Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, held in Oslo, Norway in May. Estonia was represented by Malcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4 with the song "Siren", the winner of Eesti Laul 2010. The winning song was initially not among the 10 finalists, but was included later when another entry was disqualified.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Country Estonia
National selection
Selection processEesti Laul 2010
Selection date(s)12 March 2010
Selected entrantMalcolm Lincoln and Manpower 4
Selected song"Siren"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (14th, 39 points)
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Financial difficulties

In October 2009, reports stated that Estonia may be forced to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 due to a 7% cut in the ERR spending budget. CEO of ERR Margus Allikmaa stated that "Personally I think cancelling Eurovision participation is the easiest option" in combat to the 28 million kroon (€1.5 million) cut in spending. However no discussions on how to combat the spending cut were held at that time, and no decision had been made.[1] This statement was later backed by Anneli Tõevere-Kaur, ERR's media relations manager, however a decision was still not made.[2]

On 6 November, it was announced that Estonia's participation in Oslo had been secured with 1.5 million kroon (€95,900) donation by Enterprise Estonia foundation, with the broadcaster providing 300,000 kroons (€19,170) for the national final, Eesti Laul. Enterprise Estonia's decision for funding EER's participation was the idea of showcasing Estonia to an audience of nearly 150 million people, as well as the sense of national pride in the Estonian entry.[3][4]

Eesti Laul 2010

Eesti Laul 2010 was the second edition of the Estonian national selection Eesti Laul, which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The competition consisted of ten entries competing in a final on 12 March 2010.[5][6]

Competing entries

ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 7 January 2010.[7] A record 155 submissions were received by the deadline—breaking the previous record of 110, set during the 2009 edition.[8] An 11-member jury panel selected 10 finalists from the submissions, knowing the names of the singers and composers of each submitted song, and the selected songs were announced and released on 11 January 2010 and 1 February 2010 respectively.[9][10] The selection jury consisted of Ardo Ran Varres, Olavi Paide, Erik Morna, Toomas Puna, Ingrid Kohtla, Helen Sildna, Owe Petersell, Meelis Meri, Koit Raudsepp, Siim Nestor and Valner Valme.[11] Shortly after the list was released, "Made Me Cry" by Nikita Bogdanov was disqualified from the competition due to the song having been uploaded onto YouTube before 1 October 2009, breaking the contest rules. As a result of this, he was replaced by "Siren" performed by Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4.[12][13]

Among the competing artists were previous Eurovision Song Contest entrant Lenna Kuurmaa, who represented Switzerland in 2005 as part of the group Vanilla Ninja. Lowry (Soul Militia) and Rolf Junior have both competed in previous editions of Eurolaul. According to Estonian media, the favourites to win the competition were Iiris Vesik, Marten Kuningas & Mahavok and Lenna Kuurmaa, while online portals had Violina & Rolf Junior as the favourite.[14][15]

Final

The final took place on 12 March 2010 at the Nokia Concert Hall in Tallinn, hosted by Ott Sepp and Märt Avandi.[16] The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top two entries to proceed to the superfinal: "Rapunzel" performed by Lenna Kuurmaa and "Siren" performed by Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4.[17][18] The public vote in the first round registered 18,804 votes. In the superfinal, "Siren" performed by Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4 was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote.[19] The public televote in the superfinal registered 22,224 votes.[20] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, folk metal band Metsatöll performed as the interval act, while Urban Symphony, last year's Eesti Laul winner, performed their new single "Skorpion".[10] The jury panel that voted in the first round of the final consisted of Ines, Owe Petersell, Anne Erm, Siim Nestor, Alar Kotkas, Helen Sildna, Erik Morna, Tanel Padar, Tauno Aints, Silvi Vrait and Kerli Kõiv.

Final – 12 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Author(s) Jury Televote Total Place
13 Pead"Poolel teel"Janek Murd, Erkki Tero4323481310
2Marten Kuningas & Mahavok"Oota mind veel"Heini Vaikmaa, Oskar Ove67711955125
3Mimicry"New"Timmo Linnas, Kaspar Ehlvest, Ivar Kaine, Kene Vernik, Paul Lepasson331851458
4Tiiu Kiik"The One and Only Love"Tiiu Kiik443636259
5Violina feat. Rolf Junior"Maagiline päev"Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt, Rolf Junior, Liis Lass83925868173
6Disko 4000"Ei usu"Piret Järvis, Sander Loite, Paul Oja, Kallervo Karu484657377
7Iiris Vesik"Astronaut"Iiris Vesik, Ago Teppand64617927134
8Lenna Kuurmaa"Rapunzel"Vaiko Eplik10110448410201
9Groundhog Day"Teiste seest kõigile"Tõnn Tobreluts, Tauno Tamm, Keio Münti, Indrek Mällo48517906116
10Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4"Siren"Robin Juhkental74844659172
Superfnal – 12 March 2010
Draw Artist Song Televote Place
1 Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4 "Siren" 12001 (54%) 1
2 Lenna Kuurmaa "Rapunzel" 10223 (46%) 2

At Eurovision

Estonia competed in the first semi-final of the contest, on 25 May 2010. Estonia placed sixth at last years contest but had to compete in the semi-final due to the new system of the semi-final. They placed 14th and failed to advance to the final.

Points awarded by Estonia[21]
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

See also

References
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  2. Busa, Alexandru (29 October 2009). "Estonia: "Quitting Eurovision the most possible scenario"". ESCToday. Retrieved 6 November 2009.
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  9. Siim, Jarmo (7 January 2009). "Estonia picks ten lucky hopefuls". EBU. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
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  14. Hondal, Victor (1 February 2010). "All 10 Estonian songs online". ESCToday. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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  17. https://arhiiv.err.ee/vaata/eesti-laul-2010
  18. VIDEO: Eesti Laulu hääletustulemuste väljakuulutamine Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine err.ee/eestilaul
  19. Grillhofer, Florian (12 March 2010). "Estonia sends Malcolm Lincoln to the Eurovision Song Contest". ESCToday. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  20. http://www.eurovisioon.ee/eng/eestilaul.php?id=2010
  21. Eurovision Song Contest 2008
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