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 consisted of ten entries competing in a final on 2 February 2008.

Competing entries

On 17 September 2007, ETV opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 26 November 2007. 58 submissions were received by the deadline. An 11-member jury panel selected 5 finalists from the submissions. 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.[1] In addition to the public submissions, ETV directly invited 6 composers to submit entries, one of whom withdrew. The composers both created the song and selected the performer for their entry. The 10 songs were announced during the ETV program Kes pääses finaali? on 1 December 2007.[2]

Final

The final took place on 2 February 2008 at the ETV studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Eda-Ines Etti. The winner was selected over two rounds of public televoting. In the first round, the top three entries were determined to proceed 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) Songwriter(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

Commentators and spokespersons

At Eurovision

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. "Estonia 2008".
  2. Siim, Jarmo (17 September 2007). "Estonian selection rules published". Esctoday.
  3. "Estonia: Sahlene to be ETV's spokeperson". esctoday.com. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-09.


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