Estonia 2025: who are the artists of Eesti Laul?

Revelation of the Estonian Music scene, An-Marlen has already participated in Eesti Laul in 2022 with the song Lõpuks muutub”, where she was eliminated in the quarter-finals. The winner of several Radio 2 awards, who entered the Estonian charts with her duet with Andrei Zevakin, released her first album To myself in 2023. It offers a pop universe mixed with dnb, dance and rnb influences.

It was in 2022 that the artist from Türkiye became known to the Estonian public by participating in I can see your voice. Above all, he won the ninth edition of Estonia is looking for a superstar (Idol) in 2023, seducing jury and public with his powerful voice and his stage presence. His first titles – which were very successful – denote an electro pop universe with which he embarked at Eesti Laul for the first time.

For her, “love is like a bad philosophy”, which doesn't stop him from setting fire on stage! It was Eesti Laul that launched Elysa's career ten years ago and established her as one of Estonia's most popular artists. With her music inspired by her studio sessions in Los Angeles, she navigates between sensual pop and ballads, mainly in English (although she has very recently returned to Estonian). After the 2015, 2022 and 2023 editions, this year will mark Elysa's fourth participation in the Estonian selection.

Felin is a Finnish-Swedish duo composed of Elin Bloom on vocals and Fredrik Etoall on visual creation. Advocate for equality (a recurring theme in its songs), the group (created in 2015) offers energetic pop tinged with a resolutely punk rock spirit. Ex-member of Sister Twister (and ex-contestant ofIdol in Sweden), Elin participated in the Finnish final for the MGP Nordic in 2007 and in the Euroviisut (Finnish selection) in 2010.

Revealed by Estonia is looking for a superstarTuuli Rand is participating for the fourth time at Eesti Laul after 2013 (where she was a finalist in solo and duo), 2014 and 2021. Her universe navigates within warm pop, oscillating between electro and indie sounds. In addition to singing with Kristel Aaslaid in the duo Öed (whose pop, electro and funk sounds have enjoyed great success in Estonia), she is also a TV presenter and has studied holistic therapy.

It's a Eurostar who presents himself to you here, since the Swedish Anna Sahlene represented Estonia at Eurovision 2002 with Runawaygrabbing third place. Since then, the pop singer – who was a backing vocalist for Damin In in Stockholm in 2016 – has tried several times to represent Sweden in the competition (2003, 2006, 2009) without success, before returning to Eesti Laul in 2022, a top 4 in the making twenty years after Tallinn. A return to the forefront for Sahlene, who has mainly performed in musicals in recent years.

This duo of DJs is known for their eccentric performances capable of making your parties and nights even crazier. Originally from Finland, Henry Uhlgrén and Saku Solin (half Estonian on his mother's side) offer a crazy universe that mixes disco and metal. It is logical that they sent a contribution to the UMK, but their native country not having given them a chance, it is towards Estonia that Stereo Terror is now turning, Eurovision 2025 objective …not without having hesitated with Sweden beforehand.

Born from the duo Taavi and Paula, the group is making its big return to Eesti Laul after its surprise second place in the 2022 edition alongside Elizabeth Tiffany (who has since joined the collective). Since the release of his first single Black Flies in 2021, Minimal Wind takes us into an intimate indie pop-rock universe, sprinkled with soul and R&B touches, which immerses you in a soaring atmosphere.

Songwriter, producer, performer, television presenter, Andrei Zevakin is one of the most followed Estonian artists on YouTube with more than 180,000 subscribers. Since the start of his career, the prolific pop-hiphop artist has collaborated with the biggest names in his country's music scene. Eesti Laul will mark his third participation in the selection as a performer after 2021 (with Pluuto) and 2022 (with Grete Paia).

This time he will be accompanied by Karita, a hairdresser in Tallinn who is very active on social networks, for whom Eesti Laul 2025 will mark her first public outing on the Estonian music scene.

Coming from the Estonian National Youth Theater, Gem98 – alias Richard Sepajõe in the civil registry – is participating for the first time in Eesti Laul with a title written six years ago. Professor of literature, he participated in I can see your voice (Estonian adaptation of I Can See Your Voice) last year on Kanal 2. He, who was immersed in a rock and punk culture, promises us here a title that looks like the soundtrack of a strange film.

2025 will mark not only Frants Tikerpuu's second participation in Eesti Laul (he was semi-finalist in the 2022 edition in duo with Triin Niitoja), but also his first steps on stage as a solo artist. He would arrive this year with a title that goes against his image as a piano teacher, namely “memorable pop sound” looks like a sad song according to Tanja and which would be inspired by the tube Lose Control de Teddy Swims.

Revealed by the second season ofEstonia is looking for a superstar in 2012 (where he reached fifth place), Janek – who lives in the United Kingdom – stood out in the Euroworld in 2023. That year, he participated in the Eesti Laul with the title House of Glasswhich allowed him to grab the top 5 in the final, before recently releasing two titles with Not Over. If this collaboration allowed him to reveal an unusual techno-pop vein, Frozen could, however, be more in line with his powerful pop ballad from two years ago.

She describes her sound as “R&B and soul”. If she released her first solo song Say What You Say last spring, Johanna-Elise Kabel is no stranger to Eesti Laul: she has in fact participated twice in 2020 and 2022 within the group Little Mess, formed in 2019 by Tanja Mihhailova-Saar (Estonia 2019 ) and Timo Vendt following a summer casting. The one who is also a choreographer will therefore stand on her own two feet this year for the first time in the Estonian selection.

Last But Not Leastthis is the shocking name of the Eesti Laul 2025. His name is Tommy Cash and his presence in the casting of the selection created a sensation. Because the provocative artist is known well beyond Estonian borders, proof of this are his tens of millions of views on YouTube and his international tours and festivals. “East European at heart” and “Scandinavian in CV”, he offers a musical universe in his image: crazy, or when rap and experimental hip hop meet a post-Soviet aesthetic that plays on clichés. Beyond music, Tommy Cash is a visual artist at the crossroads of the arts (video, photo, painting, sculpture, fashion, etc.), in short a sonic and stylistic UFO both in the eyes of the public and of critics in excitement at each its outings. Certainly the presence in the selection of the “new king weirdo” (the new weird king, nickname given by Bilboard magazine) will leave no one indifferent…