Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

, held in Jerusalem, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. This was their fifth entry at Eurovision, having debuted at the 1994 contest

Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the second time that Estonia had attempted to enter the contest, having failed to qualify from the semi-final stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. The pre-selection process featured multiple artists for the first time, with Silvi Vrait's "Nagu merelaine"...

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The Estonian representative for the contest was Evelin Samuel

Evelin Samuel

-Career:Evelin Samuel has been singing since childhood and was even recorded by the studios of the Estonian Radio at a very early age. In late 1980s, Evelin joined the children's musical theatre Colombina whom she performed with at the 1992 Roskilde Festival in Denmark.In 1993, she finished 4th at...

 and Imbi Rätsep (also known as "Camille") with the song "Diamond of Night

Diamond Of Night

"Diamond of Night" was the Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English by singer Evelin Samuel and violinist Imbi Rätsep as "Camille"...

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National final

The Estonian National final was held on January 30, 1999 at the ETV

Eesti Televisioon

Eesti Televisioon is the national public television station of Estonia. It made its first broadcast on 19 July 1955.The bulk of ETV's funding comes from government grant-in-aid, around 15% of which is in turn funded by the fees paid by Estonian commercial broadcasters in return for their...

 Studios in Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

. It was hosted by Romi Erlach and Marko Reikop.

The format of the final was the same as in previous years, with a jury of judges awarding points to their favourite songs from the 10 in the final. The jury of 10 international judges included 1997 Eurovision winner Katrina Leskanich

Katrina Leskanich

Katrina Leskanich is an American singer and musician, long time resident of the United Kingdom. She is best known for being the lead singer and namesake of the pop band Katrina and the Waves.-Early life:...

, Bjorgvin Halldorsson

Björgvin Halldórsson

Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson is an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður...

, conductors Anders Berglund

Anders Berglund

Anders Berglund is a Swedish organizer, composer, conductor, pianist and musician.-Career:Berglund is known as the Melodifestivalen conductor 16 times....

, Noel Kelehan

Noel Kelehan

Noel Kelehan is an Irish musician, former conductor of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and former musical director of Radio Telefís Éireann. He retired as conductor in 1998.-Bio:...

, Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri

Nana Mouskouri , born Ioánna Moúschouri on October 13, 1934, in Chania, Crete, Greece, is a Greek singer who has sold about 300 million records worldwide in a career spanning over five decades, making her one of the best-selling music artists of all time. She was known as Nána to her friends and...

 and Kobi Oshrat

Kobi Oshrat

Kobi Oshrat is a composer and conductor from Haifa in Israel. He composed and conducted the winning entry at the 1979 Eurovision Song Contest Hallelujah sung by Gali Atari and Milk and Honey...

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Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Gerli Padar Gerli Padar Gerli Padar is an Estonian singer who represented her country in Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Partners in Crime", it failed to make it through the semi-final stage...	Aeg kord täidab soovid	34	10
2	Erik Meremaa	Day I Lived A Year	53	7
3	Kate	Vee ja soola saaga	73	2
4	Hedvig Hanson	If you could only hear me	67	4
5	Lauri Liiv	Soolo	58	5
6	Hanna Pruuli and Jakko Maltis	Mu hääl	40	9
7	Maiken	Didn't I Know	72	3
8	2 Quick Start	Say You Love Me	49	8
9	Joel De Luna, Mati Kõrts, Jassi Zahharov and Mait Trink	Opera On Fire	54	6
10	Evelin Samuel Evelin Samuel -Career:Evelin Samuel has been singing since childhood and was even recorded by the studios of the Estonian Radio at a very early age. In late 1980s, Evelin joined the children's musical theatre Colombina whom she performed with at the 1992 Roskilde Festival in Denmark.In 1993, she finished 4th at...  and Camille	Diamond of Night Diamond Of Night "Diamond of Night" was the Estonian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English by singer Evelin Samuel and violinist Imbi Rätsep as "Camille"...	80	1

At Eurovision

Samuel and Rätsep performed last of 23 countries, succeeding the entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina , sometimes called Bosnia-Herzegovina or simply Bosnia, is a country in Southern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Bordered by Croatia to the north, west and south, Serbia to the east, and Montenegro to the southeast, Bosnia and Herzegovina is almost landlocked, except for the...

. At the close of the voting it had received 90 points, placing 6th.