Watch: Live at 18:30 CET, “Eesti Laul 2026” will select Estonia’s entry for Eurovision 2026. Link to watch the live broadcast – Below!
Tonight at 18:30 CET, the Estonian national broadcaster, ERR, will hold the final of “Eesti Laul 2026” – at the end of which the Estonian entry for Eurovision 2026, to be held in Vienna, Austria, will be selected. Twelve competing acts will take the stage in this evening’s final, which will be held at the “Unibet Arena” (formerly: “Saku Suurhall”) in Tallinn, the same venue that hosted Eurovision 2002. The show will be hosted by Karl-Erik Taukar and Karl Kivastik, better known by his stage name Korea and as a member of the band 5Miinust, who represented Estonia at Eurovision 2024.
The voting system in “Eesti Laul” will remain in place as in previous years, but with a new twist. In the first round of the final, all twelve songs will be performed, and the result will be determined by 50% jury voting and 50% public voting, with an international audience also allowed to vote for the first time. The top three entries from this round will advance to a “super final”, where the result will be decided by 100% public voting, again including the international audience. The song that finishes first in this final round of public voting will earn the right to represent Estonia in the coveted contest.
During the interval acts that will take place during the broadcast, a former representative who has already been to Vienna will perform tonight – Elina Born, who represented Estonia at Eurovision 2015 together with Stig Rasta, who is competing tonight in the national final. They performed the song “Goodbye to Yesterday” which finished in seventh place. Also performing during the event will be Nublu and Tief City 44, the band Singer Vinger, and the stars of the Estonian version of the musical “Romeo and Juliet” led by Jaagup Tuisk and Wanda-Helene Ollep.
Estonia will be the Eighth country to select a song for Eurovision 2026, following Albania, Montenegro, Moldova, Malta, Luxembourg, Ukraine and Cyprus, and the 12th country to select its representative, as Georgia, Switzerland, Israel and Bulgaria also join the list.
The final will begin at 18:30 and continue until 21:55 CET.
To watch the grand final live – Press here! or here!
Who to Watch Tonight?
In a poll we conducted, our readers chose the singer Ollie as the favorite to win, with 32.26% of the votes. In second place, with 20.97% of the readers’ votes, came the singer Getter Jaani with her song “The Game”. Third place, with 11.29% of the readers’ votes, is shared by Clicherik & Max with the song “Jolly Roger” and Ant & Minimal Wind with the song “Wounds (Don’t Wanna Fall)”.
EuroMix editorial team, who listened to all the songs, did not agree with the readers’ choice and selected Getter Jaani as the singer most deserving of representing Estonia at the upcoming Eurovision, with 113 points. In second place, with 108 points, came Uliana Olhyna. In third place, with 101 points, finished Ollie, the readers’ favorite. Clicherik & Max and Ant & Minimal Wind, who finished third in the readers’ poll, ended up in sixth and seventh place in the editorial ranking respectively. To see the full results of EuroMix editorial team, click here.
Betting Odds and Streaming platforms
According to the betting agencies, Vanilla Ninja are the big favorites of the selection, with a 36% chance of winning, followed by Ollie, with a 23% chance of victory. Completing the top three are Clicherik & Max with a 13% chance of winning.
According to the total number of views on YouTube, Clicherik & Max are currently the big winners of the selection, with around 205,000 views. In second place, with about 197,000 views, are Stockholm Cowboys, and completing the trio is the band Vanilla Ninja, with roughly 145,000 views.
On Spotify as well, Clicherik & Max are the most-streamed act, with around 337,000 plays. Far behind them, in second place with about 178,000 streams, is Ollie, while closing the top three is Noep with approximately 150,000 streams.
“Eesti Laul 2026”: Running Order
- Clicherik & Max – “Jolly Roger“
- Robert Linna – “Metsik Roos“
- Grete Paia – “Taevas Jai Ules“
- Laura Prits – “Warrior“
- Uliana Olhyna – “Rhythm of Nature“
- Ollie – “Slave“
- Marta Pikani – “Kell Kuus“
- Noep – “Days Like This“
- Getter Jaani – “The Game“
- ANT & Minimal Wind – “Wounds (Don’t Wanna Fall)“
- Vanilla Ninja – “Too Epic to Be True“
- Stockholm Cowboys, Stig Rasta & Victor Crone – “Last Man Standing“
Click on the song title to listen!
Among The Contestants – Many Familiar Names:
- Stig Rästa – represented Estonia at Eurovision 2015, with Elina Born with the song “Goodbye To Yesterday” and finished in seventh place. This year will be the 14th time that Stig Rästa competes in both “Eurolaul” and “Eesti Laul”.
- Victor Crone – an Estonian-Swedish singer who represented Estonia at Eurovision 2019 with the song “Storm” and finished in 20th place. He has also competed several times in Melodifestivalen.
- Getter Jaani – represented Estonia at Eurovision 2011 with the song “Rockefeller Street” and finished in 24th place.
- Vanilla Ninja – represented Switzerland in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Cool Vibes” and finished in eighth place. They also took part in “Eurolaul” in 2003 and 2007. Band member Lenna Kuurmaa participated four more times in “Eesti Laul” – in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2017. Her highest achievement was second place twice, in 2010 and 2012. Another member of the band, Piret Järvis, presented Estonia’s votes at Eurovision 2011.
- Minimal Wind – competed in “Eesti Laul” in 2022 together with Elisabeth Tiffany and finished in second place. They returned alone in 2025 and finished in ninth place.
- Grete Paia – competed in “Eesti Laul” four times, in 2013, 2016, 2019, and 2022. Her highest achievement was in her first participation, finishing second.
- Ollie – competed in “Eesti Laul” in 2023 and 2024, and in both contests finished in second place.
- ANT – competed in “Eesti Laul” in 2025 and finished in fifth place.
- Robert Linna – competed in”Eesti Laul” in 2021 together with his father, Estonia’s Eurovision 1996 representative Ivo Linna, and they finished in 11th place.
Estonia at Eurovision 2025
“Espresso Macchiato” is the name of the song performed by the singer Tommy Cash, who represented Estonia in Eurovision 2025. The singer reached third place in the grand final with 356 points. Estonia received 258 points from the televoting, placed second, and 98 more points from the jury vote, placed ninth.
This result is Estonia’s best since their third place in Eurovision 2002, 23 years ago.
Eurovision 2026: This will be Estonia’s 31st participation in Eurovision. Estonia joined the contest in 1994 and achieved its best result in Eurovision 2001 when singers Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL, won first place with the song “Everybody”.
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