Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Country	Estonia
National selection
Selection process	National Final
Selection date(s)	January 30, 1999
Selected entrant	Evelin Samuel; and Camille
Selected song	"Diamond of Night"
Finals performance
Final result	6th, 90 points
Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest

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.

National final

The Estonian National final was held on January 30, 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 jury of judges awarding points to their favourite songs from the 10 in the final. The jury of 10 international judges 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.

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Gerli Padar	"Aeg kord täidab soovid"	34	10
2	Erik Meremaa	"Day I Lived A Year"	53	7
3	Kate	"Vee ja soola saaga"	73	2
4	Hedvig Hanson	"If you could only hear me"	67	4
5	Lauri Liiv	"Soolo"	58	5
6	Hanna Pruuli and Jakko Maltis	"Mu hääl"	40	9
7	Maiken	"Didn't I Know"	72	3
8	2 Quick Start	"Say You Love Me"	49	8
9	Joel De Luna, Mati Kõrts, Jassi Zahharov and Mait Trink	"Opera On Fire"	54	6
10	Evelin Samuel and Camille	"Diamond of Night"	80	1

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

12 points	Sweden
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Austria
7 points	Germany
6 points	Denmark
5 points	Belgium
4 points	Israel
3 points	Croatia
2 points	Lithuania
1 point	Malta

Points awarded to Estonia

Points awarded to Estonia (Final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Sweden	Ireland Poland Slovenia	Malta Portugal	Germany
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Netherlands Norway	Belgium Denmark France	Austria Bosnia and Herzegovina United Kingdom	Iceland	Israel Lithuania Spain

References

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