Estonian broadcaster ERR has revealed the presenters and semi-final running orders of Eesti Laul 2021.
12 acts will compete in each semi-final with the shows take place on the 18th and 20th of February respectively and the final will take place on 6 March 2021. The two semi-finals will be filmed at ETV Studios at ERR’s headquarters in Tallinn, with the final taking place at Saku Suurhall.
ERR has also revealed that Grete Kuld and Tõnis Niinemets will be the presenters of Eesti Laul. While Tõnis Niinemets has hosted Eesti Laul in 2020, Grete will be replacing Karl-Erik Taukar as host for the 2021 shows, remarking that she has “big shoes to fill” in an interview with ERR. Grete has also revealed that her favourite Eurovision song is Azerbaijan’s winning 2011 entry, ‘Running Scared’, while her favourite Estonian entry is ‘Siren’ by Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 3, which represented the Baltic nation in 2010.
Below are the running orders for the semi-finals of Eesti Laul 2021:
Semi-final 1
1. Tanja - ‘Best Night Ever’
2. Hans Nayna - ‘One By One’
3. Wiiralt - ‘Tuuled’
4. Kea - ‘Hypnotized’
5. Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto - ‘Wingman’
6. Karl Killing - ‘Kiss Me’
7. Nika Marula - ‘Calm Down’
8. Egert Milder - ‘Free Again’
9. Tuuli Rand - ‘Üks öö’
10. Koit Toome - ‘We Could Have Been Beautiful’
11. Kristin Kalnapenk - ‘Find A Way’
12. Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova - ‘Ma olen siin’
Semi-final 2
1. Sissi - ‘Time’
2. Gram-Of-Fun - ‘Lost In A Dance’
3. Kadri Voorand - ‘Energy’
4. Helen - ‘Nii kõrgele’
5. Redel - ‘Tartu’
6. Rahel - ‘Sunday Night’
7. Uku Haasma - ‘Kaos’
8. Heleza - ‘6’
9. Uku Suviste - ‘The Lucky One’
10. Alabama Watchdog - ‘Alabama Watchdog’
11. Jüri Pootsmann - ‘Magus melanhoolia’
12. Suured Tüdrukud - ‘Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight’
Six songs from each semi-final will advance to the final and have the chance to be Estonia’s 2021 entry at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam.