The Eurovision Song Contest 1994 was the second time that Estonia had attempted to enter the contest, having failed to qualify from the semi-final stage of the Eurovision Song Contest 1993. The pre-selection process featured multiple artists for the first time, with Silvi Vrait's "Nagu merelaine" being selected by the judging panel to represent the nation in Ireland. In the contest, however, Vrait would place 24th second and last, receiving only two points in the scoring process and only beating fellow Baltic nation

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Before Eurovision

Eurolaul 1994

The final took place in Tallinn, Estonia on 26 February 1994, and was hosted by Reet Oja and Guido Kangur. Unlike the previous year, multiple artists entered the preselection show, with ten different songs featured. Pearu Paulus would perform two songs, with

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performing three. Paulus and

Hedvig Hanson Hedvig Hanson (born 22 April 1975 in Tartu) is an Estonian jazz vocalist. In 1993, she won the music Eesti Televisioon (ETV) singing competition '' Kaks takti ette''. Hedvig Hanson's mother is singer Novella Hanson and her father is actor and ...

's "Kallim kullast" would ultimately be edged out narrowly by Silvi Vrait's "Nagu merelaine", with Vrait winning the competition and earning the right to represent Estonia in Dublin. The jury panel that voted in the final consisted of

Kare Kauks Kare-Ülli Kauks (Kare-Ülli Orav by marriage; born 2 June 1961 in Kehra) is an Estonian singer and music teacher. Career Kare Kauks has been vocal-coached by Heidy Tamme at the pop department of Tallinn Music School. As a promising jazz vocali ...

, Faime Jurno,

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, Lagle Mäll, Erik Morna, Toomas Vanem, Olav Osolin, Heidy Tamme, Helgi Erilaid,

Lembit Ulfsak Lembit Ulfsak (4 July 1947 – 22 March 2017) was a prominent Estonian stage and film actor. Ulfsak starred in the 2014 film ''Tangerines'' which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards. It was also among the f ...

Tarmo Kruusimäe Tarmo Kruusimäe (born 9 April 1967 in Tallinn) is an Estonian politician and musician. He has been member of XIII and XIV Riigikogu. In 2009, he graduated from Tallinn University of Technology in international relations. He has been a singer fo ...

, Maian Kärmas, Kaidi Klein,

Peeter Vähi Peeter Vähi (born 18 May 1955, Tartu) is a classical Estonian composer. Vähi's work ''Relaxatio'', written in 1992 and inspired by Asian intonal elements of Tibetan canticles, is a noted electronic work of psychotherapeutic music.Mark Rais. ...

, Indrek Sei and Cathy Korju.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final, Silvi Vrait performed 10th, following Switzerland and preceding Romania. At the end of the voting, Silvi have received 2 points, finishing 24th out of 25 competing countries.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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