Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Estonia was represented by Kreisiraadio with the song "Leto svet" in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Estonia
National selection
Selection processEurolaul 2008
Selection date(s)2 February 2008
Selected entrantKreisiraadio
Selected song"Leto svet"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (18th, 8 points)
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eurolaul 2008

Eurolaul 2008 was the fifteenth edition of the Estonian national selection Eurolaul, which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The competition took place on 2 February 2008, broadcast on Eesti Televisioon (ETV) as well as streamed online at the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.[1]

Competing entries

On 2 October 2007, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 26 October 2007. All artists and composers were required to have Estonian citizenship or be a permanent resident of Estonia.[2] 58 submissions were received by the deadline. An 11-member jury panel selected 5 finalists from the submissions, while an additional 5 finalists were submitted by composers directly invited by ERR for the competition. The selected songs were announced during the ETV program Kes pääses finaali? on 1 December 2007.[3] The selection jury consisted of Toomas Puna, Alari Kivisaar, Allan Roosileht, Andres Panksep, Ahto Kruusmann, Raul Saaremets, Olev Ehrlich, Ivan Makarov, Owe Petersell, Koit Raudsepp and Sven Lõhmus.[4]

Final

The final took place on 2 February 2008 at the ERR studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Eda-Ines Etti. Ten songs competed during the show and the winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries proceeded to the second round: "Leto svet" performed by Kreisiraadio, "365 Days" performed by Birgit Õigemeel and "Ice-Cold Story" performed by Iiris Vesik. The public vote in the first round registered 64,851 votes. In the second round, "Leto svet" performed by Kreisiraadio was selected as the winner. The public televote in the second round registered 96,471 votes.

First Round – 2 February 2008
Draw Artist Song (English translation) Composer(s) Televote Place
1 Kreisiraadio "Leto svet" (Summer light) Priit Pajusaar, Tarmo Leinatamm, Hannes Võrno, Peeter Oja, Glen Pilvre 31429 1
2 SKA Faktor "Real Big Money" Taavi Otsus 1444 6
3 Rolf Junior "One on One" Vahur Valgmaa 2660 4
4 Taavi Peterson "Question Man" Rein Rannap, Karl-Martin Sinijärv 837 9
5 Kristjan Kasearu & Paradise Crew "Üksinduses" (In solitude) Madis Muul, Kristjan Kasearu 1189 7
6 Birgit Õigemeel "365 Days" Pearu Paulus, Alar Kotkas, Ilmar Laisaar, Jana Hallas 6699 3
7 Luisa Värk & Traffic "It's Never Too Late" Imre Sooäär, Riina Kindlam 866 8
8 Supernova "Stefani" Rainer Michelson, Hendrik Sal-Saller 646 10
9 Iiris Vesik "Ice-Cold Story" Riine Pajusaar 16682 2
10 Margus Vaher & Luisa Värk "God Inside Your Soul" Elmar Liitmaa, Liis Lass 2399 5
Second Round – 2 February 2008
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Kreisiraadio "Leto svet" 52518 (54%) 1
2 Birgit Õigemeel "365 Days" 12990 (13%) 3
3 Iiris Vesik "Ice-Cold Story" 30963 (32%) 2

At Eurovision

Commentators and spokespersons

Estonia competed in the first semi-final on May 20, 2008. The song was not among the ten songs selected for the final, the fifth consecutive year in which Estonia did not feature in the final.

Points awarded by Estonia
Points awarded to Estonia (Semi-final 1)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. Klier, Marcus (1 February 2008). "Tonight: Estonia decides for Belgrade". Esctoday.
  2. Royston, Benny (2 October 2007). "Estonia decides on 2nd February". Esctoday.
  3. Siim, Jarmo (17 September 2007). "Estonian selection rules published". Esctoday.
  4. "Estonia 2008".
  5. "Estonia: Sahlene to be ETV's spokeperson". esctoday.com. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 9 May 2008.


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