The semifinals of the 2011 Eesti Laul, Estonia's national selection for Eurovision, will be hosted by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. They both tried to represent the country last year – Piret with the group Disko 4000 and Lenna with her own band.

Piret Jarvis recalls her participations in the Estonian national finals, and shares her feelings about the new role she is going to play at Eesti Laul: "I've taken part with Vanilla Ninja in former Eurolaul and with my new band in Eesti Laul. Now it's a good opportunity to let the others take part and contribute to the most important local song contest".

In her opinion, the list of participants is varied, interesting and the two semifinals system makes the whole competition more exciting.

According to Lenna Kuurmaa, the offer by the organisers to host the show was a pleasant surprise and she is willingly ready to take the challenge.

The first semifinal of Eesti Laul 2011 will be held on February 12, while the 2nd semifinal will take place on February 19th.The 5 songs getting the most votes in each show willqualify forthe final, scheduled to be heldon February 26th at the Nokia Concert Hall.

All the participating songs can be listened to and voted on Eesti Laul's official website. You can also pickyour favourite here.

Thanks to Märten for the submission of the information.