Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Estonian entry was selected through Eesti Laul 2012, a national selection that consisted of two semifinals and a final, organised by the Estonian broadcaster ERR. Ott Lepland represented Estonia with the song "Kuula", which qualified from the second semi-final and went on to place 6th in the final, scoring 120 points.

Eesti Laul 2012 (Estonian: Estonian Song 2012) was the fourth edition of the Estonian national selection to select the Estonian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. On 26 September 2011, ERR opened the submission period for Estonian nationals to submit their entries. The submission period came to a close on 12 December 2011 with 159 entries being received.

On 15 December 2011 a selection committee of 11 music experts selected 20 songs from the submissions to participate in the semi-finals of Eesti Laul 2012. The semi-finalists were announced by the executive producer of Eesti Laul, Heidy Purga, during the daily entertainment program Ringvaade.

The selection committee consisted of Owe Petersell (Radio Elmar), Toomas Puna (Radio Sky Plus), Erik Morna (Radio 2), Iiris Vesik (musician), Valner Valme (music journalist from Postimees), Siim Nestor (music journalist from Eesti Ekspress), Henry Kõrvits (musician), Olavi Paide (producer from production company RUUT), Koit Raudsepp (Radio 2), Ingrid Kohtla (ETV).

The first semifinal of Eesti Laul 2012 took place on 18 February 2012 at ERR Studios and was hosted by Piret Järvis. The live portion of the show included all competing artists awaiting the results in the green room while the actual performances were pre-recorded earlier. Ten songs competed for five spots in the final with the outcome decided by combining the votes of a jury panel and a televote which registered 17,858 votes. The five qualifiers were August Hunt, Loss Paranoias, Ott Lepland, Liis Lemsalu and POP Maniacs.

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