#Birgit Õigemeel
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essential-music · 23 days ago
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The song Et uus saaks alguse by Birgit Õigemeel weaves a captivating tapestry of emotional depth and musical artistry that resonates deeply with listeners.
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At its core, the song is a poignant exploration of renewal and hope, its lyrics carrying a universal message that every ending blossoms into a new beginning. Lines like “Iga lõpp ei ole muud, kui algus uus” flow with poetic grace, touching the heart with their simplicity and truth, transcending linguistic boundaries to stir the soul.
Birgit’s vocal performance is nothing short of extraordinary, her voice a crystalline instrument that conveys raw emotion with every note. Widely regarded as one of Estonia’s finest female vocalists, she infuses the ballad with a sincerity that captivates, her pitch-perfect delivery amplifying the song’s tender narrative.
The melody itself is a delicate masterpiece, blending pop sensibilities with subtle country influences. Twanging guitars and sweeping strings create a dreamlike atmosphere, while the arrangement incorporates piano, violins, violas, and cellos to build a lush, organic soundscape. The refrain, in particular, lingers in the mind, its catchy yet gentle cadence making the song irresistibly memorable, growing more enchanting with each listen.
Performed in Estonian, the song celebrates the language’s unique beauty, its soft, almost elven tones often likened to Finnish or Icelandic, lending an authentic cultural resonance that grounds the music in Estonia’s heritage. This choice not only elevates the song’s charm but also imbues it with a sense of national pride, making it a heartfelt ode to identity and renewal.
Featured on the album Uus Algus, the track showcases Birgit’s versatility, seamlessly blending genres while maintaining a fragile, introspective quality that sets it apart.
From its polished production to its addictive melody, Et uus saaks alguse is a testament to the power of music to move and inspire. It stands as a beautifully crafted work of art, where every element—vocals, lyrics, instrumentation, and cultural authenticity—converges to create a timeless and deeply affecting experience.
Year: 2013
Composition/Lyrics: Mihkel Mattisen, Silvia Soro
Producer: Mihkel Mattisen, Timo Vendt
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eurovision-revisited · 3 months ago
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Eurovision 2008 - Number 34 - Birgit Õigemeel - "365 Days"
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Birgit Õigemeel has spent the past six months caught up in a whirlwind of success. The former Estonian TV children's chorister entered the first series of Eesti otsib superstaari, the Estonian incarnation of the Pop Idol franchise, and she won.
Her prize was a single and that came out in November 2007. She gave her first solo concert that December and that sold out immediately. Her first album was released January 2008 and by then she'd already signed on for what turned out to be the last ever Eurolaul - that took place on the second of February in 2008.
That's a hectic start to a solo music career, but Birgit seemed to be sailing through it all serenely. Safe to say that coming into Eurolaul she had huge popular momentum. She also had a song written by the team of Alar Kotkas, Ilmar Laisaar, Jana Hallas, and Pearu Paulus. They used to be called 2 Quick Start when they were a pop group, save for Jana who joined the song-writing team later as the lyricist.
This team were responsible for creating Estonia's Eurovision entries in 2000, 2002 and 2006 as well as several other Eurolaul entries. They'd also written Birgit's debut single in November. 365 Days was the hottest thing at Eurolaul possible.
It's a simple but powerful love ballad. A song of yearning on a lonely night. Missing someone who's not there any more and who appears to have made some rash promises that they haven't kept. It's a song that demands emotional expression as well as a strong voice. Birgit delivers both despite only being nineteen at the time of the show.
It's a grand, and pure expression of love and loneliness that would have fitted snugly into the Eurovisions of the 1990s. If it had won Eurolaul I have no doubt it would have done much better than the song that won, but this was a year when the public televoters had their attention taken away from dramatic ballads and towards other concerns.
Birgit did get ten percent of the televote in the first round which was enough to make the super-final, but given the numbers, it was clear that the other two songs were far ahead of her. She finished third overall at her first attempt to win Estonia's national final.
