ESTONIA: 175 songs for Eesti Laul 2025!

Slightly reduced interest in this year’s Eesti Laul / 📸 EBU – Corrine Cumming

The country’s national broadcaster, ERR , has announced that it has received 175 submissions for the renewed Eesti Laul 2025.

As you were first informed by OGAE Greece , the “window” for submitting participations was opened on September 16 with a closing date of yesterday, October 21 .

LOW INTEREST FOR THIS YEAR’S EESTI LAUL

In total, 175 songs were submitted this year, while last year the corresponding number was 215 .

For the 2025 edition, 65 songs were submitted in the Estonian language , while the remaining 110 include various other languages, including English , Italian , German and French .

Artists include favorite Estonian artists as well as new and exciting surprises, solo artists and big bands.

The songs submitted to Eesti Laul 2025 will be evaluated by a jury consisting of artists , composers , producers , presenters , singing teachers and music lovers in general. The 35-member jury will evaluate the songs anonymously , without knowing the artist and songwriters. 15 of them will make it to the final by jury selection, while the audience will choose the 16th song .

The final decision of the jury will be announced in early November , while the songs will be heard for the first time on the Start program on December 6 . Finally, the 16th contestant will be announced in early January .

WHAT THE ORGANIZERS HAD TO SAY

Karmel Killandi , ERR Program Manager points out:

We welcome all artists to the competition, this year’s Eesti Laul is more international than ever. I am especially happy that there are also talented young artists among the famous contestants. It is certain that the music scene of the country is richer by 175 songs and that is why we are doing this contest!

Eesti Laul producer Riin Vann notes that there has been a lot of interest in the contest both in Estonia and abroad:

This year’s Eesti Laul proves that music knows no borders and Eesti Laul is a valuable platform abroad as well. Many creative forces from abroad are participating in the competition, including creators from Norway, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Malta, Spain, Turkey, USA, Great Britain, Latvia, Austria, Denmark, Netherlands, Croatia and Lithuania. We see this as recognition and that Estonian song has its place on the international scene.

Source: [ ERR ]

Among these 175 songs is the one that can bring Estonia its second victory in the competition? We just have to find out!

Stay tuned, consistently, to OGAE Greece for all the latest about Eesti Laul 2025!