The fifth season of Eesti otsib superstaari premiered on September 2, 2012, on TV3.
On May 30, 2011, TV3 announced that the fifth season for Eesti otsib superstaari will start in autumn 2012. Two of three judges from the fourth season, Mihkel Raud and Maarja-Liis Ilus continued their job in the fifth season. Rein Rannap, one of the judges from the first series, was replaced by Mart Sander, Estonian singer, actor, director, author and television host.
As for all the previous seasons, new hosts were introduced. Brothers Karl-Andreas Kalmet and Henrik Kalmet, two new Estonian actors, took the role.
The winner of the fifth season was Rasmus Rändvee.
Auditions Auditions for the fifth season will take place in Narva (August 11, 2012), Viljandi (August 18), Tallinn (August 25–26) and Tartu (September 1–2).
Theatre rounds Theatre rounds took place at club Rock Café in Tallinn. Total of 88 auditionees had qualified to the theatre round. Theatre round was divided into three rounds. First round all 88 contestants had to sing one more time a capella to the judges. Half of the contestants were sent home after the first round.
In the second round, contestants were divided into trios and duos by gender. Girl groups could sing either Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" or Lauri Saatpalu's "Tagareas". Boys had to choose between Koit Toome's "Allikas" and James Brown's "I Got You (I Feel Good)". Based on the performances, the contestants were divided into three groups. First group qualified automatically to the studio rounds, skipping the third theatre round. Second group qualified to the third round and third group was eliminated.
In the third round, girls had to sing either Lenna Kuurmaa's "Mina jään", Loreen's "Euphoria" or Mahavok's "Mägede hääl". Boys had to choose between Ott Lepland's "Kuula", Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and 2 Quick Start's "Ühega miljoneist".
A total of ten female and ten male contestants qualified to the studio rounds.
Semi-finals aka Studio rounds The studio rounds took place on October 7, 14 and 21. In the first studio round 10 girls performed and in the second 10 boys performed. After nationwide televote, three participants from each semi-final qualified to the finals. The judges then chose 10 participants from the first two rounds to the third round. Televoters voted three of them to the finals, tenth finalist was chosen by the judges as a wildcard.
First week Girls' round took place on October 7, 2012.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Anisa Vänikver 1 Price Tag by Jessie J Qualified Tuuli Rand 2 Elu pärast by Liisi Koikson Saved by judges Getter Pärle 3 Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield Did not qualify Getter-Heleen Aron 4 Because of You by Kelly Clarkson Saved by judges Kadri Erlenheim 5 Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down by Alicia Keys Saved by judges Liis Reisner 6 Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It) by Beyoncé Saved by judges Katrina Tammiksalu 7 War Pigs by Black Sabbath Saved by judges Kristin Karu 8 Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie Did not qualifyKatrin Ruuse 9 Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People QualifiedElina Born 10 Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Judy Garland Qualified
Second week Boys' week took place on October 14, 2012.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Karl-Erik Taukar 1 "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters Saved by judges Karl Madis Pennar 2 Sa haara kinni mu käest by Tõnis Mägi & Music Seif Saved by judges Fredi Pärs 3 "Who You Are" by Jessie J Qualified Samuel Reinaru 4 "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley Did not qualify Janek Valgepea 5 "Before It Explodes" by Charice Qualified Rasmus Rändvee 6 "Valgus" by Gunnar Graps Saved by judges Karl Mihkel Salong7 "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO Saved by judges Toomas Kolk 8 "Saatanlik naine" (Devil Woman) by Jaak Joala (Cliff Richard) Saved by judges Artjom Jevstafjev 9 "Whataya Want from Me" by Adam Lambert Did not qualify Carl-Philip Madis 10 "Your Song" by Elton John Qualified
Third week The second chance semi-final took place on October 21, 2012.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Getter-Heleen Aron 1 "Kel on laulud laulda" by Ruja Did not qualifyToomas Kolk 2 "Stars"' from the musical Les Misérables Qualified Tuuli Rand 3 "We Found Love" by Rihanna Did not qualify Karl Mihkel Salong 4 "Jäljed" by Tõnis Mägi Did not qualify Katrina Tammiksalu 5 "Must lind" by Ruja Did not qualify Karl Madis Pennar 6 "With or Without You" by U2 Did not qualify Kadri Erlenheim 7 "Ära piina mind" by Blacky Did not qualify Rasmus Rändvee 8 "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon Wildcard Liis Reisner 9 "Igatsuse meri" by Ruja Qualified Karl-Erik Taukar 10 "Nagu merelaine" by Silvi Vrait Qualified
Finals
Week 1 The first final show took place on 28 October 2012. The theme of the show was "Big songs". Participants sang the biggest hits of all time.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Katrin Ruuse 1 "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" by Marilyn Manson Eliminated Janek Valgepea 2 "Kui mind enam ei ole" by Urmas Alender Bottom Three Toomas Kolk 3 "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley Safe Liis Reisner 4 "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John Bottom Two Rasmus Rändvee 5 "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley Safe Carl-Philip Madis 6 "Hello" by Lionel Richie Safe Fredi Pärs 7 "One" by U2 Safe Anisa Vänikver 8 "Hero" by Mariah Carey Safe Karl-Erik Taukar 9 "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty Safe Elina Born 10 "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor Safe
Week 2 The second final show took place on 4 November 2012. Contestants sang a hit from their year of birth.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Karl-Erik Taukar 1 "Mina pean sambat tantsida saama" by Singer Vinger Safe Anisa Vänikver 2 "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain Safe Janek Valgepea 3 "Always" by Bon Jovi Bottom three Carl-Philip Madis 4 "Life Is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane Eliminated Rasmus Rändvee 5 "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal Safe Elina Born 6 "Cryin'" by Aerosmith Bottom two Fredi Pärs 7 "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt Safe Toomas Kolk 8 "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes Safe Liis Reisner 9 "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston Safe
Week 3 The third final show took place on 11 November 2012. Contestants sang Estonians' favourite songs.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Fredi Pärs 1 "Kas tead, mida tähendab" by Birgit Õigemeel Safe Liis Reisner 2 "Olematu laul" by Helgi Sallo Bottom two Karl-Erik Taukar 3 "Venus" by Claire's Birthday Safe Toomas Kolk 4 "Oma laulu ei leia ma üles" by Metsatöll Safe Anisa Vänikver 5 "Sind otsides" by Tõnis Mägi Eliminated Janek Valgepea 6 "Cool Vibes" by Vanilla Ninja Bottom three Elina Born 7 "Tule kui leebe tuul" by Seitsmes meel Safe Rasmus Rändvee 8 "Aita mööda saata öö" by Rock Hotel (originally "Help Me Make It Through the Night" by Kris Kristofferson) Safe
Week 4 The fourth final show took place on 18 November 2012. Contestants sang films' soundtracks.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Rasmus Rändvee 1 "The House of the Rising Sun" from the film "Casino" Safe Karl-Erik Taukar 2 "Live and Let Die" from the film "Live and Let Die" Bottom two Liis Reisner 3 "Seven Nation Army" from the film "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" Eliminated Janek Valgepea 4 "Aria" from the film "Momo" Safe Toomas Kolk 5 "Moon River" from the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" Safe Elina Born 6 "Skyfall" from the film "Skyfall" Bottom three Fredi Pärs 7 "Purple Rain" from the film "Purple Rain" Safe
Week 5 The fifth final show took place on 25 November 2012. Contestants sang songs together with Bel-Etage Swing Orchestra. As one of the judges, Mart Sander, is the conductor of Bel-Etage Swing Orchestra, he was not on the judges panel and was replaced by guest judge Heidy Purga, who was also a judge on the first and second season of the show.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Song Result Toomas Kolk 1 "Theme from New York, New York" by Liza Minnelli Safe Fredi Pärs 2 "God Bless the Child" by Billie Holiday Bottom two Janek Valgepea 3 "Save the Last Dance for Me" by The Drifters Eliminated Rasmus Rändvee 4 "Feeling Good" by Cy Grant Safe Karl-Erik Taukar 5 "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli Safe Elina Born 6 "Cry Me a River" by Julie London Safe
Week 6 The sixth final show took place on December 2, 2012. Contestants sang a song by Jaak Joala and a rock classic.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order First song (by Jaak Joala) Order Second song Result Fredi Pärs 1 "Ausus" (originally "Honesty" by Billy Joel) 6 "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin Eliminated Toomas Kolk 2 "Suveöö" 7 "Holy Diver" by Dio Safe Elina Born 3 "Nii kokku me ei saagi eal" 8 "Poison" by Alice Cooper Safe Rasmus Rändvee 4 "Unustuse jõel" 9 "Come Together" by The Beatles Bottom Two Karl-Erik Taukar 5 "Vildist kübar" (originally "Homburg" by Procol Harum) 10 "I Want It All" by Queen Safe
Week 7 The seventh final show took place on December 9, 2012. Contestants sang a dance track from Power Hit Radio's playlist. For the second song, acts were each mentored by one of the previous winners of the show. Elina Born was mentored by Ott Lepland (winner of season 3), Karl-Erik Taukar by Jana Kask (season 2), Rasmus Rändvee by Liis Lemsalu (season 4) and Toomas Kolk by Birgit Õigemeel (season 1).