There would be more attempts. In 2012 she tried, and failed again and then again in 2013. She'd married her manager, Indrek Sarrap, that year and shrunk her performing name to just Birgit, but that year she won Eesti Laul and went on to Eurovision. She performed while she was pregnant with her first child. Another amazing year for Birgit!
Throughout the 2010s she released many singles and has five studio albums to her name including one album collaboration with another Estonia Eurovision alumnus, Uku Suviste. Her most recent album, V, came out in 2018. This is a performance from around 2010 singing Laul Põhjamaast (Nordic Song) backed by the Hale-Bopp singers.
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borisbubbles · 6 years ago
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Eurovision 2010: 80 - 76
80. Birgit  - “Et uus saaks alguse” Estonia 2013
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It is easy to write Birgit’s superhigh ranking off as my pro-Estonia bias, but I actually did NOT like “Et uus saaks alguse” until the semifinal aired. 🤭 You see, 2013 was the first year I followed preselections and i was SMITTEN by the quirky Lõhmus song Birgit beat in EL. You may have heard of “Päästke Noored Hinged”, and if you haven’t educate yourself now and return here once you’re finished. Ready? Okay, let’s continue~
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Anyway, Birgit is just... so adorable? So charismatic? Such a soothing, likable presence? Her magical voice and hypnotic swaying was the exact medicine to treat my Paia ptsd. Before I knew it, I was humming the chorus without thinking about it twice, singing a self-made Dutch translation in the shower on a daily basis. In the end, Birgit won me over, which I think you’ll agree, is a stronger phrasing of words than “I fell in love”. A true example of an underrated gem who deserves more love and attention.
After the contest, Birgit gave birth to a healthy son, continued to live a happy life with her family, occasionally cropping up in Eesti Laul as a juror or in a hilarious collab with Tanja. This ending to her arc pleases me almost as much as “Et uus saaks alguse” did, because if there’s any europerson (besides Valentina Monetta and Ieva Zasimauskaite) that I wish all the happiness in the world, it is Birgit Õigemeel. 
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79. IVAN - “Help you fly” Belarus - 2016
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If I can fly, then you can flyyyyYYYyyyYYYoyoyoohoyojojkoghkooo
With 330+ of read updates under your belt, it should hardly be a surprise to you that I LOVED “Help you fly” the second I heard it, because is there anything as timeless, as ethereal, as enjoyably dated as 80s electronic ska? NO I DON’T THINK SO. TAAAAAAAAKE OOOOOOOOOOON MEEEEEEEEEEEE  However, I don’t think anybody expected IVAN to reveal his true Crazy Person Colours in the months after his selection. 😍 The first inkling came when IVAN insisted “Help you fly”s uplifting message would only be done justice if he did it starkers AND flanked by REAL WOLVES. When the EBU was like “um no wtf you crazy man”, being, you know, the sane boring people we know them to be, IVAN resorted to high-tech CGI to get his ~artistic vision across~
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Lol I often joke about the insanity found at Eurovision but IVAN might be insane for real, which... is really damn��� fucking awesome because it turned “Help you fly” in one of the best acid trips of all time, while also remaining a good song on top of that, and also ironic because “leave all the madness behind” is one of the few audible lines. 😂 So let us bask in the glory of this:
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It is often said that the line between genius and insanity is fairly blurred and IVAN is masterfully... avoiding that line by going all in. "Help you fly” is absolutely BONKERS and frankly, I can’t help being impressed. Of course, it is exactly like “Telemóveis” in that whatever underlying message it had has completely flown over the heads of the gobsmacked audience, and arguably IVAN himself <3 Every time an entry dismantles our expectations with mind-blowing awesomeness, it’s a blessing. Thank you IVAN for blessing us <3
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78. The Shin & Mariko - “Three minutes to Earth” Georgia 2014
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MORE BONKERS ENTRIES <3 God, I remember EVERYONE losing their damn’ marbles when “Three minutes to Earth” was announced. NOBODY could make any sense of it whatsoever <3 It’s like... a bizarre amalgamation of different world music traditions without any discernible melody <3 A jam session not from this fucking planet. Of course, this made the vast bulk of the fandom HATE it,  However...  I was always intrigued and soon fell in love with its disarming avant garde hopelessness <3
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Appreciation which bloomed into genuine deep affection once I realized “Three minutes to Earth” is a song about... ALIEN ABDUCTION <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 
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TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ALIENS!!!!!!!!! 
