Tere päevast! This year the Estonian national selection, Eesti Laul is split into two semi finals and a final. The second semifinal took place on 14 January in two parts at the Viimsi Atrium. The first part consisted of the performances and the second was the results of the voting.
The show started with the hosts introducing themselves and a performance from Eesti Laul veterans Greta Paia and Sven Lõhmus. Before each competing artist, there was an introduction where they spoke about themselves and which previous entries were their favourites.
First up was Inger, who gave a lively performance alone on stage with a chair on top of a large lazy Susan.
Next up was Linalakk and Bonzo. The two of them were standing on stage alone with some lightbulbs around then as props. The song was soothing with a slow tempo and guitar music as the background.
Meelik performed a 70's type song, which was shown in black and white for the first half, then in colour. Their style was interesting as they wore longsleeved white shirts with long pants, along with socks and sandals.
Elysa went on next with a modem sounding sound, but with 80's looking dancers and staging. The choreography was funny, but the lighting was a little dark.
The following artist was Robin Juhkental, who performed with a dancer with random moves. The song was slow and relaxing. They certainly took advantage of special effects being allowed as there were some trippy optical tricks used.
M Els took the stage next with a red dress and red lighting. The song was very catchy and had a great reaction from the audience.
The group Wiiralt performed next with their lovely Estonian language country music song. It was shown in black and white.
Following them was Sissi, with her dramatic performance. The lighting made it look like she was underwater. She performed barefoot with loose fitting clothes.
Singer and musician Carlos Ukareda then sang his slow paced song alone on stage with a guitar, wearing black.
Alika was the final contestant to perform. She was alone on stage with a self-playing piano wearing white. After a while she played the piano for a while before it continued to play by itself. Very dramatic and grand performance. She stole the show.
Before the results of the voting were announced, Kerli performed her song with Kristian Järvi on the piano. Her usual eccentric style was very present in this performance.
There were two rounds of voting. The first round included results of both the jury and public vote. Four went straight through to the final from this round - Inger, Meelik, Sissi and Alika.
Before the second round of voting results, which was from public voting only, singer/dancer Yasmyn performed. These results only allowed one more singer to get through to the final, and this was M Els.
The final will be held on 11 February, 2023 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn.