Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997

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Eurovision Song Contest 1997
Participating broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV)
CountryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
National selection
Selection processEurolaul '97
Selection date(s)15 January 1997
Selected artist(s) Maarja-Liis Ilus
Selected song"Keelatud maa"
Selected songwriter(s)
  • Harmo Kallaste
  • Kaari Sillamaa
Finals performance
Final result8th, 82 points
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Keelatud maa", composed by Harmo Kallaste, with lyrics by Kaari Sillamaa, and performed by Maarja. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), organised the national final Eurolaul '97 in order to select its entry for the contest. Eight songs competed in the national final and "Keelatud maa" performed by Maarja was selected as the winner by a jury panel. Maarja had already represented Estonia in 1996 alongside Ivo Linna.

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Estonia competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 3 May 1997. Performing during the show in position 13, Estonia placed eighth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 82 points.

Background

Prior to the 1997 contest, Eesti Televisioon (ETV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Estonia two times since its first entry in 1994. Its best result in the contest was fifth, which was achieved in in 1996 with the song " Kaelakee hääl " performed by Maarja-Liis Ilus and Ivo Linna. [1]

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ETV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since their debut, the broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select its entry for the contest. ETV has organised the Eurolaul competition since 1996 in order to select its entry, and on 5 November 1996, the broadcaster announced the organisation of Eurolaul '97 in order to select its 1997 entry.

Before Eurovision

Eurolaul '97

Eurolaul '97 was the fourth edition of the national selection Eurolaul organised by ETV to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. The competition consisted of an eight-song final on 15 February 1997 at the Linnahall in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Anu Välba and broadcast on ETV. [2] [3]

Competing entries

On 5 November 1996, ETV opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 3 January 1997. [4] 37 submissions were received by the deadline. A 12-member jury panel selected eight finalists from the submissions received by the deadline and the selected songs were announced on 7 January 1997. [5] Among the competing artists was Maarja-Liis Ilus, who represented Estonia in 1996 alongside Ivo Linna. Pearu Paulus has competed in previous editions of Eurolaul. [6]

ArtistSongSongwriter(s)
Code One"Tantsupalavik"Kaari Sillamaa, Mikk Targo
Hanna Pruuli "Üksik hing"Hanna Pruuli
Hanna-Liina Võsa and Pearu Paulus "Liiga noor, et armuda" Leelo Tungal, Ivar Must
Kate"Perpetuum mobile"Leelo Tungal, Aivar Joonas
Maarja-Liis Ilus "Keelatud maa"Kaari Sillamaa, Harmo Kallaste
Maarja-Liis Ilus, Hanna-Liina Võsa and Anne Värvimann"Aeg"Kaari Sillamaa, Priit Pajusaar
Pearu Paulus"Meeletu soov"Anneli Tõevere, Toomas Vanem
Tanya"Homme"Heldur Karmo, Heini Vaikmaa

Final

The final took place on 15 February 1997. Eight songs competed during the show and a jury selected "Keelatud maa" performed by Maarja-Liis Ilus as the winner. A non-competitive public televote was also held and selected "Aeg" performed by Maarja-Liis Ilus, Hanna-Liina Võsa and Anne Värvimann as the winner. [7] The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of Joan Maria Clavaguera  [ ca ] (Radio Catalonia director), Maria G (MTV UK presenter), Enrico Nuti (Sony Music Italy producer), Hans Christian Anderssen (Radio P3 Norway music editor), Pia Kalischer (Radio P3 Sweden music manager), Hans Cuny (Peermusic Germany artistic director), Dušan Popovič (Radio Slovenia music director) and Gabriella Faludi (Hungarian Radio producer). [8] Russian composer Vladimir Matetsky was also supposed to vote as a ninth juror but did not receive the tape with the songs on time to judge them. [7]

Final – 15 February 1997
DrawArtistSongJury VotesTotalPlace
Joan Maria Clavaguera
Maria G
Enrico Nuti
H. C. Anderssen
Pia Kalischer
Hans Cuny
Dušan Popovič
Gabriella Faludi
1 Maarja-Liis Ilus "Keelatud maa"101010108888721
2Hanna-Liina Võsa and Pearu Paulus "Liiga noor, et armuda"841363103383
3Tanya"Homme"51621536298
4Code One"Tantsupalavik"63863462383
5 Hanna Pruuli "Üksik hing"2538101110402
6Pearu Paulus"Meeletu soov"12544655325
7Maarja-Liis Ilus, Hanna-Liina Võsa and Anne Värvimann"Aeg"46455241317
8Kate"Perpetuum mobile"382121024325

At Eurovision

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 took place at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997. 3 Arena Front.JPG
The Eurovision Song Contest 1997 took place at the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997.

According to Eurovision rules, the twenty-four countries which had obtained the highest average number of points over the last four contests competed in the final on 3 May 1997. [9] On 28 November 1996, an allocation draw was held which determined the running order and Portugal was set to perform in position 15, following the entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina and before the entry from Sweden. [9] Heading into the final of the contest, Estonia was considered one of the favourites among bookmakers to win the contest, featuring alongside the entries from Ireland, Italy, United Kingdom, and Germany. [10] The Estonian performance, conducted by Tarmo Leinatamm, featured Maarja being joined on stage by backing vocalists Evelin Samuel and Airi Allvee; Samuel would go on to represent Estonia in 1999. Estonia finished in eighth place with 82 points. [11]

The contest was broadcast in Estonia on ETV and via radio on Vikerraadio. [12] ETV appointed Helene Tedre as its spokesperson to announce the votes awarded by the Estonian jury during the show.

Voting

Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Estonian and awarded by Estonian in the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to France in the contest.

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