The 23rd entry of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest comes from Estonia: it’s Koit Toome & Laura with Verona! After two rounds of voting, Koit Toome & Laura was declared as the big winner with the highest percentage of the votes.

During the show, aired from the Saku Suurhall in Tallinn, a total of ten finalists have performed their entries. A mixture of jury (50%) and televote (50%) decided which three songs will advance to the superfinal.

The full outcome of places 10-4 were revealed and the three qualifiers were announced in random order out of the four remaining entries:

4. Karl-Kristjan & Whogaux feat. MaianHave you now
5. Ivo LinnaSuur lotteri
6. AriadneFeel me now
7. Liis Lemsalu – Keep running
8. Lenna KuurmaaSlingshot
9. Daniel Levi – All I need
10. Elina BornIn or out

Hence, the superfinalists and the final rankings were the following:

  1. Koit Toome & Laura – Verona
  2. Kerli – Spirit animal
  3. Rasmus Rändvee – This love

Koit Toome & Laura will sing Verona at the second half of the second semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, on 11 May.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R8YE5ZNHgU


Gil is 23 years old, grew up in Israel and lives in Sweden. He began following the Eurovision Song Contest at the age of five, when the contest was held in Jerusalem in 1999. Gil joined the ESCToday team in March 2008, shortly after co-hosting the Israeli national selection that year.