12 songs made it to the final of Eesti Laul 2021. A familiar format with two rounds of voting, firstly both jury and public being combined to pick the top three artists and then a further vote by the public to select the winner.
The 12 contenders were:
Song 1 - Egert Milder “Free Again” (Jury 1, Public 1, Total = 2) https://youtu.be/-CHA01_BHo4
Poor Egert is still thumping his guitar but his vocal has improved for the final.
Song 2 - Suured Tüdrukud “Heaven’s Not That Far Tonight” (Jury 2, Public 6, Total = 8) https://youtu.be/D6jot5dVzDY
Love this. We all need mums/aunts like these two. Should have opened the show.
Song 3 - Hans Nayna “One By One” (Jury 6, Public 0, Total = 6) https://youtu.be/xOGwRDPndP0
Swapped the white shirt for a black one. More solid than the semi but still hasn’t found his shoes.
Song 4 - Ivo Linna, Robert Linna, Supernova “Ma olen siin” (I am here) (Jury 0, Public 2, Total = 2) https://youtu.be/0F9YuF0fReQ
Supercool and relaxed again. Ivo is doing well for 71.
Song 5 - Karl Killing “Kiss Me” (Jury 8, Public 0, Total = 8) https://youtu.be/_LTqG4mISmw
More competent from floppy haired Karl, but vocal still struggles when it needs to get out of first gear.
Song 6 - Uku Suviste “The Lucky One” (Jury 3, Public 12, Total = 15) https://youtu.be/aBv8W_IgaZ8
Uku delivers one of his better vocals over these last two years at Eesti Laul. Though it’s not a high bar.
Song 7 - Sissi “Time” (Jury 12, Public 3, Total = 15) https://youtu.be/B6AsEYqJwlk
Sissi crushes it. This lady has the chops to go far.
Song 8 - Jüri Pootsmann “Magus Melanhoolia” (Sweet melancholy) (Jury 7, Public 8, Total = 15) https://youtu.be/O9t3XfGkgFE
Tighter camera angles and more focus from Jüri. I suspect his leather pants would have some fans ;)
Song 9 - Redel “Tartu” (Jury 0, Public 7, Total = 7) https://youtu.be/y8mmF8BwTlA
A treat for the ears and the eyes. Iconic Eesti Laul!
Song 10 - Koit Toome “We Could Have Been Beautiful” (Jury 4, Public 10, Total = 14) https://youtu.be/ie4mg2G6xsM
Much better outfit for Koit but his vocal doesn’t quite have the oomph.
Song 11 - Andrei Zevakin & Pluuto “Wingman” (Jury 10, Public 4, Total = 14) https://youtu.be/3KXkrZomh6U
If you thought it looked familiar, it was! The boys had to replay their semi-final performance as they were in COVID quarantine.
Song 12 - Kadri Voorand “Energy” (Jury 5, Public 5, Total = 10) https://youtu.be/35PnjSu15Mc
Well put together package from Kadri. Strong!
So, getting through to the Top 3 (all with 15 points) were:
Uku Suviste “The Lucky One” (46.1%)
Sissi “Time” (29.4%)
Jüri Pootsmann “Magus Melanhoolia” (24.5%)
And winning through with 46.1% of the public vote was Uku Suviste. As it turns out he is the lucky one and gets to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2021!