Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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**Estonia**

Member station	ETV
National selection event(s)	Eurolaul
Appearances	12
First appearance	1994
Best result	1st (2001)
Worst result	24th (1994)

Estonia has entered the Eurovision Song Contest since 1993. On its attempt, in 1993, failed to qualify for the final, coming 5th in the Eastern-European semifinal in Ljubljana (Slovenia). From 1996 through to 2002, Estonia consistently qualified for the final and placed well. In 2001, Tanel Padar and Dave Benton's Everybody won the contest. This was the first time any of the former communist countries has won the contest.

As a result of this win, Estonia hosted the Contest in 2002, in the Saku Suurhall in their capital Tallinn. The years thereafter were less successful; since a semifinal was introduced in 2004 Estonia has never progressed beyond it.

[edit] Estonian entries

Year	Performer	Song	Place
1994	Silvi Vrait	Nagu merelaine (Like a seawave)	24th
1996	Maarja-Liis Ilus & Ivo Linna	Kaelakee hääl (The voice of a necklace)	5th
1997	Maarja	Keelatud maa (Forbidden Land)	8th
1998	Koit Toome	Mere lapsed (Children of the Sea)	12th
1999	Evelin Samuel & Camille	Diamond Of Night	6th
2000	Ines	Once In A Lifetime	4th
2001	Tanel Padar & Dave Benton	Everybody	1st
2002	Sahlene	Runaway	3rd
2003	Ruffus	Eighties Coming Back	21st
2004	Neiokõsõ	Tii (The Road)	SF: 11th
2005	Suntribe	Let's Get Loud	SF: 20th
2006	Sandra Oxenryd	Through My Window	SF: 18th
2007	Gerli Padar	Partners in Crime	SF: ?