#et uus saaks alguse

[demonfairyprincess]

Eurovision songs that have qualified from the spot of death

Austria, 2017- Running on Air

Poland 2016- Color of Your Life

Armenia 2015- Face the Shadow

Estonia 2013- Et uus saaks alguse

Iceland 2012- Never Forget

Macedonia 2012- Crno i belo

Austria 2011- The Secret is Love

Russia 2010- Lost and Forgotten

Armenia 2010- Apricot Stone

Israel 2008- The Fire in Your Eyes

Earlier than 2008, the format changes a bit and I don’t think this really applies anymore, so this is starting from 2008, with two semis. So that’s 10 qualifying out of 28 songs from the semis in the spot of death. Not that bad! All this to say, I think Armenia can still qualify despite being 2nd in the running order, and I believe they will. They’ve done it before, after all.

[newestmusic]

Et uus saaks alguse- Eurovisioon 2013 - (cover by) ARHANNA (11)

[six-paths-of-jeanmarco]

Eurovision 2012 vs 2013

Albania: Suus vs Identitet Armenia: Lonely Planet Austria: Woki mit deim Popo vs Shine Azerbaijan: When the Music Dies vs Hold Me Belarus: We Are the Heroes vs Solayoh Belgium: Would You? vs Love Kills Bosnia and Herzegovina: Korake ti znam Bulgaria: Love Unlimited vs Samo shampioni Croatia: Nebo vs Mižerja Cyprus: La La Love vs An me thimasai Denmark: Should've Known Better vs Only Teardrops Estonia: Kuula vs Et uus saaks alguse Finland: När jag blundar vs Marry Me France: Echo (You and I) vs L'Enfer et moi Georgia: I'm a Joker vs Waterfall Germany: Standing Still vs Glorious Greece: Aphrodisiac vs Alcohol Is Free Hungary: Sound of Our Hearts vs Kedvesem Iceland: Never Forget vs Ég á líf Ireland: Waterline vs Only Love Survives Israel: Time vs Rak Bishvilo Italy: L'amore è femmina (Out of Love) vs L'essenziale Latvia: Beautiful Song vs Here We Go Lithuania: Love Is Blind vs Something Malta: This Is the Night vs Tomorrow Moldova: Lăutar vs O mie Montenegro: Euro Neuro vs Igranka Netherlands: You and Me vs Birds North Macedonia: Crno i belo vs Pred da se razdeni Norway: Stay vs I Feed You My Love Portugal: Vida minha Romania: Zaleilah vs It's My Life Russia: Party for Everybody vs What If San Marino: The Social Network Song vs Crisalide (Vola) Serbia: Nije ljubav stvar vs Ljubav je svuda Slovakia: Don't Close Your Eyes Slovenia: Verjamen vs Straight into Love Spain: Quédate conmigo vs Contigo hasta el final Sweden: Euphoria vs You Switzerland: Unbreakable vs You and Me Türkiye: Love Me Back Ukraine: Be My Guest vs Gravity United Kingdom: Love Will Set You Free vs Believe in Me

2012: 15 vs 2013: 22

[cuboneprinny]

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.

[maschasrankings]

2013

Norway Margaret Berger I Feed You My Love

Italy Marco Mengoni L'Essenziale

Ukraine Zlata Ognevich Gravity

Netherlands Anouk Birds

Moldova Aliona Moon O Mie

Iceland Eythor Ingi Ég Á Líf

Greece Koza Mostra & Agathon Iakovidis Alcohol Is Free

Israel Moran Mazor Rak Bishvilo

San Marino Valentina Monetta Crisalide (Vola)

