Eurovision 2008: Estonia

Tuomo writes: I used to think way back in the 80s, when Finland's lack of success in the Eurovision was hypothesized to be due to the unusual language, how wonderful it would be if Estonia (or even Hungary) could participate and how we'd exchage 12 points because we'd be the only ones to appreciate each others songs based on the language. Then Estonia participated in 1993 for the first time with little success though and was eliminated for a year. This obviously supported the language hypothesis - until Estonia returned in 1995 with Kaelakee hääl and placed fifth, higher than Finland had ever even dreamt of achieving. So much for that hypothesis. Then in 2001 Estonia went and won the competition with Everybody. Maybe Finland's lack of success was due to lack of talent or ambition or us being põhjapõder, or reindeer (as the Estonians call us Finns) or something after all :-) Even with Finland's victory in 2006, Estonia had managed to crank out entries that have placed fairly well. So here is Estonia: Kreisiraadio and Leto svet:


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Issand, or dear God! What was this? A Dadaist pastiche or what? I have always admired the Estonians for their wry sense of humour, but in terms of Eurovision this is almost inappropriate. By the time I got to the third part - in Finnish (?!) - I simply couldn't believe my ears and eyes. I don't think this is going to do well - even with the scantily clad girls - though an annoyingly catchy tune (I caught myself humming along a moment ago...) might help Estonia make it to the final. In this light, one is almost obliged to consider Ireland's turkey (pun partially intended) high humour. Please make them stop the noises in my head!!! :-(