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Estonia's Eesti Laul 2026 artists revealed

  • Writer: Laura Smith
    Laura Smith
  • 3 hours ago
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Image credit: ERR
Image credit: ERR

Estonian broadcaster ERR has announced the names of the artists competing in the 2026 edition of their Eurovision national selection show Eesti Laul.


This announcement was made on Estonian TV show Ringvaade, where on Thursday night European time, the names of six of the 12 songs and artists competing in the final were revealed.


In addition to the artist announcement, the titles of the songs hoping to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna, Austria, were also released.


12 songs were chosen from 171 entries submitted to the competition by a 34-member professional jury, who voted on the songs without knowing the artists or songwriters.


This jury featured some famous Estonian Eurovision stars, including Ines, who came fourth representing Estonia in the 2000 Eurovision Song Contest with her entry Once In A Lifetime, as well as Eesti Laul 2025 superfinalists An-Marlen and Andrei Zevakin.


Of the songs submitted to the Eesti Laul 2026 competition, 77 are in Estonian and 94 are in foreign languages, including English. In addition to Estonian authors, songs have been submitted from 20 countries, including not only other European nations, but also Brazil and Australia.



Former Eurovision artists



Among the lineup are some big names, including former Eurovision act Vanilla Ninja.


Hailing from Estonia, the band competed in Estonia's national selection Eurolaul in 2003 with their debut single Club Kung Fu, which received the most telephone votes. They did not go to Eurovision for Estonia, however, because the winning artist of Eurolaul was chosen by a jury instead of a televote.


Vanilla Ninja represented Switzerland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2005, with their entry Cool Vibes finishing in eighth place in Kyiv.


Vanilla Ninja will compete in the Eesti Laul 2026 final with the song Too Epic To Be True.



Other names of note


Eesti Laul 2023 and 2024 runner-up OLLIE will return to the Estonian national selection with his song Slave.


Also returning to Eesti Laul for the fifth time is Eesti Laul veteran Grete Paia with her song Taevas jäi üles. Andres Kõpper (Meelik) is also making a comeback to Eesti Laul.


Some eagle-eyed fans may also remember Marta Pikani participating in Eesti Laul as part of the band Wiiralt - she will make her debut as a solo artist in the upcoming selection.


Here is the list of artists and songs competing in Eesti Laul 2026:


  • NÖEP - Days Like This (Songwriters: Andres Kõpper, Valle Kikas, Yvonne Dahlbom)

  • Marta Pikani - Kell kuus (Songwriter: Marta Pikani)

  • Grete Paia - Taevas jäi üles (Songwriters: Grete Paia, Jorma-Jan Erik, Gevin Niglas, Ragnar Sepp)

  • Uliana Olhyna - Rhythm of Nature (Songwriters: Uliana Olhyna, Ariana Arutjunjan)

  • Vanilla Ninja - Too Epic To Be True (Songwriter: Sven Lõhmus)

  • OLLIE - Slave (Songwriter: Oliver MazurtÅ¡ak)


Six more Eesti Laul 2026 artists will be announced during Ringvaade on Friday evening European time.


The audio of all Eesti Laul 2026 songs will be released to the public on 4th December 2025 (European time).


In 2026, the Eesti Laul final will take place at the Unibet Arena (formerly known as Saku Suurhall) in Tallinn, where the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest was held.


The 12 finalists will compete for the right to represent Estonia at Eurovision in the Eesti Laul final on Saturday 14th February 2026 European time (Sunday 15th February Australian time), where the winner will fly the Estonian flag at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna.


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