Eesti Laul 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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| Country |
 Estonia
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eesti Laul 2015 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Semi-finals: 7 February 2015 14 February 2015 Final: 21 February 2015 |
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| Selected entrant | Elina Born & Stig Rästa | |||
| Selected song | "Goodbye to Yesterday" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | Stig Rästa | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (3rd, 105 points) | |||
| Final result | 7th, 106 points | |||
| Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Goodbye to Yesterday", written by Stig Rästa. The song was performed by Elina Born and Stig Rästa. Estonian broadcaster Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) organised the national final Eesti Laul 2015 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. After two semi-finals and a final, "Goodbye to Yesterday" performed by Elina Born and Stig Rästa were selected, winning the super final of the competition with 79% of the public televote. In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals "Goodbye to Yesterday" placed third out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Estonia's twenty-first Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Goodbye to Yesterday" finished in seventh place, receiving 106 points.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since its first entry in 1994. Estonia has won the contest once in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. To this point, since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Estonia had failed to reach the final on seven occasions and had only reached the top ten twice, with Urban Symphony in 2009 and Ott Lepland in 2012, who both finished sixth. In 2014, "Amazing" performed by Tanja failed to qualify Estonia to compete in the final.
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