France Amandina Bourgeois L'Enfer Et Moi

Serbia Moje 3 Ljubav Je Svuda

Montenegro Who See & Nina Žižić Igranka

Bulgaria Elitsa Todorova & Stoyan Yankoulov Samo Shampioni

Belarus Alyona Lanskaya Solayoh

Spain ESDM Contigo Hasta El Final

Denmark Emmelie de Forest Only Teardrops

Austria Natália Kelly Shine

Finland Krista Siegfrids Marry Me

Greece Despina Olympiou An Mi Thimasai

Slovenia Hannah Straight Into Love

Germany Cascada Glorious

Estonia Birgit Et Uus Saaks Alguse

Albania Adrian Lulgjuraj & Bledar Sejko Identitet

Armenia Dorians Lonely Planet

Azerbaijan Farid Mammadov Hold Me

Hungary ByeAlex Kedvesem

Georgia Nodi Tatishvili & Sophie Gelovani Waterfall

Switzerland Takasa You & Me

United Kingdom Bonnie Tyler Believe In Me

Romania Cezar It's My Life

Ireland Ryan Dolan Only Love Survives

Russia Dina Garipova What If

Sweden Robin Stjernberg You

Belgium Roberto Bellarosa Love Kills

Latvia PeR Here We Go

Lithuania Andrius Pojavis Something

North Macedonia Esma & Lozano Pre Da Se Razdeni

Croatia Klapa S Mora Mižerja

Malta Gianluca Tomorrow

[borisbubbles]

Eurovision 2010: 80 - 76

80. Birgit  - “Et uus saaks alguse” Estonia 2013

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~

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

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~

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:

and this:

and this

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

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

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 

TOLD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE ALIENS!!!!!!!!! 

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

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. 

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

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

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:

This reminds me of 1968 BorisBubbles fave Claes-Göran Hederström and his incessant lip-licking. 

(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. 😍 

[rowan-odubhghaill]

On vaja ööd, et päev tooks valguse

Et uus saaks alguse, Birgit (ESC 2013)

[keehaag]

[deep-hearts-core]

music tag game, courtesy of @jaz-the-bard! thanks jaz :) the conceit of this is to spell out my blog with song titles

d - dumb dumb (jeon somi) e - eloise (penny & sparrow) e - et uus saaks alguse (birgit oigemeel) p - paradisin' (rina sawayama)

h - haunt // bed (the 1975) e - empathy (lauren aquilina, muna remix) a - almost lover (a fine frenzy) r - rings a bell (allie x) t - the 1 (taylor swift) s - sanctuary (emmelie de forest)

c - carry on (coeur de pirate) o - one more night (dinah nah) r - russian roulette (red velvet) e - eclipse (kim lip)

i'm supposed to tag as many people as i have characters in my url but i do not think i even have that many mutuals. @softsophos @technofantasia @clearskiesbehind @threadcutters and if anyone else wants to do this feel free to say i tagged you :>

[anotherescsite]

Where in the draw...

A very very long time ago on 28 January 2020, co-hosts Chantal, Jan and Edsilia pulled country names from a bowl in order to determine where each country will be performing in the semi finals. Once the entries were determined, the actual running order was determined.

When 2020 Eurovision did not occur, and the whole cycle of new songs, new performers etc.. where being determined, Rotterdam retained host city title and the hosts retained their positions for one more year. They also decided to retain the same positioning for who will sing when in the draw. Once all the songs were completed, the producers of Eurovision 2021 decided on this running order:

Now as I have no real life and needed to fill some time, I decided to see what history tells about the placings of these songs. To see what placing is luckier than others in the draw. 

Placings

There are three places in the draw that have been historically have been the most successful in placings; 13th, 14th and 15th. Fourteenth place is the most successful placing with three semi final winners (2005, 2012, 2014) and songs qualified 22 of 28 times. Thirteenth is the next most successful place with one winner (2015) and 19 of 28 qualifiers, then 15th is with 2 winners also (2007, 2017) and 21 of 28 qualifiers. They have also have last place finishes as well (13th and 14th - 1 each; 15th - 2).

It is always considered luckier to sing in the second half, but the next three places are in the first half; 1st, 6th and 7th. Opening the semi final has been quite lucky with 15 of 28 qualifiers from opening place. There has only been one victory, and two lasts though. Seventh in the draw has equally successful with 16 songs qualifying for the final and a winner in 2018; no last place. Sixth is another good spot in the first half with 2009 and 2014 victories and only 2010 coming last; 19 of 28 qualifiers. 

Quick note on singing last; only four songs (2005, 2006, 2009, 2013) have not qualified for the final from performing last. Oddly, singing in 16th place has not had much luck with the second lowest average of the 17 places available in the draw this year. They do have two winners there  as well as two last places. In contrast, 17th has the 7th highest average and 14 of 24 qualifiers.