+ Contestants' performances Act Order First song Order Second song Result Toomas Kolk 1 "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry 5 "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley Safe Karl-Erik Taukar 2 "Feel" by Robbie Williams 6 "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga Eliminated Rasmus Rändvee 3 "We Are Young" by fun. 7 "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. Safe Elina Born 4 "Why Don't You Love Me" by Beyoncé 8 "Cruz" by Christina Aguilera Bottom two
Week 8 The eight final show took place on December 16, 2012. Contestants sang a Christmas song and a duet with a celebrity. Celebrity duets: Toomas Kolk with Liisi Koikson Rasmus Rändvee with Tatjana Mihhailova Elina Born with Lenna Kuurmaa
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Christmas song Order Celebrity duet Result Toomas Kolk 1 "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" 4 "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue Eliminated Rasmus Rändvee 2 "Do You Hear What I Hear?" 5 "Kids" by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue Safe Elina Born 3 "Jõuluöö" ("O Holy Night") 6 "Imagine" by John Lennon Safe
Week 9: Super Final The Super Final show takes place on December 23, 2012. Contestants will sing their favourite song they had performed before in the show, a "big" Estonian song and their own first single. Both singles were participants of "Eesti Laul 2013". Rasmus Rändvee's single was performed together with Rasmus' band Facelift Deer.
+ Contestants' performances Act Order Favourite song Order Own Single Order Estonian song Result Elina Born 1 "Nothing Compares To You" by Sinéad O'Connor 3 "Enough" 5 "Palve" by Tõnis Mägi Runner-up Rasmus Rändvee 2 "Feeling Good" by Cy Grant 4 "Dance" 6 "Meil aiaäärne tänavas" Winner
Elimination chart + Legend Female Male Winner SafeEliminated Did Not Perform Stage:Semi FinalsFinalsWeek:10/710/1410/2110/2811/0411/1111/1811/2512/0212/0912/1612/23PlaceContestantResult1Rasmus Rändvee Saved Judges Bottom 2 Winner2Elina Born Top 10 Bottom 2 Bottom 3 Bottom 2 Runner-up3Toomas Kolk Saved Viewers Elim4Karl-Erik Taukar Saved Viewers Bottom 2 Elim5Fredi Pärs Top 10 Bottom 2 Elim6Janek Valgepea Top 10 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Bottom 3 Elim7Liis Reisner Saved Viewers Bottom 2 Bottom 2 Elim8Anisa Vänikver Top 10 Elim9Carl-Philip Madis Top 10 Elim 10Katrin Ruuse Top 10 ElimWildCardGetter-Heleen Aron SavedElimKadri Erlenheim SavedKarl Madis Pennar SavedKarl Mihkel Salong SavedKatrina Tammiksalu SavedTuuli Rand Saved SemiArtjom Jevstafjev ElimSamuel ReinaruGetter Pärle ElimKristin Karu
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