Tommy Cash won Eesti Laul last weekend with 83% of the public vote, making him the audience’s clear favourite to become Estonia’s Eurovision entry with “Espresso Macchiato.” However, one of his biggest fans on the night was a certain Eurovision 2023 runner-up, Käärijä.
Tommy Cash has now revealed more on ETV show Ringvaade about the support he has received from Käärijä, as well as Joost Klein — the Dutch Eurovision 2024 entrant.
Tommy Cash speaks about friendship with Käärijä and Joost Klein
Käärijä was in the Eesti Laul audience during Tommy’s performance and later joined the Estonian star in the green room. Throughout the night, he wore a T-shirt with the text “Vote for Tommy.” In the past, the two artists have collaborated musically, with Tommy featuring on Käärijä’s song “It’s Crazy, It’s Party” and later performing together at a concert.
Beyond their musical collaboration, it seems the two artists share a genuine friendship. Speaking on Ringvaade, Tommy opened up about how Käärijä’s presence in the studio helped him during his performance:
“Käärijä helped me so much, actually. I performed twice that day. During the afternoon there was a run-through for the jury. It was a good live, but the evening performance was better because Käärijä helped me. He said ‘Tommy, take a look around, enjoy it, if I could go back in time I would enjoy it more, just enjoy it.’ He calmed me down so much, he brought me so much more down to earth.”
A close friendship also connects Tommy and Joost Klein. Last month, the two artists attended Paris Fashion Week together in various matching outfits, sharing moments from the event on their social media with the caption “united by music.”
Even though he wasn’t physically in Estonia during Eesti Laul, Joost Klein supported the Estonian artist from afar and made sure Tommy knew it. In return, Tommy expressed his gratitude for Joost’s support:
“He wrote to me ‘Tommy, smile, smiling wins, love wins.’ Just such a simple and light text. They’re like two brothers to me who have been down this road before and they helped me.”
During Ringvaade, Tommy expressed confidence that Estonia has a real chance of winning Eurovision this year. Before the broadcast, he also met Prime Minister Kristen Michal, who happened to be in the same studio for a different show.
For Käärijä, Tommy won’t be the only friend that he’ll be supporting this year. He’s also backing Finland’s Erika Vikman, with whom he has also previously collaborated and performed — including on the #1 hit “Ruoska.”
Now that both Tommy and Erika have won their respective national selections, fans asked Käärijä which side he would be on this year — Finland or Estonia. In response, he stated that it shouldn’t be a competition over whom he supports more, emphasising that he cherishes both Tommy and Erika equally.
”Oh hey it’s Käärijä here, hello hello here from the sinners side a.k.a. Vantaa. I had to come up here in social media for a bit because people are constantly putting in messages, now that Erika is going to Eurovision and Tommy Cash is going, which side will you choose?” (1/4) pic.twitter.com/dguVzKVVhs
— sara ? (@koppitules) February 17, 2025
What are your thoughts about the Tommy-Käärijä-Joost friendship? Do you think that Estonia will win Eurovision this year? Let us know in the comments bellow.
Great minds think alike
Three absolute legends in a single collage.
The only problem is they are trying to feed us “Espresso Macchiato” as the next winner when “Cha Cha Cha” and “Europapa” were faaaaar better.
Certain statements from 2024 have aged very b adly. Talking about c h ildren, par ents, sibli ngs, so ns, dau ghters, fam ilies and co mmunities, five hun dred five days in, *colour orange will never look the same.*
funny how people complain so much about mans not getting out of the esc bubble, but apparently have no problem with kaarija
I have no problem with anyone not getting out of the ESC bubble. Everyone is welcome to Eurovision, except the people who spread hate.
He took himself out of the bubble last year when he stood down from giving the Finnish votes, in solidarity with Joost
Maybe you don’t want to see kaarija because he reminds you that he was the real winner of ESC 2023
i never said i don’t want to see him, i’m just pointing out double standards from the eurofans, clearly stated on the recent posts about mans
His entry is so downgrading of Eurovision. That much I wouldn’t be surprised if Italy pulls out
Somehow his casual interview in 2019 came up on my Insta feed, where he says he would never do Eurovision. As he “ back in 2019” regard it, in Russian btw, as a sort of freak show
People can change over time. I know plenty of people who thought Eurovision to be a freak show and watch it now with much love.
I doubt he changed his mind. The only turning point is that he decided to troll the contest.
Of course your closed mindedness thinks that.
This is so unfair to the other contestants when a joke entry comes and takes 200 points. Why should a serious artist compete anyway?
Tommy needs to work on his singing. Did anyone listen to him live? Far different than the studio version. I still have him in my personal top 10 and that’s only because I make my ranking on studio versions and not live.
Estonia up to 4th in the odds.
Them odds don’t lie.
God, I can’t stand this guy.
Kaarija and Joost were huge contenders for the win. I’m not really getitng that impression with Tomasso. It feels too much like a joke entry instead of a fun entry. Also, what was up with them taking down the Estonian entry and the Eesti Laul channel???
To me it’s such a weird situation, because some people say that the Eesti Laul channel was unofficial, but on the other side: ERR (Estonian broadcaster) uploaded all of the performances except Tommy’s. I’m so confused, haha.
I liked both Kaarija and Joost back in the day but this is getting out of hand
Their friendship gives off toxic high-school duo vibes.
Joost was the guy being bullied in highschool. Usually these are the guys that grow up to be a little crazy and a little provocative. The toxic highschool dudes grow up to be boring bankers.