There are two places in the draw that have the worst of the 17 places in the draw. Third has not had a good run in any stretch with six of the 28 songs sung at this spot coming last (2004, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2019) and a mere 8 qualifying songs. Eleventh is the other bottom of the pack. It has provided 11 qualifiers from 28 songs, and only one time that a song was last (2014). Their average would be worse if it wasn’t for a semi final winner by Euphoria.

Points

Having just read through placings, you’d assume that the points would be similar in format. It isn’t. The drawn place that has received the most votes is 13th (3161 points), 15th (3002 points), 9th (2959 points) and the 14th place (2780 points).  The high scoring ninth can be explained by the two semi final winners in 2016 (Sergey Lazarev) and 2017 (Salvador Sobral).  On the flipside, 2nd edges out 3rd for fewest points received in the semi finals my a mere 5 points. Previously mentioned 11th takes 3rd lowest place for votes.

Returning places

Some countries have visited their drawn semi final spots in the past, others are seeing them for the first time. In the case of Serbia, Moldova and Croatia, this will be their third visit and some have better memories than others. 

1. Lithuania - East European Funk 12th

2. Estonia - Et Uus Saaks Alguse 10th Sweden - Undo 2nd 

7. Ireland - Sunlight 15th Moldova - So Lucky 7th;   My Lucky Day 3rd

8. Iceland - Ég Á Líf 6th

9. Norway - Hold On Be Strong 4th Serbia - Beauty Never Lies 9th;   Kruna 7th

10. Croatia - Nebo - 12th;   The Dream - 14th Georgia -  For You 18th/last

11. Albania -  Hear My Plea 17th Belgium - Le Grand Soir 22nd

12. Israel -  Ding Dong 15th

13. Bulgaria - Angel Si Ti 15th

14. Azerbaijan - Miracle 6th

15. Ukraine - Show Me Your Love 7th

16. Malta - Vodka - 14th Switzerland - You And Me 13th

[residentraccoon]

Top 5 fave acts from each country because idk what to do with my life now that esc is over. :') (2010 to 2021)

Estonia

5. Birgit - Et uus saaks alguse (2013)

Idk about y'all, but I love listening to Estonian language, I think it sounds really cute. And this is such an underrated gem.

4. Elina Nechayeva - La forza (2018)

Omgomg how she hits those notes, especially towards the end! I don't know who had the idea of LED dress but it was genius, and so spectacular. Breathtaking performance like holy shit.

3. Koit Toome & Laura - Verona (2017)

I had this song on repeat literally the whole summer of 2018 (when I got to listen to all past editions songs) and still I love it so much like you have no idea. I love how their voices match so well together, how the verses build up, that 90s throwback sound, Koit's staring that became a huge fuckin meme, aaaaaaaa~ couldn't get out of my head. 14th in the semi was sO unfair, even if the staging was a bit underwhelming. It was 2nd to last with the juries, are you kidding me-

2. Juri Pootsmann - Play (2016)

The most undeserving dead last place in this whole competition and I'll argue about it forever till the end of time. So classy, dark, retro, cARD TRICK and the whole Europe slept on this, such disrespect. Even San Marino got more points :))) the juries put this 18th out of 18th, I'm not crying at all- I love him sm hope he returns real soon (he did return in eesti laul '21 but he didn't win, fun)

Other faves that couldn't fit in the top5: Siren (catchy asf and horribly underrated), Rockefeller Street (1 2 7 3), Kuula (estonian language rocks ft beautiful ballad)

1. Elina Born & Stig Rasta - Goodbye to yesterday (2015)

Oh boi, this would fit so well in a 50s movie, ngl. The instrumental during the bridge and literally the whole song is just so beautiful and pleasing to listen to. I don't have any more words to say tbh, masterpiece. 10/10

[blacckestrose]

put your music on shuffle and expose your first 10 songs

I was tagged by the amazing @sugasugakookies @sweetpeajeon @exoticarmyofcrowns & @jinniestan thank you bbs i love you 🥺💜