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Which is... really fucking CLEVER, wtf? 
Like, if we assume, hypothetically, that a friendly alien race were find the Voyager and decipher how to use the golden records, a song such as “Three minutes to Earth” could very well be their interpretation of our music, abducting and indoctrinating a few random Georgians to share their message of peace and cooperation, with millions of people worldwide. That.. is conceptually the most ridiculous sentence I’ve ever written on this blog, and worse, I believe every word of it. PISS AND LIGHT EVERYWHEEEEEERE. 
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77. Hera Björk - “Je ne sais quoi” Iceland 2010
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When in doubt, always bring the agressive euroschlager, and man, Hera Björk is such a force of camp nature. She provided more fire and buzz than the fucking volcano whose name nobody can pronounce (from memory, the name is “Eyjafjallajökull” ^_^) The Eyjafjallajökull mught have held all of the European airports into a chokehold, but in Eurovision it was HERA who ruled (for a brief moment).  
also take a moment to ponder on the fact she looks like Lady Tremaine’s cat. 
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I mean, “Je ne sais quoi” has ~that special something, something just can’t explain~ just kidding, I can and I shall: "Je ne sais quoi” is shamelessly camp, with a cheesy francophone hook, pinging its status as homo-friendly eurotrash to all the gay people EUROVISION FANS that love shameless campy schlager. 
What I like the most however are the explicit references to aggressive love-making. “WHEN I SEE YOU FACE I WANNA FOLLOW MY EMOTIONS” Is this song about Hera getting the d this song is about Hera getting the d isn’t it. (“d” being dick or dildo, you pick the option that wets ur humourwhistle the most.) Well, I am happy! Obese people deserve all the happiness in life. Then again, I am saying this as a man big enough to have a cleavage, so maybe that opinion is a bit bias- OKAY MOVING ON.
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76. Maraaya - “Here for you” Slovenia 2015
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Okay, I will be first to admit that “Here for you” slapped SO MUCH MORE in studio version. Arguably the best song Slovenia have ever sent to Eurovision? Definitely the best between Sebi and Cvet z Juga. And the yes, the live didn’t *entirely* live up to the hype... However, a slightly less good “Here for you” is still fucking awesome? LEGIT CHARTABLE SONG THAT ISN’T BORING <3 AIR VIOLIN REALNESS <3
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However, you all know that I LIVE for the small moments of incompetence and weirdness, and Marjetka provides two big ones BY HERSELF: There’s of course the hilarity of the headphones & lace dress, but what I’m getting at is the chronic headbobbing: seriously, is this a tic:
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This reminds me of 1968 BorisBubbles fave Claes-Göran Hederström and his incessant lip-licking. 
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(Most lubricated lips in the herstory of Eurovision 😍) 
Of course, Marjetka’s persistent headbobbing also had a hilarious impact on her voice, giving her a stuttering vibrato, as she were cycling over a cobblestone road while singing this song. 😍
After doing Eurovision and showcasing their talent to everyone in Europe, Maraaya went back to Slovenia, becoming their Sven Lõhmus and loyally delivering a slew of trashy semi-chartable shitsongs into EMA every year since, winning with none of them. 😍 
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keehaag · 8 years ago
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escunited · 7 years ago
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Eesti Laul 2019 Semi Final 1 - Reaction & Fan Favorites
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unofficial-estonia · 6 years ago
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Estonia and Eurovision 101
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Estonia has taken part in Eurovision 25 times
Estonia has won once, finished last once and has never received 0 points
Estonia’s best era in Eurovision was from 1996 to 2002, where it finished in top 8 six out of seven times
Estonia’s 1996 entry which got 5th place was the first time former Soviet country finished in top 5
Estonia won Eurovision in 2001 with  Tanel Padar’s, Dave Benton’s & 2XL’s “Everybody” in Denmark
Dave Benton was the first person of colour and, at the age of 50 years and 101 days, the oldest contestant at the time to win the contest
Estonia was the first former Soviet country to win the contest and the second Eastern European country to win
Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Estonia has failed to reach the final on nine occasions
Estonia has reached the top ten in Final four times: in 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018
Estonia’s total of 10 top ten results, is more than other Baltic countries
Estonia is placed in the Nordic voting block, due Estonia often giving points to Norway, Sweden and Finland
Estonia and Finland are apparently the only countries to have translated subtitles for every song.
Estonia has been represented by non-Estonian four times (Aruban and 3 Swedes) in 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2019 respectively and by Estonian-Russian twice - in 2014 and 2018 respectively
Estonia has sung in Estonian 7 times, in Võro language 1 time (2004), in Serbian, German and Finnish 1 time (all in 2008), in Italian 1 time (2018), in English 14 times
Estonian entries from 2000 to 2019 (bolded reached the final):
2000: Ines - Once in a Lifetime, 4th with 98 points
2001: Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL - Everybody, 1st with 198 points
2002: Sahlene - Runaway, 3rd place with 111 points
2003: Ruffus - Eighties Coming Back, 21st with 14 points
2004: Neiokõsõ - Tii (in Võro language)
2005: Suntribe - Let’s Get Loud
2006: Sandra - Through My Window
2007: Gerly Padar - Partners in Crime
2008 Kreisiraadio - Leto Svet (in Serbian, German and Finnish)
2009: Urban Symphony - Rändajad, 6th with 129 points (in Estonian)
2010: Malcolm Lincoln & Manpower 4 - Siren
2011: Getter Jaani - Rockefeller Street, 24th with 44 points
2012: Ott Lepland - Kuula, 6th with 120 points (in Estonian)
2013: Birgit Õigemeel - Et uus saaks alguse, 20th (in Estonian)
2014: Tanja - Amazing
2015: Elina Born & Stig Rästa - Goodbye to Yesterday, 7th with 106 points
2016: Jüri Pootsmann - Play
2017: Koit Toome & Laura - Verona
2018: Elina Nechayeva - La Forza, 8th with 245 points (in Italian)
2019: Victor Crone - Storm, 19th with 86 points 
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cuboneprinny · 2 years ago
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So starting off we have Eurovision 2013. That's pretty much the year I actively remember watching/paying attention to Eurovision even though I could only remember the song from Hungary.
My ranking of the 2013 finals would be;
1. You - Robin Stjerberg, Sweden
2. I Feed You My Love - Margaret Berger, Norway
3. Something - Andrius Pojavis, Lithuania
4. Tomorrow - Gianluca Bezzina, Malta
5. Kedvesem - ByeAlex, Hungary
6. Marry Me - Krista Siegfrids, Finland
7. It's My Life - Cezar, Romania
8. L'Essenziale - Marco Mengoni, Italy
9. Glorious - Cascada, Germany
10. Only Love Survives - Ryan Dolan, Ireland
11. Gravity - Zlata Ognevich, Ukraine
12. Only Teardrops - Emmelie de Forest, Denmark
13. Love Kills - Roberto Bellarosa, Belgium
14. O Mie - Aliona Moon, Moldova
15. Solayoh - Alyona Lanskaya, Belarus
16. Alcohol is Free - Koza Mostra & Agathon Iakovidis, Greece
17. Hold Me - Farid Mammadov, Azerbaijan
18. Et Uus Saaks Alguse - Birgit Õigemeel, Estonia
19. What if - Dina Garipova, Russia
20. Birds - Anouk, Netherlands
21. L'enfer Et Moi - Amadine Bourgeois, France
22. Lonely Planet - Dorians, Armenia
23. Believe In Me, Bonnie Tyler, UK
24. Contigo Hasta El Final - ESDM, Spain
25. Waterfall - Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani, Georgia
26. Ég Á Lif - Eythor Ingi - Iceland
And that's my personal ranking of the 2013 finals. Next time the complete list of all 2013 songs.
