury consisting of 34 musical professionals. The 16th act will be chosen by the public in an online vote conducted by Radio 2 in January. Unlike in previous years, Eesti Laul 2025 will consist of just one show — the grand final. It takes place on February 15 in Tallinn.
In a familiar format, the voting in the final will be spread over two rounds. During the first round, both the public and a professional jury will vote. The top three will then advance to the superfinal where the public has the final say.
Estonia: 15 Eesti Laul songs revealed
- An-Marlen – “Külm”
- Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita – “Ma ei tea sind”
- Anna Sahlene – “Love Me Low”
- Ant – “Tomorrow Never Comes”
- Elysa – “The Last To Know”
- Felin – “Solo Anthem”
- Frants Tikerpuu – “Trouble”
- Gem98 – “Psycho”
- Janek – “Frozen”
- Joelle – “Eyes Don’t Lie”
- Minimal Wind – “Armageddon”
- Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling – “Tule”
- Stereo Terror – “Prty Till the End of the World”
- Tommy Cash – “Espresso Macchiato”
- Tuuli Rand – “Rem”
- An-Marlen with “Külm.” (Frederik Mustonen, Ingel Marlen Mikk, Maria Vainumägi).
- Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita with “I don’t know you” (Andrei Zevakin, Liina Ariadne Pedanik, Martti Hallik
- Anna Sahlene with “Love Me Low.” (David Lindgren Zahcarias, Bobby Ljunggren, Michaela Stridbeck, Anna Sahlin, Dagmar Oja, Kaire Vilgats).
- ANT with “Tomorrow Never Comes.” (Ant Nurhan, Kim Wennerström, Merili Käsper).
- ELYSA with “The Last to Know.” (Simon Peyron, Angelino Markenhorn, Julie Aagaard, Elisa Kolk).
- FELIN with “Solo Anthem.” (Paul Rey, Gevin Niglas, Johanna Ekholm, Elin Blom Etoall)
- Frants Tikerpuu with “Trouble” (Frants Tikerpuu)
- Gem98 with “Psycho” (Richard Sepajõe, Gevin Niglas, Karl Birnbaum, Frederik Küüts)
- Janek with “Frozen” (Janek Valgepea, Kjetil Mørland)
- Joelle with “Eyes Don’t Lie” (Timo Vendt, Johanna-Elise Kabe)
- Minimal Wind with “Armageddon” (Elisabeth Tiffany Lepik, Taavi-Hans Kõlar, Paula Pajusaar, Velle Tamme, Robin Kiisholts, Katri Merily Reimand)
- Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling with “Tule.” (Kill Kaare, Kaisa Ling).
- Stereo Terror with “Prty Till the End of the World.” (Lauri Hämäläinen, Heigo Anto).
- Tommy Cash with “Espresso Macchiato” (Tommy Cash, Johannes Naukkarinen)
- Tuuli Rand with “Rem.” (Tuuli Rand, Cecilia Martina Mägi, Sander Sadam).
Somebody please share about lyric three in Tule, all words start with letter L, that’s sounds so special for real.
And then you have five out of six words starting with letter M in one lyric, then four out of five words starting with letter V in another one or four out of four starting with letter K.
Jehhee he-ahoo, SO interesting!
Music really loves the Estonian language.
It’s crazy how much Eesti Laul hit the spot for me this year. I really dig 4 of these songs and I can’t decide who is my winner out of them, the ranking changes depending on my mood, all of these are ridiculously good in my opinion:
-ANT – Tomorrow Never Comes
-ELYSA – The Last to Know
-Minimal Wind – Armageddon
-An-Marlen – Külm (I’m especially excited to see this one live, as I think An-Marlen was quite underrated in 2022)
I’ve only just discovered Tommy. With kaarija co-writer and the arty setting they are constantly learning as a team and growing every year. This year i believe they’ll stage this perfect. Combination of crazy kaarija but technical nemo and combine to woo crowds and jury combined
Pretty damn good selection of songs: if Live they match the quality, cuddos to Estonia!
Estonia in my opinion really only has three options, overall aight selection tho:
Issue is, Cash is gonna get killed by the juries at eurovision and the other two likely by the televote. Especially Janek, really giving Sweden 2018 vibes.
And come on people goin for Anna…. I was listening and my immediate reaction was: “What kinda Swedish schlager melfest reject is this?”. Then I saw the songwriters, explained it all.
Külm is on repeat! As for the overall impression not my favorite selection which is a shame I always liked eesti laul …
I don’t like any of these. I think Anna Sahlene will win.
