Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
2006 Eurovision contestant
Estonia was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 with the song "Through My Window", written by Pearu Paulus, Ilmar Laisaar, Alar Kotkas, and Jana Hallas, and performed by Sandra Oxenryd. The Estonian participating broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), organised the national final Eurolaul 2006 in order to select its entry for the contest. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Through My Window" performed by Sandra Oxenryd was selected as the winner by a jury panel.
Estonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 18 May 2006. Performing during the show in position 21, "Through My Window" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed eighteenth out of the 23 participating countries in the semi-final with 28 points.
Background
Prior to the 2006 Contest, Eesti Televisioon (ETV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Estonia eleven times since its first entry in 1994, winning the contest on one occasion: in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton, and 2XL. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the 2004, it has, to this point, yet to qualify to the final. In 2005, "Let's Get Loud" performed by Suntribe failed to qualify to the final where the song placed twentieth in the semi-final.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, ETV organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Since its debut, the broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select its entry for the contest.
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