Estonia: Alika will fly to Liverpool!

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Estonia has decided! Alika  was crowned the winner of Eesti Laul 2023 and will be representing  the Baltic nation at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest.

Alika was declared the winner of the 2023 Estonian national final-Eesti Laul and will have the grand honour of representing Estonia at the forthcoming 2023 Eurovision edition in the United Kingdom with her entry ‘Bridges’.

A total of 12 acts battled at the Grand Final of Eesti Laul 2023 for the golden ticket to Eurovision 2023.

The show was held at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn and hosted by Tõnis Niinemets and Grete Kuld.

Estonia in Eurovision

The Baltic nation attempted to join the Eurovision family in 1993 when it competed in the preliminary semifinal in Slovenia, unfortunately Estonia didn’t qualify and had to wait for one more year to enter the competition.

Estonia debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 with Silvi Vrait and went on to win the competition in 2001 with Tanel Padar and Dave Benton‘s Everybody. The following year the Baltic country successfully hosted the 2002 Eurovision Song Contest in Tallinn.

2022 saw Stefan represent Estonia at the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest with his entry  ‘Hope’.

Source: ERR
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