SCREAM - Sergey Lazarev

One Love - SF9

On Fire - THE ROOP

Et Uus Saaks Alguse - Birgit Oigemeel

Spring Day - BTS

The Truth Untold - BTS

Arcade - Duncan Laurence

FREAKY! - Senhit

Candy (so good) - The Rose

Milim - Harel Skaat

Well well 😏

@memeofthesoul @jinstantnoodle @heavyinmyarms @flowerkth @vante-love @kooala @naturaljeon @lost-midnight-flower @hopefish15 @kiahna-laurelin @facepalmmylifeu @sunshinehobi-07 @locked-army @et-ecce-mulier

[schneefusslanti]

Song title challenge

Rules: spell out your url using song titles, then tag as many people as there are letters in your url.

I got tagged by @skeletonymous

S - Silent Storm (Carl Espen)

C - Caledonia (favorite version by Lisa Kelly/Celtic Woman)

H - Hatrið mun sigra (Hatari)

N - Navsegda (Alekseev)

E - Everything (Anna Vissi)

E - Et uus saaks alguse (Birgit)

F - Fight for Me (Heathers 2014 off-Bway cast)

U - Under the Ladder (Melovin)

S - Solovey (Go_A)

S - Svatovi (Biber ft. DJ Niko Bravo)

L - Lush Life (Zara Larsson)

A - Afterglow (Laila Samuels)

N - Nobody Knows (Darin)

T - Tvoja (Tijana Bogićević)

I - I'm Gonna Be/500 Miles (The Proclaimers)

So I've realized that

a) I need to listen to stuff outside the ESC world,

B) organizing ESC songs as "Netherlands 2016 Slow Down" makes me think the song falls under N instead of S

C) I'm really inactive and not on Tumblr much?? So whoever sees this, you're now tagged.

[six-paths-of-jeanmarco]

Eurovision 2013 vs 2014

Albania: Identitet vs One Night's Anger Armenia: Lonely Planet vs Not Alone Austria: Shine vs Rise Like a Phoenix Azerbaijan: Hold Me vs Start a Fire Belarus: Solayoh vs Cheesecake Belgium: Love Kills vs Mother Bulgaria: Shamo shampioni Croatia: Mižerja Cyprus: An me thimasai Denmark: Only Teardrops vs Cliche Love Song Estonia: Et uus saaks alguse vs Amazing Finland: Marry Me vs Something Better France: L'Enfer et moi vs Moustache Georgia: Waterfall vs Three Minutes to Earth Germany: Glorious vs Is It Right Greece: Alcohol Is Free vs Rise Up Hungary: Kedvesem vs Running Iceland: Ég á líf vs No Prejudice Ireland: Only Love Survives vs Heartbeat Israel: Rak Bishvilo vs Same Heart Italy: L'essenziale vs La mia città Latvia: Here We Go vs Cake to Bake Lithuania: Something vs Attention Malta: Tomorrow vs Coming Home Moldova: O mie vs Wild Soul Montenegro: Igranka vs Moj svijet Netherlands: Birds vs Calm After the Storm North Macedonia: Pred da se razdeni vs To the Sky Norway: I Feed You My Love vs Silent Storm Portugal: Quero ser tua Romania: It's My Life vs Miracle Russia: What If vs Shine San Marino: Crisalide (Vola) vs Maybe Serbia: Ljubav je svuda Slovenia: Straight into Love vs Round and Round Spain: Contigo hasta el final vs Dancing in the Rain Sweden: You vs Undo Switzerland: You and Me vs Hunter of Stars Ukraine: Gravity vs Tick-Tock United Kingdom: Believe in Me vs Children of the Universe

2013: 16 vs 2014: 17

[unofficial-estonia]

Estonia and Eurovision 101

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 

[kirkeerbi]

Küll need Kalevi kommid on head

On olnud üks hea hull töönädal. Eelkõige Anderi jaoks. Paraku ei saa ma blogis väljendada tema emotsiooni ja tundeid ning ta ise ei viitsi kirjutama tulla, seega kunagi, kui ta uue video kokku paneb, saab ta kõiki täpsemalt kurssi viia. Lühidalt aga ajas üks kaos teist taga, kuid seda mitte kõige halvemas mõttes.  

