This evening, the first 12 artists and song titles for Eesti Laul 2020 have been revealed! The details of the remaining 12 entries will be unveiled tomorrow. The first semi-final will take place on February 13th, with the second semi-final following on February 15th. Finally, the grand final of Eesti Laul 2020 will take place on February 29th.

Meet the first 12!

The twelve artists and songs revealed tonight were as follows (in announcement order):

STEFAN – By My Side

Kruuv – Leelo

SHIRA – Out In Space

Jaagup Tuisk – Beautiful Lie

Little Mess – Without A Reason

– Ziggy Wild – Lean On Me

Uku Suviste – What Love Is

Traffic – Üks kord veel

Rasmus Rändvee – Young

Mariliis Jõgeva – Unistustes

Renate – Videomäng

Laura – Break Me

Amongst the pre-selection jury were former Estonian Eurovision representatives Ines and Birgit as well as previous Eesti Laul favourites including Daniel Levi and Maiken.

Notable appearances

The most notable performer is arguably former Eesti Laul winner Laura, who won with “Verona” alongside Koit Toome in 2017. Additionally, Stig Rästa’s band Traffic is amongst the line-up for the first time in a number of years. Joining them are a number of previous Eesti Laul superfinalists , including STEFAN and Uku Suviste from this year’s competition and Rasmus Rändvee.

Eesti Laul 2019 winner Victor Crone is a co-writer of Traffic’s entry, alongside the aformentioned Stig Rästa. 2013 winner Tanja is amongst the authors of Little Mess’ Without A Reason. For a full list of songwriters and producers, please click here!

More Eesti Laul artists tomorrow!

The songs will be released on November 30th. Check back tomorrow for the announcement of the remaining entries!