Estonia Taps Its First 5 Eurovision Finalists
The first semifinal round of the Eesti Laul, Estonia's Eurovision pre-selection contest, has ended, with five contestants tapped to advance to the March 2 final.
The following 10 songs competed in tonight's semifinal. Those in bold passed through the semifinal stage, based on a 50/50 combination of jury and televoter polling:
"Young Girl" - Armastus
"Moving To Mmm" - Marilyn Jurman
"Meiecundimees üks Korsakov läks eile Lätti" (Our Homeboy Korsakov Went to Latvia Yesterday) - Winny Puhh
"Taevas valgeks läeb" (When the Sky Grows Light) - Sarah
"Ring the Alarm" - Teele & Tuuli & Ula
"Follow Me" - Rosanna Lints
"Päästke noored hinged" (Save Young Souls) - Grete Paia
"Enough" - Elina Born
"Suuda öelda ei" (Can't Say No) - Kõrsikud
"The Missing Thing" - Anisa
Videos of all 20 semifinalist entries can be seen here.
The February 16 winners will be pitted against the winners of the second semifinal, to held February 23, in the grand final.
The Eesti Laul semifinalists were chosen from a starting pool of 157 entries submitted at the end of last year.
The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 will be held in Malmö, Sweden in mid-May.