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olucaslab · 4 years ago
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New music saved on Spotify! Please listen: "Et Uus Saaks Alguse" by Birgit Õigemeel https://ift.tt/3uHns8v
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residentraccoon · 4 years ago
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Thanks for the tag aaaaa 💖
I only have on repeat esc songs, surprising I know
1. Birgit Õigemeel - Et uus saks alguse
2. Juri Pootsmann - Play
3. Justs Sirmais - Heartbeat
4. Keiino - Unbreakable
5. Hooverphonic - The wrong place
I tag uhhhhhh @melovinsburningstairs @cygnetix @roxenworlddomination only if you want thoo
@saintvellum tagged me for four songs I’ve had on repeat lately, thank you sweetheart 🧡
1. Bed by Joel Corry, Raye ane David Guetta
2. Fallen Angel by Tix (my baby 🥺)
3. How it all works out by Faouzia
4. Hotel Ceiling by Rixton
I tag @poseidonsarmoury @porcelain-heartstrings @ennie-and-waffles @avaloenne
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eurovision-revisited · 1 month ago
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Eurovision 2009 - Number 62 - Ithaka Maria - "One Last Dance"
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Ithaka Maria returns to the newly renamed Eesti Laul 2009 and this time she's on her own. Slobodan River had split up in 2006 leaving Ithaka Maria to make it on her own. After one single in 2006 she'd had a long period for writing and recording a new album. That album finally emerged in 2008.
She was still working with Alar Kotas, the producer who'd been working with her since her music career started in the late 1990s. This time he'd brought with him Ilmar Laissar and Pearu Paulus. The three of them had done well in the previous year's Euro Laul, writing Birgit Õigemeel's song 365 Days as well as writing Estonia's 2002 and 2006 Eurovision songs.
There was a new lyricist added into this winning team. Ithaka Maria was used to writing her own songs, however on this occasion, she deferred to a former member of Vanilla Ninja. This was Maarja Kivi now going by the name Marya Roxx as she attempted to break into the American music market with a newer, heavier sound. She was the Ninja who had left the band prior to their 2005 Eurovision appearance.
The mix of Ithaka Maria, Marya Roxx and the 2 Quick Start song-writing crew made this entry something of a superteam of Estonian musicians - a lot would have been expected from One Last Dance. It's a laid back, slightly rocky affair quietly filled with a sense of urgent desire. It's hidden within the folds of a song that appears to pass by in cruise mode, but Ithaka Maria does imbue it with something sexily uncontrolled. And rarely for a Eurovision song sung by a woman, this is about her desire. It's not a male songwriter being sung by a woman, this is a slinky, fidgety, squirming but entirely female noodle.
Estonia, once more, didn't reward Ithaka Maria. She ended up sixth in the final, but did score fourth with the judges. It has to be said that this was an exceptionally strong Eesti Laul - ETV were harvesting a period of exceptional talent in Estonian music as well as further developing the Estonian niche for quirky, credible, alternative sounds.
It wasn't the last time Ithaka Maria would appear at Eesti Laul either. She'd be back in 2011 after two more years spent releasing singles and generally becoming even more well-known in the country. She was a judge on the Estonian edition of Pop Idol later in 2009 and was also one of the contestants on the 2010 version of Dancing with the Stars/Strictly Come Dancing.
Even though this is spoiling her 2011 Eesti Laul song, I have to include this clip. It further cements the feeling of an Estonian music dynasty. This is Ithaka Maria duetting with the very young Alika Milova on the 2015 edition of Laulukarussell, a competition the six-year old Marya Roxx had won all the way back in 1993. This is Hopa'pa-rei
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borisbubbles · 6 years ago
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ESC2019: Preshow: #35
35. ESTONIA Victor Crone - “Storm” SemiFinal 1, #14
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Last Summer Estonia announced that they would, very sadly, reliquish Eesti Laul’s indie vibe by allowing foreign artists to enter.
