Host(s) Evelin Pang
Hele Kõrve Origin Tallinn | Broadcaster TV3 | |
Broadcast from February 13 – June 12, 2011 Judges Mihkel Raud
Maarja-Liis Ilus
Rein Rannap Finals venue Nokia Concert Hall, Tallinn | ||
The fourth season of Eesti otsib superstaari premiered on February 13, 2011, on TV3. The show was won by Liis Lemsalu.
Contents
- Auditions
- Theatre rounds
- Semi finals aka Studio rounds
- First week
- Second week
- Third week
- Week 1
- Week 2
- Week 3
- Week 4
- Week 5
- Week 6
- Week 7
- Week 8
- Super final
- References
On 9 December 2010, Mihkel Raud, one of the judges, said on his Twitter account, that the fourth season starts in the beginning of 2011. On December 13, it was confirmed by TV3.
There were no changes in the judges' panel. The judges were Mihkel Raud, Maarja-Liis Ilus and Rein Rannap. The hosts for the fourth season were two actresses, Hele Kõrve and Evelin Pang.
Liis Lemsalu, the winner of the show, was awarded with €10,000 and a record contract with the Universal Music. The show is followed by a tour "Eesti superstaar - Live tuur" around Estonia in June 2011.
Auditions
Auditions for 2011 season were held in Pärnu (January 16), Tallinn (January 22–23), Tartu (January 29- 30) and Jõhvi (February 6, 2011). Only 60 singers were given the 'yellow cards' and qualified to the theatre rounds.
Theatre rounds
As only 20 of the sixty participants were male, all boys automatically qualified to the second round. Twenty-two girls qualified to the second round.
In the second round, participants were divided into 21 duos. Duos performed either Ott Lepland and Lenna Kuurmaa's "Sinuni" or James Morrison and Nelly Furtado's "Broken Strings". After second round, all the participants were divided into three groups named "Yes", "Maybe" and "No". People in groups "Yes" and "Maybe" qualified to the third round.
In the third round, girls were given a choice to sing either Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" or Katy Perry's "Firework". Boys chose between Koit Toome's "Mälestused", Robbie Williams' "Let Me Entertain You" and Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody". Ten male and ten female participants advanced to the semi-finals aka studio rounds.
Semi-finals aka Studio rounds
The studio rounds took place on March 27, April 3 and 10. In the first studio round 10 girls performed and in the second 10 boys performed. After nationwide televote, three participants from each semi-final qualified to the finals. The judges chose 10 participants from the first two rounds to the third round. Televoters voted three of them to the finals. Tenth finalist was chosen by the judges as a wildcard.
First week
Girls' round took place on March 27, 2011.
Advanced to the final: Triin Niitoja, Rosanna Lints, Teele Viira
Advanced to the second chance semi-final (jury's choice): Katri-Merili Poom, Liis Lemsalu, Liis Reisner, Marilyn Ollep, Marit Kesa, Raahel Pilpak
Second week
Boys' week took place on April 3, 2011.
Advanced to the final: Leemet Onno, Jaan Lehepuu, Imre Saarna
Advanced to the second chance semi-final (jury's choice): Artjom Savitski, Kevin Johannson, Lauri Atsov, Mikk Tivas
Third week
The second chance semi-final took place on April 10, 2011. Four of them qualified.
Advanced to the finals: Liis Lemsalu, Kevin Johannson, Artjom Savitski
Advanced to the finals (jury's choice): Katrin-Merili Poom
Week 1
The first final show took place on 17 April 2011. The theme of the show was "Big songs". Participants sang the biggest hits of all time.
Week 2
The second final show took place on 24 April 2011. Participants sang songs in Estonian.
Week 3
The third final show takes place on May 1, 2011. The finalists are singing dance tracks from the 1970s and 1980s.
Week 4
The fourth final show took place on May 8, 2011. The finalists sang songs from world's biggest superstars of all time.
Week 5
The fifth final show took place on May 15, 2011. Contestants sang Big band songs with Bel-Etage Orchestra.
Week 6
The sixth final show took place on May 22, 2011. Contestants sang a hit from their year of birth and a song which is composed or has been performed by one of the judges.
Week 7
The seventh final show took place on May 29, 2011. Contestants sang a song composed by Hendrik Sal-Saller and a song in foreign language (other than Estonian and English).
Week 8
The eight final show took place on June 5, 2011. Contestants sang a song about love and a celebrity duet.
Celebrity duets:
Super-final
The super-final show took place on June 12, 2011. Contestants sang their favourite song they had performed before in the show, a patriotic song and a "winner" song.