Estonia has chosen ALIKA to represent the nation with the song “Bridges” at Eurovision 2023
ALIKA won the superfinal, followed by OLLIE second and Bedwetters in third.
The winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, an international jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top three entries to proceed to the superfinal. ALIKA topped the jury vote with 85 points. Following the public vote, OLLIE, ALIKA and Bedwetters emerged as the three superfinalists. The top three results of the public televoting have not yet been revealed.
Members of the international jury panel for the first round of voting included Finnish singer-songwriter Alma, Berklee College of Music professors Tim Hall and Kat Reinhert, Belgian TV producer Birgit Simal, Swedish music producer Lucas Gullbing, American music producer Matthew Tryba, Radio Television of Serbia music editor Anja Roglić, American musicologist Joe Bennett, Live Nation Finland CEO Tom Saarinen, Wiwibloggs editor Deban Aderemi, and Swiss Eurovision Head of Delegation Yves Shifferele.
Here was the running order of this evening’s show:
- Meelik- “Tuju”
- Inger – “Awaiting You”
- JANEK – “House of Glass”
- Elysa – “Bad Philosophy”
- m els – “So Good At What You Do”
- Bedwetters – “Monsters”
- Andreas – “Why Do You Love Me”
- Alika – “Bridges”
- Anett x Fredi – “You Need to Move On”
- OLLIE – “Venom”
- MIA – “Üks samm korraga”
- Sissi – “Lighthouse”
These were the rest of the final rankings following the jury and public votes:
4. Meelik — TBA (jury points – 7; televote: TBA)
5. Janek — 12 (jury points – 5; televote: 7)
6. Sissi — 11 (jury points – 6; televote: 5)
7. Inger — 8 (jury points – 4; televote: 4)
8. Andreas — 5 (jury points – 3; televote: 2)
9. m els — 4 (jury points – 1; televote: 3)
10. Anett x Fredi — 2 (jury points – 2; televote: 0)
11. Elysa — 1 (jury points – 0; televote: 1)
12. Mia — 0 (jury points – 0; televote: 0)
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