With Tommy Cash bringing Estonia its best result at the Eurovision Song Contest in over two decades with the continental earworm that is Espresso Macchiato, intrigue was high around which artists might step forward in the hope of taking over his reign as Eesti Laul champ in 2026.
Amongst the lineup we have Getter Jaani who performed for her country at the 2011 Contest with as well as the Estonian girlband Vanilla Ninja who represented Switzerland at Kyiv 2005.
We also have the pairing up of Stig Rästa (Estonia 2015) and Victor Crone (Estonia 2019) on their new STOCKHOLM COWBOYS project.
These are the 12 artists you can look forward to seeing perform when you tune into Eesti Laul on Saturday 14 February:
ANT x Minimal Wind – “Wounds (Don’t Wanna Fall)”
Clicherik & Mäx – “Jolly Roger”
Getter Jaani – “The Game”
Laura Prits – “Warrior”
Robert Linna – “Wild Rose”
Stockholm Cowboys – Stig Rästa, Victor Crone – “Last Man Standing”
NOËP – “Days like this”
Grete Paia – “Taevas jäi üles”
Marta Pikani – “kell kuus”
Ollie – “Slave”
Uliana Olhyna – “rhythm of nature”
Vanilla Ninja – “too epic to be true”
On top of the list of artists, broadcaster ERR has also revealed the hosting lineup of Eesti Laul 2026. Korea, who some Eurovision fans might recognise from Estonia’s 2024 act 5MIINUST, and Karl-Erik Taukar, will be taking the helm of the one-night event when it comes to us from the Unibet Arena on Saturday 14 February.
Music fans won’t have to wait that long to hear the songs, though; all 12 Eesti Laul entries will be released on 4 December.
