Verona (song)

"Verona" is an English-language song performed by Estonian singers Koit Toome and Laura.

"Verona"
Single by Koit Toome & Laura
Released30 January 2017
Recorded2016
GenrePop
Length3:16
LabelMoonwalk
Songwriter(s)Sven Lõhmus
Producer(s)Sven Lõhmus
Koit Toome singles chronology
"Pole Piiri"
(2016)		 "Verona"
(2017)		 "Your Stories"
(2017)
Laura singles chronology
"94-95"
(2016)		 "Verona"
(2017)		 "Waterfall"
(2017)
Eurovision Song Contest 2017 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
Sven Lõhmus
Finals performance
Semi-final result
14th
Semi-final points
85
Entry chronology
◄ "Play" (2016)   
"La forza" (2018) ►

The song represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. It was written by Sven Lõhmus. The song was released as a digital download on 30 January 2017.[1] The song's title and lyrics directly reference the Italian city of Verona.

Eesti Laul 2017

Toome and Laura were confirmed to be taking part in Eesti Laul 2017, Estonia's national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, on 8 November 2016.[2] They competed in the second semi-final on 18 February 2017, and placed second, placing first with televoters and fifth with juries.[3][4] In the final, held on 4 March, they advanced to the superfinal after placing second, winning the televote once again and placing sixth with juries. In the superfinal, they won the televote and were crowned the winners.[3][1]

Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Main article: Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017

The song represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. Laura and Koit were joined off-stage by backing vocalists Kaire Vilgats, Dagmar Oja and Rolf Roosalu. Estonia competed in the second half of the second semi-final, performing 17th, second to last.[5][6] During the performance, Laura's microphone failed, rendering the first line inaudible to the audience.

After receiving 85 points and placing 14th out of 18, they did not place among the top 10 songs that made it through to the final. Splitting up the points between televotes and jury votes showed the song once again place considerably higher with the audience (6th) than with the juries (17th).

Track listing
Digital download[7]
No.TitleLength
1."Verona"3:16

An Italian version of the song was recorded.

Chart performance

Weekly charts
Chart (2017) Peak
position
Estonia (Radiomonitor)[8] 1

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Worldwide 30 January 2017 Digital download Moonwalk
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References
  1. Escudero, Victor M. (4 March 2017). "Koit Toome and Laura to bring Verona to Kyiv!". eurovision.tv. Eurovision.
  2. Gallagher, Robyn (8 November 2016). "ESTONIA: ELINA BORN, KERLI REVEALED AMONGST EESTI LAUL 2017 SEMI FINALISTS". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
  3. Weaver, Jessica (5 March 2017). "Estonia: Eesti Laul 2017 voting breakdown released". ESCToday. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. "Selgusid Eesti Laul 2017 viimased finalistid". eestilaul.postimees.ee (in Estonian). Postimees. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  5. Jordan, Paul (9 September 2016). "Kyiv to host Eurovision 2017!". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  6. Jordan, Paul (21 January 2016). "Semi-Final Allocation Draw on Monday, pots revealed". eurovision.tv. European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  7. "Verona - Single". Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  8. "Estonian Airplay Chart". Radio Monitor. Archived from the original on 20 March 2017.
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