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Estonia first entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 along with Poland. Its first appearance would have taken place in 1993 with Janika Sillamaa and "Muretut meelt ja südametuld", however, a qualification round was just installed for former Eastern Bloc countries and she did not manage to qualify for the Grand Final.

Its first contest participation in 1994 was not a successful one, coming second last only to Lithuania. As such, the country was relegated from the 1995 contest. Its second entry, Maarja and Ivo Linna with Kaelakee hääl, in 1996 was the complete opposite, coming 5th with 94 points. This was the first time a former USSR country placed in the top 5.

In 2001, Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL gave the country its first win with the song "Everybody", making Estonia the first ex-USSR country to win the Contest and the second country in the former Eastern bloc after Yugoslavia. At 50 years old, Benton became the oldest person to win the contest.

Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, the country has placed in the top 10 five times, in 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018 and 2023. Their total of eleven top 10 placings is more than Latvia (4) and Lithuania (3).

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Participants[]

Year Artist Song Language Place Points Semi Points
1993 Janika Muretut meelt ja südametuld Estonian -- -- 5 47
1994 Silvi Vrait Nagu merelaine 24 2 No Semi Final
1995 Relegated from participation
1996 Maarja & Ivo Linna Kaelakee hääl Estonian 5 94 5 106
1997 Maarja Keelatud maa 8 82 No Semi Finals
1998 Koit Toome Mere lapsed 12 36
1999 Evelin Samuel & Camille Diamond of Night English 6 90
2000 Ines Once in a Lifetime 4 98
2001 Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL Everybody 1 198
2002 Sahlene Runaway 3 111
2003 Ruffus Eighties Coming Back 21 14
2004 Neiokõsõ Tii Võro -- -- 12 57
2005 Suntribe Let's Get Loud English -- -- 20 31
2006 Sandra Through My Window -- -- 18 28
2007 Gerli Padar Partners in Crime -- -- 22 33
2008 Kreisiraadio Leto svet Serbian, German, Finnish -- -- 18 8
2009 Urban Symphony Rändajad Estonian 6 129 3 115
2010 Malcolm Lincoln Siren English -- -- 14 39
2011 Getter Jaani Rockefeller Street 24 44 9 60
2012 Ott Lepland Kuula Estonian 6 120 4 100
2013 Birgit Et Uus Saaks Alguse 20 19 10 52
2014 Tanja Amazing English -- -- 12 36
2015 Elina Born & Stig Rästa Goodbye To Yesterday 7 106 3 105
2016 Jüri Pootsmann Play -- -- 18 24
2017 Koit Toome & Laura Verona -- -- 14 85
2018 Elina Nechayeva La Forza Italian 8 245 5 201
2019 Victor Crone Storm English 20 76 4 198
2020 Uku Suviste What Love Is Contest cancelled
2021 The Lucky One -- -- 13 58
2022 Stefan Hope 13 141 5 209
2023 Alika Bridges 8 168 10 74
2024 5Miinust x Puuluup (Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi Estonian

Trivia[]

  • The country is one of four to have selected all of their entries via a national final, the others being Albania, Denmark and Finland.
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