I love Kaarija and I rather like Tommy. Joost not so much.
Kaarija is the least toxic out of three
I am not a fan of Tommy’s song. I’d almost go so far as to say I hate it. It’s not in the same LEAGUE as the entries from the other two. Still, I guess he’s a nice guy. Maybe it will grow on me. If it comes with such a solid endorsement, maybe I will listen with ears afresh.
*GASPS*
Am I on your enemies list now? 🙁
NEVER! 😉
Wiwi not doing many news stories anymore. Why aren’t they mentioning the new Joost and Tommy track that will likely spell the end of his time as Estonia’s representative?
Please explain.
Ebu critique on that track
Which is fine. A broadcasting union surely respects the right of free speech and expression.
Tommy and Joost made a new “song” called United by Music, where they “sing” f**k Ebu, where they say they want to go to Kiev AND to Moscow, that they want to vote for Kamala AND for Trump, and that Joost doesn’t want to go in court… tasteful and full of substance isn’t it?
They’re free to express themselves how they see fit, surely. It’s not in the rules that all contestants must only say good things about their experience forever more.
Sure, as we’re free to not appreciate it and to not find it tasteful but pretty misplaced, anyway their aim is not to make tasteful music but to make react people and to provoke, so on that it’s a success, bravo to them.
Oh I forgot but in the song they also say we want peace, they want war…
Knowing that Tommy said he goes to Eurovision to avenge his friend…
All that is promising…
“We want peace, they want war” refers to how pro-Ukraine people want peace and pro-Russia people want war.
Eurovision fans not beating the “Eurovision fans can only understand spoonfed lyrics” allegations.
You take what the lyrics tell way too literally.
So what means f**k Ebu?
Moreover what the aim to be associated to that when you are going to compete in an Ebu contest?
F**k Ebu is one of the few sentences in the song which literally mean what’s written down.
At least we agree on the meaning this time 😉
Eurovision is one of the biggest platforms in the world. A perfect place for protest songs. Espresso Machiato is a protest song disguised as a joke entry.
Ebu criticism on that track
I’ve never been a fan of these 3, of their personalities and of their specific music, and I will never be, sorry, I prefer REAL singers,
so I am not part of this weird cult lol.
And now the joke begins to be a bit heavy, and tiring.
Am I a bad eurofan for that? Maybe, maybe not, but in any case I assume.
I’m glad i’m not alone lol
REAL singers? What does that mean? This is not Idol, or The Voice. Vocals are not all-important. It’s a song contest. These three are creative artisst, expressing their worldview through their work… unique, special, charismatic, intelligent. Well, two of them are anyway.
P.S. Anyone a bit offbeat still deserves respect. Just because they are not plain and normal and boring does not make them a weird cult. It’s normal to be abnormal, catch up.
I never said they were abnormal… I’m not sensitive to what these people have to offer, that’s all.
And yeah for me there are the real singers with good voices and the others, I don’t put everybody in the same category, Eurovision or not.
Like it or not, the undisputed King of Eurovision is Johnny Logan – having won the thing three times, counting his two as the performer and another as the composer of a winning song. Is he my favorite male performer in Eurovision history? – no, but his accomplishments are real, documented and cannot be denied.
Ok but why you’re talking about Johnny Logan?
A reply to Henry, I’m sure
Oh yeah I see 😉
If you dislike Käärijä’s personality which is incredibly sweet, open minded, affectionate, respectful, kind, friendly etc. that gives a toxic vibe off of you
Finally. I thought I was alone in the entirety of the fandom.
This storyline for 3 years in a row is getting tired….
Cha cha cha was my winner, europapa was my second to last place, and Espresso macchiato is sure to be towards the bottom for me. Kaarja did « fun music » the right way. I don’t feel the same way about the other two.
Funny that Tommy Cash is making “fun music” way longer than Käärijä.
And still can’t get it right.
Just Cash’s voice is nice. Klein’s and Pöyhönen’s vocals were quite bad. I actually like Cash and his song. But I hated Europapa and Cha cha cha”.
All of them are good.
Joost Klein is the only good artist out of that trio…
All three of them are good.
What is an artist for you? A marketing expert?
You might have an old-fashioned way of thinking
No I just like the REAL singers with REAL voices, something with musical and lyrical substance and not only based on vacuum and on jokes. Only impactful visuals and forced marketing …. it makes nothing to me, I’m not a sheep and I’m not fooled. So if you call that to be old-fashion, ok then I’m proud of that. At least in the fashion week they were kind of funny…but talented in provocative visuals doesn’t bring the substance a singer needs to appeal to me. They are only products based on marketing, no offense it’s just my opinion, and something… Read more »
Joost’s songs have lyrical substance.
Ok it’s not the first thing I noted listening his songs but ok, anyway you like him, it’s not really my case, but I respect, the love for somebody or something can’t be universal and fortunately cause the world would be so boring.
He forgot about Justyna. She made a TikTok lip-syncing to his “espresso ” :)))
But most importantly, Kaarija is the KING of Eurovision, and he made it very clear to all his fans who they should vote for!!
you have to win to be KING.. he’s jester of Eurovision at best … imagine being inspired by people who lose the contest
Are you trolling and pretending to be stupid or are you actually stupid?
Nobody is loser, to go to Eurovision and to perform on the big stage is a big victory for all the contestants, some of them have more points than the others at the end, that’s all.
The KING?!