Following Koit Toome & Laura’s victory in last night’s Eesti Laul final, the Estonian national broadcaster ERR has released the voting figures from each of the 3 national selection shows.
The winner of Eesti Laul 2017 was determined over the course of 3 shows which included 2 semi-finals as well as last night’s grand finale.
This year saw changes to the voting process in this year’s Estonian national selection; in the semi-final stage of the competition, the first 4 qualifiers were determined via a 50/50 televote and jury vote, whilst the final qualifier was voted for via a 100% televote.
A similar voting process was seen in last night’s Eesti Laul final; round 1 saw a combined 50/50 televote and jury vote which went on the determine the top 3 of the night, whilst the winner of the selection was decided in round 2 which included a 100% televote.
Voting breakdown
It’s the day after the grand Eesti Laul final and the Estonian national broadcaster has unveiled the full voting breakdown of the 3 selection shows. But how were the votes split?
Semi-final 1
The results below are listed in order of the ranking of each round, with points being listed in brackets.
Round 1
- Ivo Linna – Suur loterii (Jury: 61 / Public: 4,244)
- Lenna Kuurmaa – Slingshot (Jury: 74 / Public: 1,912)
- Elina Born – In or out (Jury: 85 / Public: 1,780)
- Whogaux & Karl-Kristjan feat. Maian – Have you now (Jury: 74 / Public: 2,509)
- Ariadne – Feel me now (Jury: 52 / Public: 4,241)
- Carl-Philip – Everything but you (Jury: 63 / Public: 726)
- Uku Suviste – Supernatural (Jury: 45 / Public: 1,796)
- Laura Prits – Hey kiddo (Jury: 37 / Public: 680)
- Leemet Onno – Hurricane (Jury: 38 / Public: 599)
- Janno Reim & Kosmos – Valan pisaraid (Jury: 43 / Public: 590)
Round 2
- Ariadne – Feel me now (Televote: 8,065)
- Uku Suviste – Supernatural (Televote: 2,906)
- Carl-Philip – Everything but you (Televote: 1,089)
- Janno Reim & Kosmos – Valan pisaraid (Televote: 991)
- Leemet Onno – Hurricane (Televote: 743)
- Laura Prits – Hey kiddo (Televote: 696)
Semi-final 2
The results below are listed in order of the ranking of each round, with points being listed in brackets.
Round 1
- Kerli – Spirit animal (Jury: 93 / Public: 2,337)
- Koit Toome & Laura – Verona (Jury: 63 / Public: 5,226)
- Rasmus Rändvee – This love (Jury: 81 / Public: 2,678)
- Liis Lemsalu – Keep running (Jury: 83 / Public: 2,246)
- Daniel Levi – All I need (Jury: 91 / Public: 1,109)
- Antsud – Vihm (Jury: 41 / Public: 1,691)
- Angeelia – We ride with our flow (Jury: 52 / Public: 1,299)
- Alvistar Funk Association – Make love, not war (Jury: 30 / Public: 1,074)
- Close To Infinity feat. Ian Karell – Sounds like home (Jury: 14 / Public: 940)
- Almost Natural – Electric (Jury: 24 / Public: 633)
Round 2
- Daniel Levi – All I need (Televote: 4,058)
- Angeelia – We ride with our flow (Televote: 2,265)
- Antsud – Vihm (Televote: 2,245)
- Close To Infinity feat. Ian Karell – Sounds like home (Televote: 1,578)
- Alvistar Funk Association – Make love, not war (Televote: 1,305)
- Almost Natural – Electric (Televote: 915)
Final
As with the semi-final shows, the final was split into 2 rounds of voting. The results below are listed in order of the ranking of each round, with points being listed in brackets.
Round 1
- Kerli – Spirit animal (Jury: 100 / Public: 14,497)
- Koit Toome & Laura – Verona (Jury: 60 / Public: 27,759)
- Rasmus Rändvee – This love (Jury: 77 / Public: 8,617)
- Whogaux & Karl-Kristjan feat. Maian – Have you now (Jury: 71 / Public: 8,362)
- Ivo Linna – Suur loterii (Jury: 57 / Public: 14,002)
- Ariadne – Feel me now (Jury: 55 / Public: 12,325)
- Liis Lemsalu – Keep running (Jury: 62 / Public: 4,880)
- Lenna Kuurmaa – Slingshot (Jury: 62 / Public: 3,422)
- Daniel Levi – All I need (Jury: 49 / Public: 3,657)
- Elina Born – In or out (Jury: 45 / Public: 3,057)
Round 2
- Koit Toome & Laura – Verona (Televote: 44,818)
- Kerli – Spirit animal (Televote: 23,901)
- Rasmus Rändvee – This love (Televote: 11,641)
Although seemingly not the favourite of the national jury, Koit Toome & Laura earned the support of the Estonian public and received 20,000 more votes than the runner-up of the final round of voting.
Estonia will compete in the second half of the second semi-final on the 11 May in a bid to qualify to the grand final of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest on the 13 May.