 “Ah!🤔” Stig Rästa must’ve thought “I can now try to fulfill my biggest dream: create the Estonian Aviicii”😁".
For this he needed a few ingredients: A cheesy song with a catchy but basic track sheeple can dance on and a mouthpiece to perform the song. Said performer would of course have to be Swedish, preferably with no real discernible personality or career and just about desperate enough to enter Eesti Laul over Melfest. Singing Talent if any, was not a requirement, conveniently attractive looks a plus. 
Enter Victor Crone.
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Every ESC hits us with grower songs, songs which you don’t care about at first, but which get better with every listen. “Storm” is... not one of those lol. At this point I doubt whether I even have any remaining *energy* to point out all of the cliché’s, which is basically... all of “Storm”: it has your run-the-mill pseudo-inspirational but inherently meaningless lyrics on a dope beat that sounds like every dance track ever made. It really does not get any more basic than this (sorry; than thiiiIIIIiiiiis)
I mean obviously, it’s Estonia so I had *some* inherent goodwill at the start, but now that every song has been selected, I am now VEHEMENTLY AGAINST Estonia qualifying for the final. Every time I listen to “Storm” I dislike it more and more, as I’m reminded what a cliché clunker it really is. It’s the opposite of a hit, it’s just... shit. 
Victor himself irks me too though, don’t worry, the personal attack you’re anxiously awaiting is about to start: Put a limp noodle with zero personality in a leather jacket and give them a guitar and you still have a limp noodle with zero personality, only in a leather jacket and with a guitar. Even Victor’s Lisa Rinna hair (seriously what an awful haircut for a maaAAAaan liiIIIiike thiiiIIIiis) has more personality than Victor himself. Also, lmao @ his “vocals”. I wasn’t aware a song liiIIIIiike thiIIIIiis could crack a voiiiIIIIiice liiIIIike thiIIIIiis.
NF Corner
Did Estonia have options other than “Storm”? Well, yeah, they did, but none I particularly cared about actually.😬 I went down my usual trajectory of pulling for lovable randoms because I did NOT love any of the realistic options. Inger was not my cup of tea and Stefan was probably the only one I liked less than Victor 😷 Having said that, I did have a strong preference for ONE of the contenders:
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Even with Kirkorkov’s Dark Mark clining to it, “Pretty little liar” would’ve easily been the best option for Estonia, both at ESC and at this ranking (I enjoy how lowkey trash PLL’s melodrama is. “YOU PRETTY LITTLE LIAR *YOU*” <3). If Estonia wanted a conventionally handsome robot in a leather jacket, just go for Uku Ceviche, wtf???
But there are other fun songs I wouldn’t want to deny you. There is of course, the EPIC collab between Tanja & Birgit Õigemeel: 
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Embarrassing ElectroSwing sensationalism, YES <3 It wouldn’t have stood a chance in ESC, but I’m happy it graced my internet tee-vee screen with its presence.. 
