Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Estonia in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Participating broadcasterEesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR)
Country Estonia
Selection processEesti Laul 2009
Selection date7 March 2009
Competing entry
Song"Rändajad"
ArtistUrban Symphony
SongwritersSven Lõhmus
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (3rd, 115 points)
Final result6th, 129 points
Participation chronology
◄2008 2009 2010►

Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Rändajad", written by Sven Lõhmus, and performed by the group Urban Symphony. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), organised the national final Eesti Laul 2009 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in the national final and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury panel and a public vote selected the top two to qualify to the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Rändajad" performed by Urban Symphony was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.

Estonia was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 14 May 2009. Performing during the show in position 18, "Rändajad" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 16 May. This marked the first time that Estonia qualified to the final of the Eurovision Song Contest from a semi-final since the introduction of semi-finals in 2004. It was later revealed that Estonia placed third out of the 19 participating countries in the semi-final with 115 points. In the final, Estonia performed in position 15 and placed sixth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 129 points.