Estonia are one of the 17 competing entries at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Madrid, Spain this coming Saturday. Their artist Annabelle will perform “Tänavad” in slot number 2 during the show.
Nice 2023
Estonia are the 41st country to participate at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest and so far the latest competing country to debut. Their history does slightly predate their first appearance. They broadcasted the first two contests in 2003 and 2004 without intent of participating due to financial reasons.
Arhanna, Estonia. Image source: EBU / Corrine Cumming
Earlier interest arose in the lead up to the 2016 contest, when talks were ongoing for the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to all either return or debut to the Junior contest. This, however, never lead to anything at the time and Latvia and Lithuania have both remained out of the contest ever since.
After a lengthy regroup, Estonian broadcaster ERR finally made a debut last year for the contest in Nice. They were announced on the official list of participants and then on the very same day they announced their internally selected entrant Arhanna who performed the song “Hoiame kokku“.
At the contest in Nice, Arhanna finished in 15th place of the 16 competing entries. Following their debut entry they announced a second appearance in May 2024, however they switched up their selection process instead picking through the show “Tähtede lava”.
Junior Eurovision 2024
The 2024 edition of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Madrid, following their second-place finish at the 2023 contest. The final will take place at the Caja Mágica on November 16, bringing the contest back to a Saturday for the first time since 2015. The winner, France, declined the hosting responsibility after hosting the 2023 edition in Nice.
The seventeen countries and the singers and songs representing them are:
Italy: Simone Grande – “Pigiama Party”
Estonia: Annabelle – “Tänavad”
Albania: Nikol Çabeli – “Vallëzoj”
Armenia: Leo – “Cosmic Friend”
Cyprus: Maria Pissarides – “Crystal Waters”
France: Titouan – “Comme ci, comme ça”
North Macedonia: Ana and Aleksej – “Marathon”
Poland: Dominik Arim – “All Together”
Georgia: Andria Putkaradze – “To My Mom”
Spain: Chloe DelaRosa – “Como la Lola”
Germany: Bjarne – “Save the Best For Us”
Netherlands: Stay Tuned – “Music”
San Marino: Idols SM – “Come noi”
Ukraine: Artem Kotenko – “Hear Me Now”
Portugal: Victoria Nicole – “Esperança”
Ireland – Enya Cox Dempsey – “Le Chéile”
Malta: Ramires Sciberras – “Stilla ċkejkna”
Image Source: Ken Mürk/ERR
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