eurovision 2016
Jüri Pootsmann
Jüri Pootsmann represented Estonia at Eurovision 2016 in Stockholm with “Play”, and went out in the first semi-final.
- who
- Estonian singer
- born
- 1 July 1994, Raikküla, Estonia
- contest
- 2016
- music
- pop
- active
- since 2015
- record labels
- Universal Music Group
- sang for
- Estonia
Biography
Jüri Pootsmann is an Estonian singer who won the sixth series of Eesti otsib superstaari, the Estonian Idol. “Play” finished last in its semi-final in Stockholm in 2016.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Jüri Pootsmann”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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2016 Stockholm
“Play”
Out in the first semi-final Went out in the first semi-final: 18th of 18, with 24 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Vallo Kikas, Fred Krieger, Stig Rästa
- Age on the night
- 21
- Won that year
- Ukraine: Jamala, “1944”
The story of Eurovision 2016: A new way of counting, and a winner who topped neither vote
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