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Vanilla Ninja
Vanilla Ninja sang at two Eurovision Song Contests, in 2005 and 2026, for Switzerland and Estonia. The best result was 8th place in 2005, with “Cool Vibes”.
Switzerland and Estonia
2005 · 2026
- what
- Estonian musical group
- formed
- 2002, Estonia
- contests
- 2005, 2026
- best result
- 8th, 2005
- music
- hard rock, pop rock, gothic rock
- active
- since 2003
- record labels
- TopTen, Bros Music, EMI, Capitol Records, Broken Records
- members
- Lenna Kuurmaa, Piret Järvis, Kerli Kivilaan past and present
- sang for
- Switzerland Estonia
Biography
Vanilla Ninja is an Estonian rock band from Tallinn, formed in 2002. The second album, Traces of Sadness, reached the top five in Germany and Austria, and gave the band singles such as “Tough Enough” and “When the Indians Cry”.
Vanilla Ninja has been to the contest for two countries: eighth for Switzerland in 2005 with “Cool Vibes”, and out in the semi-final for Estonia in 2026 with “Too Epic to Be True”.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Vanilla Ninja”.
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At Eurovision
Two songs, oldest first, and what became of each.
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2005 Kyiv
“Cool Vibes”
8th of 24 Finished 8th of 24 in the final, with 128 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- David Brandes, John O'Flynn, Jane Tempest
- Running order
- 22nd of 24 in the final
- Semi-final
- 8th of 25, 114 points
- Won that year
- Greece: Helena Paparizou, “My Number One”
The story of Eurovision 2005: The fiftieth contest, and the Big Four at the bottom
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2026 Vienna
“Too Epic to Be True”
Out in the first semi-final Went out in the first semi-final: 11th of 15, with 79 points.
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Sven Lõhmus
- Won that year
- Bulgaria: Dara, “Bangaranga”
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.