
Estonia: Artists for Eesti Laul 2026 revealed
All 12 artists competing at Eesti Laul 2026 have been revealed by the Estonian broadcaster. One of them will represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026
Estonian broadcaster ERR has now revealed all 12 artists competing in Eesti Laul 2026. The first six were announced yesterday (30 October), and the final six have now been added – completing the lineup for Estonia’s national selection competition for Eurovision 2026.
A total of 12 artists will compete for the ticket to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna. The 12 come from a total of 171 songs that were submitted to ERR.
Their songs will be revealed no later than 4 December 2025.
Four previous Eurovision contestants
More than half of the artists competing in Eesti Laul 2026 have taken part in the contest before. Three of them have even represented Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest, while one — Vanilla Ninja — represented Switzerland in Eurovision 2005.
Eesti Laul 2026
Eesti Laul 2026 takes place on Saturday 14 February 2026 in Unibet Arena, Tallinn.
The 12 artists will perform their song live, and 50% jury and 50% public voting will find three acts for the Superfinal. Here it will be solely the Estonian public who decides the winner of Eesti Laul 2026 and their representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
Estonia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times, first in 1994, competing every year except 1995.
Estonia has managed to qualify for the Grand Final 11 out of 21 times.
Estonia has won just once, in the year 2001, with the song "Everybody," performed by Tanel Padar and Dave Benton and 2XL.








