Estonia 2000


Eda-Ines Etti18-year old Eda-Ines Etti (pictured left - picture taken from Estonian TV web site) will sing "Once in a lifetime" for Estonia in Stockholm after winning the Estonian selection in Tallinn on February 5th.

Ines had a her first hit - ”One & Only” - last year in Estonia & Scandinavia, and is also a member of girl trio Class Act together with Hedvig Hanson and Maiken. The team behind ”Once in a lifetime” are part of the production team 2 Quick Start - also the name of a pop group led by Pearu Paulus.

Marko Reikop was again the presenter, and I managed to hear the contest live over the internet from Estonian Radio 2.

The song is very much influenced by the likes of Steps, and should do very well for Estonia.

Lines like "You give me wings, and reason why, I'll be an angel in your sky - I'm 17 only once in a lifetime - read my mind".

Anyway judge for yourself by listening to this full length clip in Real Audio G2 This is an improved version since the weekend's upload. (Purely intended for promotional purposes).

Some very familar names were here, not least Evelin Samuel, the 1999 Estonian entrant. Evelin had again the same songwriting team as she had the past two years.
We also had another entry from Kate, and from Hedvig Hanson. Tomi Rahula was one of those behind the 1998 Estonian entry from Koit Toome.

Between the songs classic Eurovision clips were played, and in the interval after the songs, the video of Dana International's Free from the 1999 Song Contest was played.

As usual for Estonia, the selection juries were invited foreigners, just 10 people, but some famous names in there, including 1983 Song Contest winner Corinne Hermes, former Irish conductor Noel Kelehan, Swedish conductor Anders Berglund (just remember these guys are almost out of a job now - no orchestra in the 2000 final!), and Michael Ball - the 1992 United Kingdom entrant - the man who said he'd rather stick pins in his eyes than do the song contest again. He must have needed his ego boosting then to come on this.

Anyway, here's the results with my comments. Full results are in another table below.

#

Title

Composers

Performers

TOT

PL

My comments (Best ignored!)

1

Mõistus ja tunded
(Reason and Emotions)

Maian-Anna Kärmas

Maian-Anna Kärmas

68

4

Pleasant but forgettable

2

Church of Love

Sven Lõhmus, Sulev Lõhmus

White Satin

42

9

"We all agreed no-one beside you can make me happy". Very boyband-ish

3

Kuulan su ootamist
(I’m Listening to Your Waiting)

Lauri Saatpalu

Eda-Ines Etti

43

8

Sultry, bit folksy

4

Sunshine

Peter Ross

Sarah & Lea

36

10

Cheerful song about a girl who "Leads a happy life". Backing singers: "Sunshine, your smile"

5

One Sweet Moment

Maian-Anna Kärmas

Maian-Anna Kärmas

57

5

Pleasantly sung, but forgettable

6

When We're Flying High

Hedvig Hanson

Hedvig Hanson & Mac McFall

77

2

Funky 80's disco outing, getting more funky

7

Goodnight

Tomi Rahula, Siiri Sisask

Siiri Sisask

45

6

Sleepy song with acoustic guitar

8

Verevend
(Blood-Brother)

Aivar Joonas, Villu Kangur

Kate

45

6

Lots of clanging iron in this interesting folksy song. Not a chance of winning

9

Once in a Lifetime

Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas, Jana Hallas

Eda-Ines Etti

98

1

"What you give is what you get" - we got Steps! This one really grows on you.

10

Over the Water Blue

Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre, Evelin Samuel

Evelin Samuel

69

3

Another Enya-style song, but weaker than the past two years

And all the scores from the jurors. They are (I might need some help here!) SL-A Slovenian man, NL-Noel Kelehan, CH-Corinne Hermes, ND-Manfred from NDR Radio, AB-Anders Berglund, AV- Andre Vermuelen from Belgium, GC-George from Portugal, MB-Michael Ball, BH-Bo Haldorsson, MD-Moshe Datz.

#

Title

SL

NK

CH

ND

AB

AV

GC

MB

BH

MD

TOT

PL

1

Mõistus ja tunded
(Reason and Emotions)

4

1

12

4

10

10

10

4

6

7

68

4

2

Church of Love

6

5

8

1

7

1

2

2

5

5

42

9

3

Kuulan su ootamist
(I’m Listening to Your Waiting)

8

2

5

3

2

5

8

5

4

1

43

8

4

Sunshine

5

6

4

7

1

2

4

1

3

3

36

10

5

One Sweet Moment

3

7

10

6

3

7

7

3

7

4

57

5

6

When We're Flying High

10

10

7

8

8

3

5

6

8

12

77

2

7

Goodnight

2

12

3

5

4

4

3

8

2

2

45

6

8

Verevend
(Blood-Brother)

1

3

2

2

5

12

6

7

1

6

45

6

9

Once in a Lifetime

12

4

6

10

12

8

12

12

12

10

98

1

10

Over the Water Blue

7

8

10

12

6

6

1

10

10

8

69

3