Eesti otsib superstaari (season 3)
| Broadcast from | September 6 – December 20, 2009 |
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| Judges |
Mihkel Raud Maarja-Liis Ilus Rein Rannap |
| Host(s) |
Tanel Padar Ithaka Maria |
| Broadcaster | TV3 |
| Finals venue | Linnahall |
| Ott Lepland | |
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| Origin | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Song | "I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen" |
| Birgit Varjun | |
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Eesti otsib superstaari Finalists (with dates of elimination) |
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| Season 3 (2009) | |
 Ott Lepland |
Winner |
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Birgit Varjun |
December 20 |
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Marten Kuningas |
December 13 |
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Getter Jaani
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December 6 |
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Jaanus Saago |
November 29 |
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Anis Arumets |
November 22 |
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Anne Arrak |
November 15 |
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Kene Vernik |
November 8 |
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Eliisa Kõiv |
November 1 |
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Andrei Ozdoba |
November 1 |
The third season of Eesti otsib superstaari premiered on September 6, 2009. The winner of the season was Ott Lepland.
In Autumn 2008 TV3 announced that the third season will be postponed to the future. The show was replaced by new show Eesti otsib lemmiklaulu (Estonia is looking for a favourite song). In June 2009 TV3 announced that the auditions for third season will start in August 2009.
In July 2009, Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) announced that one of the judges, Heidy Purga, is not allowed to take part of that program. Purga is a director of ERR's radio station, Raadio 2. ERR explained that the decision was made, because there is a lot work to do in Raadio 2 at the moment and they will not allow Purga to take part in competitors program.
Several days later TV3 announced new hosts and a new judge. The hosts for the third season are an Eurovision Song Contest-winning rockstar Tanel Padar and singer Ithaka Maria. Heidy Purga was replaced by singer Maarja-Liis Ilus.
This season also produced representatives of Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest three times in a row: Robin Juhkental, who made the semifinals on the show, represented his country as a lead singer of Malcolm Lincoln in 2010; Getter Jaani, who finished in fourth place, sang for Estonia in 2011 and Ott Lepland, the winner of the season, had his turn in 2012 achieving sixth place in the contest.
Auditions for 2009 were held in Pärnu (August 19), Rakvere (August 26), Tartu (August 29 & 30) & Tallinn (August 22 & 23) Only about 60–80 singers qualified to the Theatre round.
Theatre rounds were held on September 7 & 8, 2009 in Vene Teater (Russian Theatre in Estonia). 25 new singers qualified to the semi-finals.
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