Eesti Laul: how Estonia picks its Eurovision entry

Estonia's national final is the one on this site's calendar with a venue and no date, and Estonia itself is a country with a national final and no confirmation. Both gaps are real, and this page describes them rather than papering over either.

What is known about Eesti Laul 2027

One fact: the final is planned for February 2027 at Unibet Arena in Tallinn. The exact date has not been announced by ERR, the Estonian broadcaster, and the calendar carries the event with that flag rather than with a day.

That is less than it looks and also more. Less, because a month is not a date, and the site will not pick a Saturday for it. More, because a broadcaster with an arena has made a decision about the show, and the show is the mechanism by which Estonia would choose an entry.

The 2026 shape as reference

The Eesti Laul 2026 final was held on 14 February 2026, and its finalists were announced the previous September.

That is the reference, not the forecast. If ERR follows the same pattern, the 2027 finalists are named in the autumn and the final lands on a Saturday in mid-February — but "if" is doing all the work in that sentence, and this site records only what is announced. Whether ERR has named the 2027 finalists yet is a question for the calendar, which changes the day a statement lands; this page records the shape, not the list.

Estonia's status for 2027

As of writing, Estonia is not confirmed on the tracker — and not denied either. The tracker holds it as waiting: we have found no statement from ERR either way, and a national final with a venue is not a statement of participation. A venue is a fact about Eesti Laul. It says nothing the tracker can use about Eurovision.

The live status is on the Estonia page, which changes the moment the tracker's rule is met and not before. If this paragraph is out of date when you read it, that page is not.

Estonia's record

Estonia first entered in 1994. Its one win came in 2001, at the 46th contest in Copenhagen, staged in Parken Stadium — a football stadium, and the largest audience ever to attend a Eurovision final. "Everybody", performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL, made Estonia the first post-Soviet country to win.

The win brought the 47th contest to Tallinn in 2002, at Saku Suurhall. It was won by Latvia, with "I Wanna" by Marie N — a neighbour that had first entered in 2000 and won at its third attempt, so the trophy passed directly from Estonia to Latvia.

Everything else Estonia has sent is in the record books somewhere else; the Estonia page holds what this archive verifies.

What is not settled for 2027

• The date of the Eesti Laul 2027 final. February, at Unibet Arena; not announced.
• The finalists, the songs and the format. ERR's to publish.
• Whether Estonia is in the contest at all. The tracker holds the answer, and currently holds "waiting".
• The allocation draw and the rules, which the EBU has not announced for 2027.

The contest is fixed: Semi-Final 1 on Tuesday 11 May, Semi-Final 2 on Thursday 13 May and the Grand Final on Saturday 15 May 2027, at Arena Burgas. Whether an Estonian entry is on one of those stages is the question this page exists to stop anyone answering early.