The Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008

The Eurovision Song Contest 2008 was the 53rd edition of the Contest. It was hosted in Belgrade, Serbia after Marija Šerifović won the 2007 Contest in Helsinki, Finland. This year was the first contest to have two semi-finals which were held on 20 and 22 May, and the final held on 24 May 2008...

 was 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...

's 14th appearance in the competition.

Estonia competed in the first semi-final on May 20, 2008. The song was not among the ten songs selected for the final, the fifth consecutive year in which Estonia did not feature in the final.

The Estonian national final Eurolaul

Eurolaul

Eurolaul was an annual televised competition to select a song to represent Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest made by the Estonian Public Television Service ETV. For many years the competition differed from the national selections of most other countries in that the outcome was solely...

 was held on February 2, 2008.
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 invited six songwriters, one of them withdrew. Five other songs were chosen by contest.

Draw	Artist	Song	Songwriter(s)	First Round	Second Round	Place
1	Kreisiraadio Kreisiraadio Kreisiraadio is an established Estonian comedy act, made up of Hannes Võrno, Peeter Oja and Tarmo Leinatamm.They have been around since 1993 with radio and TV sketch shows...	Leto svet Leto svet "Leto svet" was Estonia's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008, performed in Serbian, German and Finnish by Hannes Võrno, Peeter Oja and Tarmo Leinatamm from the Estonian comedy group Kreisiraadio...	Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre, Kreisiraadio Kreisiraadio Kreisiraadio is an established Estonian comedy act, made up of Hannes Võrno, Peeter Oja and Tarmo Leinatamm.They have been around since 1993 with radio and TV sketch shows...	31429	52518	1
2	SKA Faktor	Real Big Money	Taavi Otsus	1444	–	6
3	Rolf Junior	One on One	Vahur Valgmaa	2660	–	4
4	Taavi Peterson	Question Man	Rein Rannap Rein Rannap Rein Rannap is an Estonian composer and pianist.Since 1968, Rannap has given numerous public piano performances.Rannap has been active in management and composition for Ruja, Noor-Eesti and Hõim.- Pianist career :... , Karl-Martin Sinijärv	837	–	9
5	Kristjan Kasearu & Paradise Crew	Üksinduses	Madis Muul, Kristjan Kasearu	1189	–	7
6	Birgit Õigemeel Birgit Õigemeel Birgit Õigemeel is an Estonian singer. In 2007 she also played the role of Sylvia in the stage play "Two Gentlemen of Verona" at the Estonian theatre Theatrum.Birgit is also the first winner of Estonian Idol Eesti otsib superstaari.In 2007, at...	365 Days	Pearu Paulus, Alar Kotkas, Ilmar Laisaar, Jana Hallas	6699	12990	3
7	Luisa Värk Luisa Värk Luisa Värk is an Estonian singer.Värk was a runner-up of on the first season of Estonian Pop Idol . She was also a runner-up on Tantsud tähtedega, Estonia's version of Dancing with the Stars...  & Traffic	It's Never Too Late	Imre Sooäär, Riina Kindlam	866	–	8
8	Supernova	Stefani	Rainer Michelson, Hendrik Sal-Saller	646	–	10
9	Iiris Vesik	Ice-cold Story	Riine Pajusaar	16682	30963	2
10	Margus Vaher & Luisa Värk	God Inside Your Soul	Elmar Liitmaa Elmar Liitmaa Elmar Liitmaa is an Estonian guitarist and songwriter playing for the famous Estonian rock band Terminaator. Liitmaa works mostly with Terminaator's soloist, Jaagup Kreem, who writes lyrics to Elmar's music. Besides Terminaator's music, they have also written two Estonian rock-musicals, Risk and... , Liis Lass	2399	–	5

External links

• Eurolaul 2008 homepage