"Verona" is an English-language song performed by Estonian singers

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and

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. The song represented Estonia in the

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. It was written by

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. The song was released as a digital download on 30 January 2017. The song's title and lyrics directly reference the Italian city of

Verona Verona ( , ; vec, Verona or ) is a city on the Adige River in Veneto, Northern Italy, Italy, with 258,031 inhabitants. It is one of the seven provincial capitals of the region. It is the largest city Comune, municipality in the region and the ...

Eesti Laul 2017

Toome and Laura were confirmed to be taking part in ''Eesti Laul 2017'', Estonia's national final for the

, on 8 November 2016. They competed in the second semi-final on 18 February 2017, and placed second, placing first with televoters and fifth with juries. In the final, held on 4 March, they advanced to the superfinal after placing second, winning the televote once again and placing sixth with juries. In the superfinal, they won the televote and were crowned the winners.

Eurovision Song Contest 2017

The song represented Estonia in the ''

''. Laura and Koit were joined off-stage by backing vocalists

Kaire Vilgats Kaire Vilgats (born 11 January 1976
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. Estonia competed in the second half of the second semi-final, performing 17th, second to last. During the performance, Laura's microphone failed, rendering the first line inaudible to the audience. After receiving 85 points and placing 14th out of 18, they did not place among the top 10 songs that made it through to the final. Splitting up the points between televotes and jury votes showed the song once again place considerably higher with the audience (6th) than with the juries (17th).

Track listing

An Italian version of the song was recorded.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Release history

References

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