There’s also THIS hilarious s*cat* anthem which cured my just about my loneliness, anxiety, depression  😻😻😻😻😻
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Fulfilling its destiny of finishing last with exactly 1 point. 😻 (not last overall though, because there were *two* songs in the other semi which managed to get 0 points somehow lmfao 😻<3) 
My personal fave however was something different: meet MEME QUEEN INGA
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Good Estonian indiepop isnt dead, it was just burried underneath of layers and layers and fucking LAYERS of garden-variety radio pop. "Miline päev” did have a certain ~Je Ne Sais Quoi~ about it (You know it has that special something!) that I enjoyed. Maybe it were the iconic trousers or the iconic dancing or perhaps both? Bask in the radiant warm glow of QUEENGA’s surpreme dance mewvs: 
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Qualification Odds: Borderline (Disadvantaged)
Same issue as with Denmark: The bookmakers claim Estonia will advance, but I don’t knoooooooow about thaaaaat -- Sandra Diaz-Twine. The first issue is the live voice: Victor can barely sing “Storm” in tune EVEN WHEN SINGING IT OVER THE CD-TRACK WHICH FEATURES HIS OWN AUTOTUNED VOICE. In a format such as ESC where *all* of the voices MUST be live, there no way he’ll sound good.  Secondly, um the song is boring and shit and generic and trash and STANDS OUT as those things compared to the other songs in the SF. AND Victor’s draw puts him behind Hatari’s sado-mascochistic punkfest and Conan’s savant garde fado fable. You need to be fucking ICONIC to stand a chance between those two and honestly, name a human less deserving of being refered to as “iconic” as Victor Crone. Third of all, it’s Estonia. Estonia is all about being overrated by the netizens. I fall for it every year, because you know, this feeling of wishful thinking is REAL (DAYUM -- Alen Chicco), but not this time!! In all fairness, given how open SF1 is, I would not be too shocked if Victor DID qualify, but “Storm” feels more like a song that juries would like due to the Lowest Common Denominator (but less so than normally because juries do NOT like Estonia for some reason) (jealousy) and I believe the audience will largely ignore “storm” due to its lack of memorability. The only trump card Estonia have is the augmented reality gimmick and it’s hard to gauge how effective it will prove to be in a SF that, you know, features anti-capitalist bondage, live re-enactments of Edward Scissorhands and deepthroating contraltos dressed up like John Waters characters. 
Projected placement: 7th-15th in the semifinal. If he qualifies, bottom 10 in the finale. 
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blastikmusik · 6 years ago
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Richard Cheese Wham! Lucy Dacus Luxar Erdmöbel (Weihnachten) The xx (BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge) Scala And Kolacny Brothers Le Cassette Assembler Birgit Õigemeel & Uku Suviste Frank Turner Luna Lee Florence + The Machine (Live From BBC Radio) We The Kings Postmodern Jukebox Split Cascada Roberto Blanco Kymaera Leo Moracchioli Wham! (Pudding Mix)
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eurovision-austria · 6 years ago
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Heute in Estland: Das erste Semifinale von Eesti Laul 2019!
Heute in #Estland: Das erste Semifinale von Eesti Laul 2019! #EestiLaul #ESC #eurovision
Heute in Estland beginnt Eesti Laul 2019 in Tartu!
Im ersten Semifinale von Eesti Laul 2019 treten 12 Kandidaten an. Darunter auch Sandra Nurmsalu, Tanja und Birgit Õigemeel (The Swingers). Sechs Kandidaten werden sich für das Finale am 16. Februar in Tallinn qualifizieren.
Live Stream: Ab 17:00 Uhr MEZ auf ETV.
Teilnehmer des ersten Semifinales
The Swingers – High Heels In The Neighbourhood
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unofficial-estonia · 8 years ago
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2017 isn’t first year Estonia has released it’s Eurovision song in multiple languages, having done so in both 2012 and 2013. You can listen to them here:
2012: Kuula (Estonian, original) | Hear me (English) | Слушай (Russian) | Escucha (Spanish) | (performed by Ott Lepland)
2013: Et uus saaks alguse (Estonian, original) | New Way to Go (English) | Allting börjar om (Swedish) | Светлое начало (Russian) | Volver a empezar (Spanish) | (performed by Birgit Õigemeel)
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soulsound · 12 years ago
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esc 2013 entries: birgit õigemeel - et uus saaks alguse (estonia)
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blastikmusik · 7 years ago
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Preparing for X-Mas 2018 - Day 12 Todays topic: Last Christmas
Richard Cheese Scala And Kolacny Brothers The xx Birgit Õigemeel & Uku Suviste Erdmöbel Frank Turner Luna Lee Florence + The Machine We The Kings Postmodern Jukebox Roberto Blanco Kymaera Cascada Wham! Split Leo Moracchioli
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