Estonia made their debut in 1994, having waited an extra year because they weren’t one of the successful countries in the 1993 pre-Contest qualification round 'Kvalifikacija za Millstreet' (‘Qualification for Millstreet’).

Silvi Vrait was the first Estonian singer to represent her country, though the song Nagu Merelaine (‘Like A Seawave’) failed to make a splash with juries, finishing 24th in a field of 25.

In 2001, Estonia became the first former Eastern Bloc country to win the Eurovision Song Contest thanks to Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, 2XL and their party anthem Everybody.

Aruban-born Dave Benton also made history as the first Black participant to win the Contest.

Participation history

Event Contestant Song Place
Malmö 2024
5MIINUST x Puuluup
(nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi
Semi-Final
6th - 79 points
Grand Final
20th - 37 points
Liverpool 2023
Alika
Bridges
Semi-Final
10th - 74 points
Grand Final
8th - 168 points
Turin 2022
Stefan
Hope
Semi-Final
5th - 209 points
Grand Final
13th - 141 points
Rotterdam 2021
Uku Suviste
The Lucky One
Semi-Final
13th - 58 points
Rotterdam 2020
Uku Suviste
What Love Is
Tel Aviv 2019
Victor Crone
Storm
Semi-Final
4th - 198 points
Grand Final
20th - 76 points
Lisbon 2018
Elina Nechayeva
La Forza
Semi-Final
5th - 201 points
Grand Final
8th - 245 points
Kyiv 2017
Koit Toome & Laura
Verona
Semi-Final
14th - 85 points
Stockholm 2016
Jüri Pootsmann
Play
Semi-Final
18th - 24 points
Vienna 2015
Elina Born & Stig Rästa
Goodbye To Yesterday
Semi-Final
3rd - 105 points
Grand Final
7th - 106 points
Copenhagen 2014
Tanja
Amazing
Semi-Final
12th - 36 points
Malmö 2013
Birgit
Et Uus Saaks Alguse
Semi-Final
10th - 52 points
Grand Final
20th - 19 points
Baku 2012
Ott Lepland
Kuula
Semi-Final
4th - 100 points
Grand Final
6th - 120 points
Düsseldorf 2011
Getter Jaani
Rockefeller Street
Semi-Final
9th - 60 points
Grand Final
24th - 44 points
Oslo 2010
Malcolm Lincoln
Siren
Semi-Final
14th - 39 points
Moscow 2009
Urban Symphony
Rändajad
Semi-Final
3rd - 115 points
Grand Final
6th - 129 points
Belgrade 2008
Kreisiraadio
Leto Svet
Semi-Final
18th - 8 points
Helsinki 2007
Gerli Padar
Partners In Crime
Semi-Final
22nd - 33 points
Athens 2006
Sandra
Through My Window
Semi-Final
18th - 28 points
Kyiv 2005
Suntribe
Let's Get Loud
Semi-Final
20th - 31 points
Istanbul 2004
Neiokõsõ
Tii
Semi-Final
11th - 57 points
Riga 2003
Ruffus
Eighties Coming Back
Grand Final
21st - 14 points
Tallinn 2002
Sahléne
Runaway
Grand Final
3rd - 111 points
Copenhagen 2001
Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL
Everybody
Grand Final
1st - 198 points
Stockholm 2000
Ines
Once In A Lifetime
Grand Final
4th - 98 points
Jerusalem 1999
Evelin Samuel and Camille
Diamond Of Night
Grand Final
6th - 90 points
Birmingham 1998
Koit Toome
Mere Lapsed
Grand Final
12th - 36 points
Dublin 1997
Maarja-Liis Ilus
Keelatud Maa
Grand Final
8th - 82 points
Oslo 1996
Ivo Linna and Maarja-Liis Ilus
Kaelakee Hääl
Grand Final
5th - 94 points
Dublin 1994
Silvi Vrait
Nagu Merelaine
Grand Final
24th - 2 points