Estonia 1999

The Estonian National Final

Diamond of Night sung by Evelin Samuel (right) won the contest.
Congratulations to the winner (she should have won last year!).

The Eurolaul, took place on 30th January in Tallinn from 1945-2115 British time (GMT/UTC).

Presenters were Romi Erlach and Marko Reikop.

The results table is below the table of final line-up taken from Estonian TV web pages:

And the results table(borrowed from Estonian TV):

	Sweden	Latvia?	Slovenia	Iceland	Germany	Italy	Ireland	UK	Greece	Israel
Song/Jury											Total	Place
	Anders Berglund	Raimonds Pauls	Andrej Karoli	Bjorgvin Halldorsson	Manfred Witt	Camila Raznovich	Noel Kelahan	Katrina	Nana Mouskouri	Kobi Oshrat
Aeg kord täidab...	2	3	2	3	1	5	8	8	1	1	34	10
Day I Lived a Year	6	5	8	8	5	4	6	3	5	3	53	7
Vee ja soola saaga	10	12	6	4	4	12	5	1	12	7	73	2
If You Could...	4	10	7	2	2	10	12	4	4	12	67	4
Soolo	5	2	5	12	8	1	3	10	8	4	58	5
Mu hääl	1	1	10	5	3	2	4	2	10	2	40	9
Didn't I Know	7	4	12	7	6	8	7	12	3	6	72	3
Say You Love Me	8	7	3	6	7	3	2	6	2	5	49	8
Opera on Fire	3	6	1	1	12	6	1	7	7	10	54	6
Diamond of Night	12	8	4	10	10	7	10	5	6	8	80	1

And a pre-contest preview:

Regular correspondent Tobias Larsson has been reading the web pages at Estonian TV and brings us this preview (re-edited following the minor changes found above):

Ten songs: four in Estonian and six in English. Quite a few well-known names in it as well. Ivo Linna and Koit Toome do not take part for obvious reasons: they were in the jury selecting the entries:

1.AEG KORD TÄIDAB SOOVID - Time will make our wishes come true
by Paul Kikerpuu
Performer: Gerli Padar

2.DAY I LIVED A YEAR
by Harmo Kallaste
Performer: Harmo Kallaste (who was also the composer of "Keelatud maa")

3.VEE JA SOOLA SAAGA - The saga of Water and Salt
by Aivar Joonas
Performer: Kate (pictured right)
A real fave, since Kate took part in 97 (5th) and in 98 (3rd). A lively folksy number is to be expected here. The composer is also the same as in those two years.

4.IF YOU COULD ONLY HEAR ME
by Hedvig Hanson
Performer: Hedvig Hanson (who took part in Eurolaul in 94 and 96 as a duet partner to Pearu Paulus)

5.SOOLO - Solo
by Sven Lõhmus
Performer: Lauri Liiv
The composer wrote "Maailm kahele" in 1998 and the singer was one of the two to perform "Kristallid" in 98 as well.

6.MU HÄÄL - My voice
by Hanna Pruuli
Performer: Hanna Pruuli & Jakko Maltis
Hanna took part in 97 and came 2nd with "Üksik hing"

7.DIDN'T I KNOW
by Kadri Koppel
Performer: Maiken

8.SAY YOU LOVE ME
by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar & Alar Kotkas
Performer: Pearu Paulus (who took part in 94, 96 and 97 and could be a potential winner as well)

9.OPERA ON FIRE
by Rein Rannap
Performers: Mati Kõrts, Jassi Zahharov, Mait Trink, Joel De Luna
Rein Rannap, the man behind "Maatütre tants", possibly the weirdest entry ever in a national final, is back again.

10.DIAMOND OF NIGHT
by Priit Pajusaar/Glen Pilvre/Kaari Silamaa
Performer: Evelin Samuel & Camille
[Originally this was listed as "Langevate tähtede aeg". Presumably this is the English version - GH].
This is probably the one to watch - Evelin was second last year with a smashing ballad, and the composer team wrote "Kaelakee hääl".
[Camille is a Vanessa-Mae style violinist, so this isn't a duet - GH]

Thanks very much again, Tobias!

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