Opera singer Elina Nechayeva to represent Estonia at Eurovision 2018
On Saturday night, opera singer Elina Nechayeva won the tenth Eesti Laul competition with the song "La Forza," with which she will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon this May.
Nechayeva won the contest by a landslide, taking first place by a large margin in the Estonian contest's final and superfinal alike.
Votes in the top ten final were distributed as follows:
10. Eliis Pärna and Gerli Padar, "Taevas" (34 jury, 2,308 phone)
9. Nika, "Knock Knock" (50 jury, 1,991 phone)
8. Evestus, "Welcome to My World" (41 jury, 2,977 phone)
7. Frankie Animal, "(Can't Keep Calling) Misty" (85 jury, 2,031 phone)
6. Karl-Kristjan and Karl Killing (ft. WATEVA), "Young" (47 jury, 5,786 phone)
5. Iiris and Agoh, "Drop That Boogie" (52 jury, 3,427 phone)
4. Sibyl Vane, "Thousand Words" (86 jury, 2,898 phone)
3. Stig Rästa, "Home" (79 jury, 5,714 phone)
2. Vajé, "Laura (Walk with Me)" (51 jury, 5,995 phone)
1. Elina Nechayeva, "La Forza" (113 jury, 37,628 phone)
Votes in the contest's superfinal were distributed as follows:
3. Vajé, "Laura (Walk with Me)" (8,506 phone)
2. Stig Rästa, "Home" (9,686 phone)
1. Elina Nechayeva, "La Forza" (43,445 phone)
The Eurovision Song Contest 2018, which will be held in Lisbon after Portugal won the contest in Kiev in 2017, will begin on Tuesday, May 8 and end on Saturday, May 12.
Editor: Aili Vahtla