Nimelt töötame nüüd mõlemad samas kohas, Centurionis, kullerfirmas. Kuigi me lähme hommikul koos, tuleme õhtul koos, puutume päeva jooksul kokku heal juhul korra, kui sedagi. Mina olen hetkel eramajade peal ehk käin oma piirkondades ukselt-uksele pakke kohale viimas. Ander seevastu tööstuslinnakus. Seal on ettevõtted, kes tellivad suurtes kogustes, teinekord ka väga suuri ja raskeid pakke, mistõttu koolitataksegi teda kui meesterahvast selle piirkonna jaoks välja. Hetkel on tal aga treening periood ja kahjuks sai ta endale kõige kehvema õpetaja üldse, tolle sama Lõuna-Korea tüdruku, kellega minul väga halb kogemus(nädal) oli, kui tööga alles alustasin.

Mul on väga hea meel, et mul see tee läbi tehtud on, saan Anderit aidata, sest iga päev juhutub midagi uut, teistusugust, uued olukorrad, uued inimesed jms. Väga palju infot korraga. Lisaks on mul endal palju rõõmsam tööl käia, kui tean, et Ander on ka kuskil siinsamas, teeb oma ringi, ehk kohtume lõunapausi ajal või sõidame niisama teineteisest mööda, mina linna poole, tema tagasi kontori poole 😊 Tegelikult on mul tööl paar päris head sõpra ka tekkinud, loomulikult saan ma kõigiga hästi läbi, aga kahe tüdrukuga veidi lähemalt. Üks on austraallane ja teine Taiwanist. Ka too Lõuna-Korea tüdruk on okei, kui ma ei pea temaga koos töötama, kahju veidike Anderist praegu, et tal tuleb teda taluda, aga uue nädala lõpupoole õnnestub ka temal ehk ise sõitma ja tegutsema hakata.

(Selline on üks pool sellest angaarist, kuhu hommikul bussid sisse ajame ja täis laome. Kõik pakkide sorteerimine ja muud asjad toimuvad ka seal. Laupäeval, eile, oli mu esimene tööpäev nädalavahetusel üksinda. Enamuse ajast olin lennujaamas ootasin laadungit, lodgesin ühe paki ja vered, mis haiglast saadeti ning tegin veidi eramaju, lõpetasin hiljem kui tavalisel tööpäeval.)

Neljapäeval juhtus neil aga üks intsident. Kuna tööstuslinnakusse on palju suuri pakke küsis Lõuna-korea tüdruk bossidelt suuremat bussi, et kõik asjad ühekorraga autosse pakkida. Loomulikult talle ka anti, sest ta on Centurioni lemmiktöötaja (üritab hästi jutukas olla, tegutseja, targutaja, töötab nädalavahetuseti ka kontoris jms) ja ega hommikul ei olnud selles midagi halba, et nad nüüd uue suurema bussi said, sest nõnda on tõesti lihtsam. Kuid uus buss (otseses mõttes tuliuus, läikiv, valge, puhas, korras buss) on veidi suurem sellest bussist, millega kullerid muidu sõidavad (muidu on sellised onu Heino bussi suurused bussid või nagu Anderi isal oli see hall). Ühesõnaga koreakas polnud harjunud sõitma nii suure masinaga ja ta rihtis selle uue, läikiva masina kohe päeva alguses ära. Nad olid Anderiga oma tavapärasel tööstuslinnaku ringil, kui ta tagurdas liiga väikese kaarega ühe ettevõtte aiast välja. Mina ei teadnud asjast midagi enne, kui olin saanud bossilt sõnumi ilmuda kell 12 erakorralisele koosolekule, kuhu kutsuti kõik kullerid. Alguses ei saanud üldse arugi, et mis on juhtunud. Mina ikka mõtlesin esimese asjana, et ma olen ju ometi kõik õigesti teinud, minus ei tohiks küll selle koosoleku põhjus olla. Nii kui tagasi kontorisse jõudsin nägin Anderit ja ta rääkis, mis koreakal oli juhtunud ja miks see koosolek üldse praegu aset leiab. Ma ei taha olla õel ega midagi, aga ma usun, et koreakas oli selle kõik ära teeninud, ta oli minu treeningperioodil minuga nii nõme ja Anderiga samamoodi, seega... Irooniline on see, et kui Ander päev enne intsidenti oli temalt küsinud, et miks tema enda bussis, millega ta tavaliselt sõidab, kaameraid ei ole, siis tüdruk vastas uhkelt, et teda usaldatakse. Järgmisel päeval aga selline õnnetus... Kahjuks ei tõmmanud intsident temalt tuure maha, ma küll lootsin, et ehk veits rahuneb nüüd, aga kus sa sellega.

