won it in 2001
Estonia at Eurovision
Estonia first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and has entered 31 contests. It has won once, in 2001, with “Everybody” by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. The contest has been held there once, in Tallinn in 2002.
- 31
- contests
- 1
- win
- 1
- hosted
- first song
- 1994
- contests
- 31
- wins
- 1 — 2001
- in the final
- 11 of 22 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- English (20), Estonian (8), Italian (2), Võro (1), Serbian (1), and two more
- hosted
- Tallinn 2002
- not in the line-up
- 1995
The win
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2001, Copenhagen “Everybody”
Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL · 198 points
Photos are stills from the contest’s own videos on YouTube. Each one opens that year’s story.
Every song
All 32 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Vienna | Vanilla Ninja | “Too Epic to Be True” English | Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 15) | 79 |
| 2025 Basel | Tommy Cash | “Espresso Macchiato” Italian, English | 3rd of 26 | 356 |
| 2024 Malmö | 5miinust and Puuluup | “(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi” Estonian | 20th of 26 | 37 |
| 2023 Liverpool | Alika | “Bridges” English | 8th of 26 | 168 |
| 2022 Turin | Stefan | “Hope” English | 13th of 25 | 141 |
| 2021 Rotterdam | Uku Suviste | “The Lucky One” English | Out in semi-final 2 (13th of 17) | 58 |
| 2020 Rotterdam | Uku Suviste | “What Love Is” English | Contest cancelled | — |
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Victor Crone | “Storm” English | 20th of 26 | 76 |
| 2018 Lisbon | Elina Nechayeva | “La forza” Italian | 8th of 26 | 245 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Koit Toome and Laura | “Verona” English | Out in semi-final 2 (14th of 18) | 85 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Jüri Pootsmann | “Play” English | Out in semi-final 1 (18th of 18) | 24 |
| 2015 Vienna | Elina Born and Stig Rästa | “Goodbye to Yesterday” English | 7th of 27 | 106 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | Tanja | “Amazing” English | Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 16) | 36 |
| 2013 Malmö | Birgit | “Et uus saaks alguse” Estonian | 20th of 26 | 19 |
| 2012 Baku | Ott Lepland | “Kuula” Estonian | 6th of 26 | 120 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Getter Jaani | “Rockefeller Street” English | 24th of 25 | 44 |
| 2010 Oslo | Malcolm Lincoln | “Siren” English | Out in semi-final 1 (14th of 17) | 39 |
| 2009 Moscow | Urban Symphony | “Rändajad” Estonian | 6th of 25 | 129 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Kreisiraadio | “Leto svet (Лето свет)” Serbian, German, Finnish | Out in semi-final 1 (18th of 19) | 8 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Gerli Padar | “Partners in Crime” English | Out in the semi-final (22nd of 28) | 33 |
| 2006 Athens | Sandra | “Through My Window” English | Out in the semi-final (18th of 23) | 28 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Suntribe | “Let's Get Loud” English | Out in the semi-final (20th of 25) | 31 |
| 2004 Istanbul | Neiokõsõ | “Tii” Võro | Out in the semi-final (11th of 22) | 57 |
| 2003 Riga | Ruffus | “Eighties Coming Back” English | 21st of 26 | 14 |
| 2002 Tallinn | Sahlene | “Runaway” English | 3rd of 24 | 111 |
| 2001 Copenhagen | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL | “Everybody” English | winner! | 198 |
| 2000 Stockholm | Ines | “Once in a Lifetime” English | 4th of 24 | 98 |
| 1999 Jerusalem | Evelin Samuel and Camille | “Diamond of Night” English | 6th of 23 | 90 |
| 1998 Birmingham | Koit Toome | “Mere lapsed” Estonian | 12th of 25 | 36 |
| 1997 Dublin | Maarja | “Keelatud maa” Estonian | 8th of 25 | 82 |
| 1996 Oslo | Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna | “Kaelakee hääl” Estonian | 5th of 23 | 94 |
| 1994 Dublin | Silvi Vrait | “Nagu merelaine” Estonian | 24th of 25 | 2 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The three acts Estonia has sent to more than one contest.
- Maarja-Liis Ilus 1996, 1997
- Koit Toome 1998, 2017
- Uku Suviste 2020 (cancelled), 2021
Hosting
The one contest held in Estonia.
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Estonia, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2026
- ETV Estonian: Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Russian: Julia Kalenda and Aleksandr Hobotov
- 2025
- ETV Estonian: Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Russian: Julia Kalenda and Aleksandr Hobotov
- 2024
- ETV Estonian: Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Russian: Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- ETV2 Estonian Sign Language: various interpreters
- 2023
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- ETV2 (final) Sign language: Various interpreters
- 2022
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- 2021
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- ERR Sign language: Various interpreters
- 2019
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- 2018
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2017
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 2 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2016
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV+ Aleksandr Hobotov
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2015
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2014
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2013
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2011
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 Marko Reikop
- 2009
- ETV Marko Reikop
- ETV (final) Olav Osolin
- 2008
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 (semi-final 1 and final) Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2007
- ETV Marko Reikop
- 2006
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2005
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2004
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 Mart Juur and Andrus Kivirähk
- 2003
- ETV Marko Reikop
- 2002
- ETV Marko Reikop
- 2001
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2
- 2000
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2
- 1999
- ETV Marko Reikop
- Raadio 2 Marko Reikop
- 1998
- ETV Reet Linna
- Raadio 2 Marko Reikop
- 1997
- ETV
- Vikerraadio
- 1996
- ETV
- 1995
- ETV
- STV4
- 1994
- ETV Vello Rand
- STV1
- 1993
- ETV
- STV1
- 1992
- ETV Ivo Linna and Olavi Pihlamägi
In our contest stories
Lines about Estonia from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1994 Out with seven, in with seven
The newcomers were Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.
- 1996 The result
Croatia, Estonia and Portugal, in fourth, fifth and sixth, all had their best results so far.
- 2000 The result
The fans and the bookmakers agreed that Estonia would win.
- 2000 The result
Russia's second place and Estonia's fourth were the best either had managed.
- 2001 The result
Estonia was not in the conversation.
- 2001 The result
Estonia and the host, Denmark, pulled away from everyone.
- 2002
Estonia's win took the contest somewhere it had never been: a former republic of the Soviet Union.
- 2002 A modern fairytale
For the first time the contest had a slogan. It was "A Modern Fairytale", and the postcards took it literally: each was a well-known fairy story that ended up somewhere in present-day Estonia, with a moral attached.
- 2022 Russia is excluded
Nine other broadcasters, most of them Nordic and Baltic, asked the EBU to think again, and Finland and Estonia said they would withdraw if Russia stayed.
- 2025 The result
Yuval Raphael's song topped the televote and came second overall on 357, a single point ahead of Estonia's Tommy Cash.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Estonia was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.