Not too excited about this selection, I’m afraid. Tuuli Rand “REM” is the best.
First of all: I’m impressed with the effort of all the artists in making a music video! Well done! My favourites are Janek, Tommy Cash, ANT and An-Marlen. Who has the biggest potential to do well? Depends on if there are other entries in the same segment. Tommy Cash will do VERY well in the televoting but not with the juries. Janek could with good live vocals be in the top 5 with both of them? Good luck, Estonia!
When i opened this article i came straight here to the comment section to see which songs are the most popular and which one to listen to first, but damn..everyone is speaking for different ones and there is not consensus about the best ones! Which means only one thing – this selection is top quallity and there is no favourites cuz there is lot of great songs!
Time to listen them all pals 🙂
just take it seriously and send Anna Sahlene her banger
I absolutely love the Tule song, that Western dreamy vibe is wowza.
A strong selection overall. Around 10 songs here are good. My winner is Janek with Frozen, but Tommy Cash with Espresso Macchiato is also the right choice for Eurovision, as it’s perhaps the catchiest song in any NF yet. I also really, really like Ant’s Tomorrow Never Comes!
I was thinking that there were a lot of R&B and generic pop song type entries. I liked
– Felin: Solo Anthem
– Tommy Cash: Espresso Macchiato
– Frants Tikerpuu: Trouble
– Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling: Tule
– Stereo Terror: Prty Till the End of the World
Not necessarily Worlds best songs but memorable.
Espresso Macchiato is plagiarism lol, we no speak americano copycat
You refer to Bebe Lilly?
they have something ridiculously special on their hands with külm. not trying to be hyperbolic but might be one of my favourite eurovision songs ever if they choose it.
I agree
100% agree. It’s giving “Randajad” vibes. Timeless.
thats a bit of a stretch. Nothing will ever stand close to Rändajad
Absolutely it has to win. Could be such a moment at eurovision
We know Estonians never send the best songs in their national final lol
Ikr the only way one I get “winner vibes” from …
the only ones i like are Felin Frants and Joelle
I don’t care about what people say. Tommy Cash wanted to do something different from what he usually does and delivered. If he goes to Basel, he’ll be a worthy successor of Käärijä, Joost and Baby Lasagna.
That’s explains why I hated it… it’s another gimmick! (No shade for the artist tho)
Anna Sahlene winning this yup yup
Love me Low what a bop, melfest vibes yassss
my top 2 (after one hearing) are:
Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling – Tule (a really good ethno duet)
Elysa – The Last to Know (sweet ballad with special haunting voice)
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further i think that mister cash trys trolling eesti laul.
Ok I heard all the songs, Eesti Laul is strong this year! I have an absolute favorite but there are several options for Estonia imo, my fav is Janek, I love it and I can see this song doing very well in Eurovision.
Anna Sahlene’s song is great too. Elysa and ANT got totally my attention too. Tommy Cash was fun, his song is catchy.
So I would choose Janek absolutely, but I would be happy with Elysa, Tommy or ANT too.
Good selection Estonia! Good luck!
…and with Anna too.
What’s interesting about Janek’s “Frozen” is that this is the most effortless sounding song in the Eesti Laul selection, but it has by far the most challenging vocal to sing live. That’s because the melodies are written so clearly over the break in Janek’s voice, so it puts pressure on the vocal to deliver the song. I find the music is hiding a poignant interpretation of the lyrics, because while the melodic expression is big and bold, the frozen feeling is in the trapped harmonic progression underneath it. (Mørland seems to do that a lot in his songs.) There’s also… Read more »
Great analysis, very interesting thank you, it’s the song that makes me vibrate more than the others, that makes me feel more things than the others and it’s always my main criterion for choosing my favorite. 😉
I listened only Tommy Cash’s song so far and I’m confused, I like it but it’s a bit repetitive.
Last time Estonia sent an entry totally in italian was La Forza in 2017 and got the top 10 so why not but I hear “por favore” in the lyrics, and in italian it’s per favore and in spanish it’s por favor. So por favore is kind of mix of these 2 languages, maybe it was intentional.
It kinda sounds like a parody of a sanremo song
Of course it’s intentional lmao, his whole career is built on trolling.
Ok why but what the aim? What the meaning behind this intentional choice?
…Ok why not but…
This is not going to sit well with Italians. If this wins, we’re up for the next drama.
Really? We’ll see…
I think “Espresso Macchiato” is medicine to the illness of people taking life too seriously. When there is drama and plenty of stuff I can’t post about on here, a song like this comes along and just allows us to let all that go away for three minutes. It’s classic Eurovision.
I can feel that too.
We all know Tommy Cash, so the selection is kind of not even worth following this year
No. Who is Tommy Cash? Seriously.
This is by far the weakest Eesti Laul since I follow national selections. I don’t recognize the national selection that I loved so much and that had so many different styles and genres. Tuuli Rand is my favorite.
The songs of both Anth Janek are sooooo good
I thought Tommy Cash could be the second coming of Little Big or Kaarija, but this attempt is disappointedly poor. Where’s the effort?
There’s so many good songs in the lineup, but An-Marlen’s ‘Külm’ is the best by far. It reminds me of Loreen’s ‘Forever’ a lot, dare I say it’s even better. I could see this doing really well in Basel if it’s staged perfectly.
To be honest I can’t see anybody but Cash winning this. In a strong line up it is the strongest one. That kind of fun crazy but catchy entry that only exist in ESC. With crazy staging to match the song I can see it doing well in ESC
I actually don’t mind Tommy’s song given all the hate it’s just it was overhyped. It’s still a good song and I could see it going to Eurovision with funny staging. As for the others, there’s quite a few like Janek that could do well with the juries. There’s very few bad songs. Hard to tell who will win this other than Cash.
Wow love An-Marlen! This is exactly what Estonia needs in Eurovision. Something sleek and Nordic
Not a great selection in my humble opinion. I was bored. Ann- Marlene, Anna Sahlene and Minimal are good.
After the first listen, here is my ranking; 1. ANT – Tomorrow Never Comes 9.5/10 2. FELIN – Solo Anthem 9/10 3. ELYSA – The Last to Know 8.5/10 4. Janek – Frozen 8/10 5. Anna Sahlene – Love Me Low 6.5/10 6. Stereo Terror – Prty Till the End of the World 6.5/10 7. Räpina Jack feat. Kaisa Ling – Tule 6/10 8. Minimal Wind – Armageddon 6/10 9. Tommy Cash – Espresso Macchiato 5.5/10 10. Andrei Zevakin feat. Karita – Ma ei tea sind 5/10 11. Frants Tikerpuu – Trouble 4.5/10 12. Joelle – Eyes Don’t Lie 4/10… Read more »
Very good ranking, I also like Ant, Elysa and Janek
Expected better out of Tommy Cash but otherwise some really strong songs and I quite like this selection.
An-Marlen, A Zevakin ft Karina, Ant and Janek for my taste.
Tommy Cash for Eurovision.
I found 13 out of 15 of the videos already on YouTube. Tommy Cash is missing (of course), and Stereo Terror are fashionably late.
Update: The Tommy Cash video is on YouTube now, and is of course described as “Eurovision 2025 winner”. There’s self-confidence! 🙂
Stereo Terror’s YouTube video is now there as well.
Well, if january song won’t be amazing then 2025 is surely not gonna be the victorious one at ESC for Estonia. Just saying what everyone thinks too lol No ESC winner here, but definitely a few interesting songs to listen.
can we just stop making everything about winning? Everytime we sent a winner potential we finished 6th 7th 8th… Now its all about fun and just qualifying
What logic do you use when you enter a competition with a poan to finish 7th, and investing 100sK of euros to do that? Wake your sences up! Every country should trx their best if they are already paying huge fees with their citizens money, and audience will have way more fun if countries send strong contendors with winning materials!
OMG when I hear Elysa – the last to know I got winner vibes. And if you know her story and what shes gone through it really elevates it. Biggest surprise this year
WOW! Most of this is gripping, risk-taking music. I love all this! Bravo to everyone involved. Obviously I couldn’t stop laughing at the “Espresso Macchiato” video and that really funny song that goes with it. It’s an instant classic (coffee pun alert), so if Estonia gets it then it’ll do well. But there’s so much talent here. I don’t even know where to start! Can we have Eesti Laul in place of Eurovision next year?
Elysa surprised me. Something in my millenial soul just immediately gravitated towards The Last To Know and that chorus is fire
I thought Tommy Cash gonna have this in the bag, but so many good songs in Eesti Laul this year, wow. The ones in Estonian especially
The most upbeat and least minimalistic Eesti Laul I can remember.
Tommy is winning, no doubt, espresso macchiato por favore ??
Wheres my popcorn… let all the Espresso Macchiato hate begin
It’s not that good tbh
You guys overhyped the big artist again!
No hate, just indifference.
Don’t hate it, but it’s not my cuppa tea eh coffee.
I checked out 34 seconds into the song … but good for him to embrace the gimmick