(Pildilt pole nii hästi näha, aga tegelikult on veidi rohkem mõlkis.)

Lisaks mind ajab iga kord naerma, kuidas koreakas käitub, kui mind näeb nt õhtul, kui hakkame koju minema ja nad veel täidavad Anderiga oma pabereid, et “Näe Andy(ehk Ander), su tüdukusõber on juba lõpetanud. Me ka kohe lõpetame, siis saad oma poisssõbra tagasi,” ütleb mulle või kui Ander võtab mõned suured pakid minu piirkonnast ja nad viivad need koreakaga ise ära, siis tüdruk ütleb alati “Tule nüüd aita oma tüdruksõpra.” Minu meelest see on nii naljakas, et ta seda iga kord sedasi mainib 😀 Ma tean ise ka, et Ander on mu poisssõber ja ma olen igati okei sellega, et koreakas Anderit õpetab, mitte mina. Ongi parem, sest too tüdruk tegelikult teab palju rohekm kui mina. Aga ma ei tea, miks ta selline edvistaja on alati, kui ma nende lähedale satun, sest Ander ütles, et muidu ta pole selline. Üritab mind vahest armukadedaks ajada või midagi, aga minus pole seda armukadetseja soolikat vist, mida koreakas üritab leida. See on nii loomulik, et me mõlemad puutume kokku erinevate inimestega, teeme nalja, suhtleme erinevate inimestega, elu jääks elamata, kui me hakkaksime mõtlema, et oi kellega ta suhtleb, oi kellega ta nüüd rääkis. Mõttetu on armukadetseda, kui üksteist usaldatakse 😀 Igatahes koreakas on naljakas.

(Käisime Anderiga hommikul tema tööstuspiirkonda läbi sõitmas, et see tal paremini selgeks saaks. Oli nii palav, aga vähemalt on näha, et turvavöö oli ilusti kinni. (Tegin ka selja tagant pilti, mis oli südamekujuliselt märjaks higistatud, aga ühte postitusse saan maksimum kümme pilti lisada, seega seda südamekujulist higilaiku tuleb kõigil ise ette kujutada.)

(Kolm märki sellest, et oled väsinud: 1)Me majakaaslane Marek rääkis hommikul meiega juttu ja samal ajal lõi ühe muna lõikelauale katki. 2) Kui lähed hambaid pesema ja paned hambapastat hambaharja tagumisele küljele. 3) Kui lähed kell seitse õhtul magama ja ärkad öösel, et vetsu minna arvates, et kohe pead ärkama, kuid kella vaadates on kell alles 23.35.)

(Ja me saime lõpuks kätte oma Eesti paki!!!! Jesss! Nii head kommid, juustud, vorstid ja KAPSAS!!!! Aitäh, aitäh, aitäh!)

(Ander ja koerad :))

(Tiia pani Budhile mesilase kostüümi selga, ta oli nii nunnu :))

Aaa, see ka, et mul oli sünnipäev. Üks läbi aegade mõttetumaid sünnipäevi üldse. Pikk, palav tööpäev, õhtul väsinud umbes kella kuue aeg ostsime sushit ja läksime autoga vaateplatvormile ookeani vaatma ja sööma ning peale seda ostsime veel tordi, sõime kodus paar tükki ja läksime magama. Niimoodi sain ma 20-aastaseks.  

(Ma tordiga.)

(Ma 20-aastane.)

(Ander kinkis mulle sünnipäevaks kella! Kuigi ma ise valisin, nii ilus :)