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Estonia entered the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 , held in Jerusalem , Israel . This was their fifth entry at Eurovision, having debuted at the 1994 contest .
The Estonian representative for the contest was Evelin Samuel and Imbi Rätsep (also known as "Camille") with the song "Diamond of Night ". It was the first contest with non-Estonian songs in the national final and the first time a non-Estonian song was picked to represent Estonia.
Before Eurovision Eurolaul 1999 The final was held on 30 January 1999 at the ETV Studios in Tallinn . It was hosted by Romi Erlach and Marko Reikop .
The format of the final was the same as in previous years, with a 10-member "expert" international jury awarding points to their favourite songs from the 10 in the final. The jury that voted in the final included 1997 Eurovision winner Katrina Leskanich from the United Kingdom , Bjorgvin Halldorsson from Iceland , Nana Mouskouri from Greece and conductors Anders Berglund from Sweden , Noel Kelehan from Ireland and Kobi Oshrat from Israel .
Final – 30 January 1999
Draw
Artist
Song
Songwriter(s)
Points
Place
1
Gerli Padar "Aeg kord täidab soovid"
Paul Kikerpuu
34
10
2
Erik Meremaa
"Day I Lived A Year"
Raivo Hool, Harmo Kallaste
53
7
3
Kate
"Vee ja soola saaga"
Villu Kangur, Aivar Joonas
73
2
4
Hedvig Hanson
"If You Could Only Hear Me"
Hedvig Hanson
67
4
5
Lauri Liiv
"Soolo"
Sulev Lõhmus
58
5
6
Hanna Pruuli & Jakko Maltis"Mu hääl"
Hanna Pruuli
40
9
7
Maiken
"Didn't I Know"
Jarmo Seljamaa, Kadri Koppel
72
3
8
2 Quick Start
"Say You Love Me"
Jana Hallas, Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas
49
8
9
Joel De Luna, Mati Kõrts, Jassi Zahharov & Mait Trink
"Opera On Fire"
Rein Rannap
54
6
10 Evelin Samuel and Camille "Diamond of Night "
Maian Kärmas , Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre80 1
Detailed International Jury Votes
Draw
Song
Total
1
"Aeg kord täidab soovid"
2
3
2
3
1
5
8
8
1
1
34
2
"Day I Lived A Year"
6
5
8
8
5
4
6
3
5
3
53
3
"Vee ja soola saaga"
10
12 6
4
4
12 5
1
12 7
73
4
"If You Could Only Hear Me"
4
10
7
2
2
10
12 4
4
12 67
5
"Soolo"
5
2
5
12 8
1
3
10
8
4
58
6
"Mu hääl"
1
1
10
5
3
2
4
2
10
2
40
7
"Didn't I Know"
7
4
12 7
6
8
7
12 3
6
72
8
"Say You Love Me"
8
7
3
6
7
3
2
6
2
5
49
9
"Opera On Fire"
3
6
1
1
12 6
1
7
7
10
54
10
"Diamond of Night "
12 8
4
10
10
7
10
5
6
8
80
Judges: At Eurovision Samuel and Rätsep performed last of 23 countries, succeeding the entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina . At the close of the voting it had received 90 points, placing 6th.
Points awarded by Estonia Points awarded to Estonia
Points awarded to Estonia (final)
12 points
10 points
8 points
7 points
6 points
5 points
4 points
3 points
2 points
1 point
See also References
Participation Artists Songs Note: Entries scored out signify where Estonia did not compete
Countries Artists Songs
"All Out of Luck" "Believe 'n Peace" "Como tudo começou "Diamond of Night" "Dön Artık "For a Thousand Years" "Happy Birthday " "Je veux donner ma voix "Journey to Jerusalem – Kudüs'e Seyahat "Like the Wind" "Living My Life Without You" "Marija Magdalena "No quiero escuchar "One Good Reason" "Przytul mnie mocno "Putnici "Reflection" "Say It Again " "Strazdas "Take Me to Your Heaven " "Tha'nai erotas "This Time I Mean It" "When You Need Me"
Estonia
Sweden - Anders Berglund
Latvia - Raimonds Pauls
Slovenia - Andrej Karoli
Iceland - Björgvin Halldórsson
Germany - Manfred Witt
Italy - Camila Raznovich
Ireland - Noel Kelehan
United Kingdom - Katrina Leskanich
Greece - Nana Mouskouri
Israel - Kobi Oshrat
Austria
Denmark
Belgium
Croatia
Lithuania
Malta
