ESTONIA – Eesti Laul 2020 will be the twelfth edition of the Estonian national selection Eesti Laul, which will select Estonia’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. The competition will consist of 24 entries competing in two semi-finals on 13 February and 15 February 2020, leading to a twelve-song final on 29 February 2020.
The format of the competition includes two semi-finals on 13 February and 15 February 2020 and a final on 29 February 2020. Twelve songs will compete in each semi-final and the top six from each semi-final will qualify, completing the twelve-song lineup in the final. The results of the semi-finals will be determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a professional jury and public televoting for the first five entries, then the final spot was decided in a second round of voting, televote only. The winning song in the final will be selected over two rounds of voting: the first round results will select the top three songs via the 50/50 combination of jury and public voting and the second round will decide the winner from those three songs, televote only.
On 1 September 2019, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 6 November 2019 through an online upload platform. Foreign songwriters were also eligible to submit songs. A fee was imposed on songs being submitted to the contest, with 25 Euros for Estonian language songs and 50 Euros for songs in other languages. From all 178 songs submitted to ERR, a jury panel selected the 24 songs for the competition, with the selected entries being announced on 13 and 14 November 2019. The selection jury consisted of Andres Puusepp, Anu Varusk, Birgit Sarrap, Daniel Levi, Eda-Ines Etti, Hendrik Sal-Saller, Jüri Makarov, Kaupo Karelson, Lauri Hermann, Madis Aesma, Maiken, Owe Petersell, Sten Teppan and Vaido Pannel.
FIRST SEMI-FINAL
- Anett & Fredi – “Write About Me”
- Egert Milder – “Georgia (On My Mind)”
- INGA – “Right Time”
- Jennifer Cohen – “Ping Pong”
- Kruuv – “Leelo”
- Laura – “Break Me”
- Little Mess – “Without a Reason”
- Rasmus Rändvee – “Young”
- Renate – “Videomäng”
- REVALS – “Kirjutan romaani”
- STEFAN – “By My Side”
- Synne Valtri feat. Väliharf – “Majakad”
SECOND SEMI-FINAL
- German & Violina – “Heart Winder”
- INGER – “Only Dream”
- Jaagup Tuisk – “Beautiful Lie”
- Janet – “Hingelind”
- Mariliis Jõgeva – “Unistustes”
- Merilin Mälk – “Miljon sammu”
- SHIRA – “Out In Space”
- Traffic – “Üks kord veel”
- Uku Suviste – “What Love Is”
- Uudo Sepp – “I’m Sorry. I Messed Up”
- Viinerid – “Kapa Kohi-LA”
- Ziggy Wild – “Lean On Me”
