Estonia was represented at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "Tänavad", written by Sven Lõhmus, and performed by Annabelle. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR), organised the national final in order to select its artist for the contest, after which it internally selected the song.

Background

Estonia debuted in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest in . ERR had previously broadcast the contest in and , however cited financial reasons for Estonia's absence from participation in the junior contest in the years running up to their debut appearance. Broadcasters from the Baltic countries, including Estonia, expressed interest in taking part in the , which never materialised. ERR internally selected Arhanna to represent the country in , with her song "" also being internally selected and released at a later date. At the contest Arhanna finished 15th with 49 points.

ERR's head of entertainment , while interviewing Arhanna, said that she "opened the door" for artists to "perform in front of this huge audience" in future years, suggesting that Estonia could take part in 2024. On 24 November 2023, ahead of the country's debut in the contest, Estonian broadcaster ERR said that it would be looking into the possibilities of making the singing competition its national final for Junior Eurovision. This was confirmed the following 4 May, ahead of the final of .

Before Junior Eurovision

2024 ERR selected the Estonian representative with the biennial television program (); the 2022 series of the show was won by Arhanna, who also won in her younger category in 2019, which motivated her selection to represent the country on its debut appearance in . The competition consisted of five shows and concluded with a winning artist on 5 May 2024. All shows were hosted by Jaagup Tuisk and Aaron Thor Härm, and directed by Kristo Veinberg.

Contest overview

The 2024 series of the competition commenced on 7 April, together with the selection show of the youngest age category, which consisted of singers aged between 3 and 7 years old, and continued the following week with the selection show of the middle age category of 8 to 10 year olds, being held on 14 April; the eldest age category for singers aged between 11 and 13 years old had a selection show held on 21 April, where the three artists with the most points from the jury qualified to the final directly and an additional wildcard finalist was chosen according to the public votes. The winners of the two younger age categories were revealed during a live show called the first final, held on 28 April, while the winner of the eldest category, as well as the Estonian representative in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, was selected on 5 May during the so-called second final.

Following a total of eight performances (two per each finalist: one solo performance and one featuring a well-known Estonian performer), the winner of the second final was determined by a combination of votes from the public and a six-member jury panel composed of Sirje Medell (singing and music teacher), Kadri Hunt (conductor, singing teacher), (musician), Ewert Sundja (musician, songwriter), Alice Aleksandridi (choreographer) and Maris Aljaste (organiser of ). At the end of the show, 13 year-old Annabelle Ats was announced as the winner of 's eldest age category.

Key: Winner +Second final of 5 May 2024ArtistDrawSolo songDrawDuet artistDuet songTristan Erik Teniste1""5Maarja-Liis Ilus""Milana Fayzullova2""6Karmen Rõivassepp"Moanin'"Karl-Markkus Rebane3""7""Annabelle Ats4"The House of the Rising Sun"8Kärt Sepp""

At Junior Eurovision The Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2024 took place at the in Madrid, Spain on 16 November 2024. Estonia will perform 2nd, following and preceding .

Voting

At the end of the show, Estonia received 14 points from juries and 41 points from online voting, placing 14th.

+ Points awarded to Estonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Estonia received 41 points from the online vote

+ Points awarded by Estonia Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Detailed voting results The following members comprised the Estonian jury:https://junioreurovision.tv/event/madrid-2024/final/jury Henri Põder Priit Pajusaar Edith Oberle Merilin Mälk Tuuli Rand

+ Draw Country Juror A Juror B Juror C Juror D Juror E Rank Points 01 7 2 7 11 11 8 3 02 03 4 14 3 3 4 3 8 04 6 3 2 14 3 2 10 05 15 15 11 2 8 11 06 3 4 10 6 10 7 4 07 14 8 15 13 13 15 08 10 13 8 10 15 13 09 1 1 1 9 2 1 12 10 2 6 14 7 6 6 5 11 8 12 9 4 9 10 1 12 12 9 13 5 14 12 13 16 16 12 16 16 16 14 5 5 5 12 1 4 7 15 11 7 6 1 7 5 6 16 13 11 16 8 12 14 17 9 10 4 15 5 9 2

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