Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

ESC National Year
Year = 2007
Country = EST
Preselection = Eurolaul 2007
Preselection date = 3 February 2007
Entrant = Gerli Padar
Song = "Partners in Crime"
SF result = "Failed to qualify" (22nd)
Final result =

Estonia chose its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 during Eurolaul 2007 on 3 February 2007. The winner was Gerli Padar with "Partners in Crime", composed by Henrik Sal-Saller and written by Berit Veiber.

Event History

As Estonia finished 18th in the 2006 semi final, the winner took part once again in the semi-final on May 10. ETV invited 10 Estonian songwriters to submit entries for the 2007 Eurolaul, including the songwriters behind the Estonian entries in 2000, 2002 and 2006, the lead singer of the 2005 Swiss entrants Vanilla Ninja, 2000 Estonian performer and 2nd placer in the 2005 Eurolaul, Ines, composers of the 1996, 1999 and 2005 Estonian entries, and Soul Militia, who won the contest in 2001 under the name of 2XL, along with Dave Benton & Tanel Padar. [ [http://www.etv.ee/index.php?0539661/ Eesti Television] ] Unlike in the 2006 Eurolaul, the results were determined by the televotes of the Estonian audience.

Eurolaul 2007

Eurolaul 2007 was held on 3 february 2007 at the ETV TV Studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop & Maarja-Liis Ilus (Estonian entry to the 1996 and 1997 contests). The winner was chosen through 2 rounds of televoting - the first to select the top 3 songs, and the second to select the winner.

The first round of voting had 56,172 televotes cast, while the second televoting round had 118,949 votes cast. [cite web|url=http://ajaviide.delfi.ee/news/muusika/article.php?id=14989753|title= Eurovisioonile läheb Gerli Padar| publisher= www.delfi.ee|language=Estonian|date=2007-02-03 |accessdate=2007-02-04]

*Votes in the second round only counted towards "Partners in Crime", "Sunflowers" and "Romeo ja Julia".

At Eurovision

"Partners in Crime" was performed 23rd in the running order, following Hungary and preceding Belgium. However the song only received 33 points, placing 22nd of 28 countries and failing to pass to the final.

References

External links

* [http://www.etv.ee/index.php?0539645 ETV Eurolaul 2007]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg9HxMq3I7g Video of song "Partners in crime"]

ee also

* Eurovision Song Contest 2007
* Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest