Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Too Epic to Be True", written by Sven Lõhmus and performed by the band Vanilla Ninja. The Estonian participating broadcaster, (ERR), organised the national final 2026 in order to select its entry for the contest.

Background

Prior to the 2026 contest, (ETV) until 2007, and (ERR) since 2008, had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Estonia thirty times since ETV's first entry in , winning the contest with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. Following the introduction of semi-finals in , Estonia has, to this point, managed to qualify to the final on eleven occasions, including , when "" performed by Tommy Cash ultimately placed third in the final.

As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ERR organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since its debut, the Estonian broadcaster had organised national finals that featured a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select its entry for the contest, with the competition being organised since 2009. On 19 September 2025, ERR confirmed its participation at the 2026 contest and announced the organisation of 2026 in order to select its entry.

Before Eurovision Eesti Laul 2026 2026 was the 18th edition of the national selection , organised by ERR to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026. The competition consisted of a 12-song final on 14 February 2026 at the Unibet Arena in Tallinn, and was hosted by Karl-Erik Taukar and Karl "Korea" Kivastik.

Competing entries On 19 September 2025, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 20 October 2025. Each artist and songwriter was only able to submit a maximum of five entries. Foreign collaborations were allowed as long as one of the songwriters were Estonian. A fee was also imposed on songs being submitted to the competition, with €50 for songs in the Estonian language and €100 for songs in other languages. Both of the fees increased for entries submitted from 17 October 2025: €150 for songs in the Estonian language and €250 for songs in other languages. 171 submissions were received by the deadline, of which 77 were in Estonian. A 34-member jury panel selected 12 finalists from the submissions and the selected songs were announced during the ETV entertainment program on 30 and 31 October 2025.

Among the competing artists were previous Eurovision Song Contest entrants Vanilla Ninja, who represented , Getter Jaani, who represented , Stig Rästa (as member of Stockholm Cowboys), who represented with Elina Born, and Victor Crone (as member of Stockholm Cowboys), who represented . Ant, Grete Paia, , Marta Pikani, , Noëp, Ollie and have all competed in previous editions of .

+ Selection jury members An-Marlen

Andres Aljaste Ave Sophia Demelemester Eda-Ines Etti

Eva Palm Evelin Võigemast Frederik Küüts Grete Kuld Henri Laumets

Isabella Runge Kaarel Sein Kadi-Maarja Võsu

Kristo Veinberg Magnus Müürsepp Maian Kärmas Marek Miil

Maris Kõrvits Meelis Kompus Mihkel Sirelpuu Neit-Eerik Nestor Petr Sushkov Rahel Ollisaar

Sander Allikmäe Sander Varusk Teet Kask Ülar-Johannes Palm + 2026 participating entriesArtistSongSongwriter(s)Ant and "Wounds (Don't Wanna Fall)"Clicherik and Mäx"Jolly Roger"Getter Jaani"The Game"Sven LõhmusGrete Paia"""Warrior"Marta Pikani""Marta PikaniNoëp"Days Like This"Ollie"Slave"Oliver Mazurtšak""Robert LinnaStockholm Cowboys"Last Man Standing"Uliana Olhyna"Rhythm of Nature"Vanilla Ninja"Too Epic to Be True"Sven Lõhmus

Final The final took place on 14 February 2026. +Final14 February 2026 Artist Song Jury Public vote Total Place Votes Points Votes Points 1Clicherik and Mäx"Jolly Roger" 25 4 3,849 7 11 7 2Robert Linna"" 30 5 394 1 6 11 3Grete Paia"" 14 1 2,804 6 7 10 4Laura Prits"Warrior" 31 6 650 2 8 9 5Uliana Olhyna"Rhythm of Nature" 24 3 1,742 5 8 8 6Ollie"Slave" 65 12 6,410 10 22 1 7Marta Pikani"" 19 2 738 3 5 12 8Noëp"Days Like This" 56 9 7,792 11 20 2 9Getter Jaani"The Game" 42 8 6,215 9 17 5 10Ant and Minimal Wind"Wounds (Don't Wanna Fall)" 58 10 1,387 4 14 6 11Vanilla Ninja"Too Epic to Be True" 37 7 10,070 12 19 3 12Stockholm Cowboys"Last Man Standing" 63 11 4,628 8 19 4

+ Song scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" scope="col" Total 1 "Jolly Roger" 2 3 5 1 5 72 25 2 ""7 7 12 4 30 3 "" 6 2 2 13 14 4 "Warrior"12 3 4 31 8 31 5 "Rhythm of Nature" 3 1 4 23 65 24 6 "Slave"5 4 7 3 12 12 1012 65 7 ""8 1 5 4 1 19 8 "Days Like This"6 10 6 8 10 7 3 6 56 9 "The Game"4 1 5 2 8 4 810 42 10 "Wounds (Don't Wanna Fall)"10 5 8 7 6 10 57 58 11 "Too Epic to Be True"1 810 10 6 2 37 12 "Last Man Standing"2 12 126 7 8 12 4 63

+Superfinal14 February 2026 Artist Song Votes PlaceOllie"Slave" 15,1483 Noëp "Days Like This" 15,1612 Vanilla Ninja "Too Epic to Be True" 16,5841

At Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest 2026 took place at the in Vienna, Austria, and consisted of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 12 and 14 May and the final on 16 May 2026. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom) were required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final progressed to the final. On 12 January 2026, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country performed in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.

Semi final Estonia was allocated for the first semi final, and later, was announced to perform in position nine during the show. Shortly after, the qualification–announcement segment took place, and, at the end of the segment Estonia was not announced as one of the ten qualifiers, therefore, Estonia would not move on onto the final, for the first time since .

Voting

Points awarded to Estonia + Points awarded to Estonia (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Points awarded by Estonia

+ Points awarded by Estonia (Semi-final 1) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Estonia (Final) Score Televote Jury 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Detailed voting results Each participating broadcaster assembles a seven-member jury panel consisting of music industry professionals who are citizens of the country they represent and two of which have to be between 18 and 25 years old. Each jury, and individual jury member, is required to meet a strict set of criteria regarding professional background, as well as diversity in gender and age. No member of a national jury was permitted to be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently. The individual rankings of each jury member as well as the nation's televoting results were released shortly after the grand final.

The following members comprised the Estonian jury: Alexander Makarov Karl Killing Sebastian Koljak Eva Palm Isabella Runge Kaidi Klein Inger Fridolin

+ Country Jury Televote Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Juror F Juror G Rank Points Rank Points 01 12 10 10 9 8 12 8 12 4 7 02 3 3 8 6 3 10 7 6 5 9 2 03 10 7 7 8 4 1 4 5 6 8 3 04 5 8 2 3 5 11 2 4 7 10 1 05 8 6 9 5 13 7 9 9 2 3 8 06 9 12 12 12 10 8 12 13 14 07 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 12 1 12 08 11 11 13 11 11 2 11 11 13 09 10 6 9 3 10 9 5 6 7 4 2 10 11 2 2 4 7 7 4 5 3 8 11 12 13 14 5 4 6 3 13 8 3 5 6 13 4 4 11 14 14 13 10 10 1 12 14 7 5 6 2 2 6 3 2 10 7 4 15 14 13 14 13 12 14 14 14 6 5 + Country Jury Televote Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Juror F Juror G Rank Points Rank Points 01 4 7 8 3 2 13 9 3 8 9 2 02 22 22 19 17 7 22 23 18 25 03 9 12 14 16 10 6 11 14 10 1 04 8 6 15 4 11 14 10 9 2 23 05 19 19 22 22 19 19 13 23 22 06 11 10 7 7 14 4 6 8 3 8 3 07 13 17 6 15 3 20 14 12 3 8 08 3 11 18 10 13 11 15 13 6 5 09 20 18 24 23 25 25 24 25 13 10 21 21 17 20 24 5 22 17 15 11 14 4 10 18 9 21 4 10 1 18 12 5 5 2 5 21 7 7 4 7 4 7 13 18 16 3 11 1 17 16 7 4 17 14 23 25 23 21 20 9 17 21 19 15 10 15 13 14 5 12 18 16 14 16 24 14 9 13 4 18 12 15 2 10 17 1 1 1 2 15 2 1 1 12 1 12 18 12 3 11 12 8 10 3 6 5 21 19 25 23 25 25 18 15 25 24 16 20 7 9 5 8 17 16 8 11 12 21 15 13 21 24 22 23 19 22 20 22 6 8 12 6 12 3 5 5 6 5 6 23 2 2 4 1 6 1 2 2 10 11 24 16 20 20 9 16 24 20 20 7 4 25 17 24 16 19 23 8 21 19 24

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