Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009

Eesti Laul 2009 was the first edition of the Estonian national selection Eesti Laul, which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. The competition took place on 7 March 2009, broadcast on Eesti Televisioon (ETV) as well as streamed online at the broadcaster's official website err.ee and the official Eurovision Song Contest website eurovision.tv.

On 14 October 2008, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 8 December 2008. All artists and composers were required to have Estonian citizenship or be a permanent resident of Estonia.[7] 110 submissions were received by the deadline. An 11-member jury panel selected 10 finalists from the submissions and the selected songs were announced on 11 December 2008. The selection jury consisted of Timo Steiner, Owe Petersell, Siim Nestor, Toomas Puna, Erik Morna, Ingrid Kohtla, Kaupo Karelson, Valner Valme, Sten Sheripov, Koit Raudsepp and Helen Sildna.[8]

Among the competing artists were previous Eurovision Song Contest entrants Köök, who represented Estonia as member of Ruffus in 2003, Laura, who represented Estonia in 2005 as part of the group Suntribe, and Lowry, who represented Estonia as member of 2XL in 2001 together with Tanel Padar and Dave Benton.[9][10]

The final took place on 7 March 2009 at the ERR studios in Tallinn, hosted by Henry Kõrvits and Robert Kõrvits.[11][12] Ten songs competed during the show and the winner was selected over two rounds of voting. In the first round, a jury (50%) and public televote (50%) determined the top two entries to proceed to the superfinal: "Rändajad" performed by Urban Symphony and "See päev" performed by Traffic.[13][14] The public vote in the first round registered 22,809 votes. In the superfinal, "Rändajad" performed by Urban Symphony was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote.[5][6] The public televote in the superfinal registered 26,475 votes. The jury panel that voted in the first round of the final consisted of Anne Erm, Jaanus Nõgisto, Birgit Õigemeel, Siim Nestor, Mare Väljataga, Owe Petersell, Helen Sildna, Ardo Ran Varres, Marju Marynel Kuut, Erik Morna and Jaagup Kreem.

• In the Final Estonia came 6th with 129 points: the public awarded Estonia 6th place with 129 points and the jury awarded 5th place with 124 points.