Country Estonia Selected entrant Getter Jaani | Selection process Eesti Laul 2011 Selected song "Rockefeller Street" | |
Selection date(s) Semi-finals:
12 February 2011
19 February 2011
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Final:
26 February 2011
100% Televoting Semi-final result Qualified (9th, 60 points) | ||
Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national selection Eesti Laul 2011, organised by Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR).
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Eesti Laul 2011
On 19 October, Estonian national broadcaster announced the kick off of Eesti Laul 2011 through which the country will select the 2011 Eurovision entry and singer. The show will take place in February and will have two semi-finals with ten songs each. Five from each semi-final will advance to the final. The 20 songs for the semi-finals will be decided by a jury and the ten to the final will come out from jury and televoting. In the final there will be a second part between two super finalists the winner of which will be decided by 100% televoting. Like in 2010, the show will be hosted by Ott Sepp & Märt Avandi. On 13 December, ERR announced that they received 140 songs, 15 fewer than 2010.
On 20 December, ERR announced that Janne Saar has been disqualified because her song "Meeting the Wolf" was published before 1 September. Tiiu Kiik, who already participated in Eesti Laul 2010, fills the gap with the entry "Second chance".
Just three Days later, ERR announced that the song "Ilusad inimesed" from Laika Virgin feat. Fredy Schmidt is also disqualified because it was published before 1 September. It was replaced by Meister ja Mari with their song "Unemati".
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final was held on 12 February, presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. Five songs chosen by a joint televoting and jury decision qualified for the final on 26 February. The televote in the first semi-final registered 22,499 votes.
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final was held on 19 February, presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. 10 songs were originally to compete, however "Jagatud öö" by Uku Suviste, originally to be performed 6th, was disqualified after it was revealed that the lyrics to the song were already used in another song released in 2004. 9 songs remained to compete for 5 places in the final, decided by a joint decision of televoting and jury voting. The televote in the second semi-final registered 13,070 votes.
Final
The final of Eesti Laul 2011 was held on 26 February, presented by Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa and Ott Sepp. Televoting and jury voting selected two songs from the 10 semi-final qualifiers to qualify for the super-final, where the winner of Eesti Laul 2011 was decided by televoting alone.
Outloudz and Getter Jaani were chosen by the televoting public and jury voting to take part in the super-final. In the first round of voting, the televote registered 63,190 votes. Getter Jaani performing the song "Rockefeller Street" was declared the winner after getting 62% of the super-final televote which registered 45,325 votes.
At Eurovision
Estonia began their Eurovision campaign with selecting Getter Jaani with "Rockefeller Street" as the Estonian representative for 2011. Before the start of the contest, Estonia were ranked second by bookmakers to win the contest and they consistently did this until the final. Estonia competed in the second semi final on 12 May 2011, in position 15. Estonia qualified to the final achieved 9th place and 60 points in the second semi-final. Estonia was drawn to perform 8th in the final on 14 May 2011, achieving 44 points and placing 24th.