Estonia has been represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest since the . The Estonian participating broadcaster in the contest is (ERR). It selected Arhanna Sandra Arbma as the first Estonian representative for Junior Eurovision. Estonia finished in second-last place, scoring 49 points. Following a fourteenth place finish in with "" by Annabelle, ERR withdrew from the 2025 contest due to budget cuts.
History Before participation ERR broadcast the first two editions of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in 2003 and 2004, but did not participate due to financial restraints. Broadcasters from the Baltic countries, including Estonia, expressed interest in taking part in the 2016 contest. This however did not materialise.
() is an Estonian singing competition for young soloists. The competition first aired in 2019. The competition was used to select the representative of Estonia in 2024, and the winner of the second edition of the show was also selected to represent Estonia in 2023.
The first edition took place between March and May 2019, the winner overall was – whom was also the winner of the "Middle–aged group." Meanwhile won the "Older–aged group," and won the "Younger–aged group." The second edition took place between January and February 2022, this time the "Age–groups" weren't used. , returned to the competition and won the event, meanwhile won the audience category. The third edition aired from April and May 2024 and also included the return of "Age–groups." Oliver Rei won the "Younger–aged group," Steven Luik won the "Middle–aged group," and Annabelle Ats won the "Older–aged group." Annabelle Ats was also selected to represent Estonia at Junior Eurovision 2024.
Participation On 29 August 2023, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) published the list of participating countries in the 2023 contest, which included Estonia. On the same day, ERR announced that 11-year-old Arhanna Sandra Arbma would be Estonia's entrant. Her song, "" ("Let’s Stick Together"), written by Arhanna herself along with , Leelo Tungal and Rael Laikre, was released on 16 October along with a music video. At the contest Arhanna finished 15th with 49 points.
On 24 November 2023, ahead of the country's debut, ERR said that it was considering the possibility of making the singing competition its national final for Junior Eurovision. This was confirmed the following 4 May, ahead of the final of . One day later, on 5 May 2024, Estonia selected Annabelle Ats as its entrant for the 2024 contest. At the 2024 contest, held on 16 November 2024 in Spain, she performed song "". Receiving 55 points, she finished in 14th place.
On 11 December 2024, Estonian broadcaster ERR confirmed its withdrawal from the 2025 contest due to budget cuts.
Participation overview
Year Artist Song Language Place Points Arhanna "" Estonian, English 15 49 Annabelle "" Estonian 14 55
Commentators and spokespersons The Estonian broadcaster, ERR, sent their own commentator to each contest in order to provide commentary in Estonian and Russian. Spokespersons were also chosen by the national broadcaster in order to announce the awarding points from Estonia. The table below lists the details of each commentator and spokesperson since the country's debut in 2023. Year Channel(s) Commentator Spokesperson ETV rowspan=2 rowspan=3 – colspan="2" ETV2, ETV+ Marko Reikop (ETV2)Aleksandr Hobotov and Julia Kalenda (ETV+) Iris Ashton Arhanna colspan="2"
See also Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest
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