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Soul Militia & Vanilla Ninja to take part
Estonia: More information on Eurolaul
Soul Militia
It was a hard year for the group: While one of their members is writing songs for other artists, another one is starting his solo career and a third one is professionally dancing. Nevertheless, they will come together again for the Estonian national final. They will try to finish their song before mid december so that there will be plenty of time to play it on radio stations. Kaido told that the song will be 'soulmilitia-alike' but modern and fast-paced.
Vanilla Ninja
Vanilla Ninja are going to participate with a song in English since they think that a song in Estonian might be too risky. They referred to the song Tii (The way) that represented Estonia in 2004 but didn't make it to the final. In October, escestonia.com gave their visitors the chance to vote for their favourite music act to represent Estonia in 2007. The poll was clearly won by Vanilla Ninja who received 27% of the Votes. Soul Militia were at the bottom of the list only getting 1% of the votes.
Soul Militia were backing group for Tanel Padar & Dave Benton who won the competition for Estonia in 2001 (they were named 2XL at the time) with the song Everybody. Vanilla Ninja achieved an eighth position in 2005 with the song Cool vibes, representing Switzerland.
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This small venue in Tallinn (with the capacity of up to 10.000 people) has actually hosted some of the biggest indoors shows there are, e.g. Bryan Adams, Riverdance, Ray Charles, Mamma Mia! The Musical World Tour, Phil Collins, Simply Red, Deep Purple, Chris Rea, Depeche Mode, Sting, and Pink! just 3 days ago. Saku hall and Estonia is very much used to big shows, the question is if a small town like Tallinn (pop. 400.000 people) in fact needs a bigger hall than that... So welcome back to Saku if Estonia ever wins this thing again 
i do agree with zingo tough
star and zingo are two different.
Or should that be "star skillz"?
Zingo, how is that the point of this thread? Although I would add that Estonia's song festivals involve 30,000 singers on stage and audiences of up to 100,000 more. I think that would classify as a 'big show'.
i didnt like the stage in 2002. and i think many agrees with me when i say i think it looked like a cheap setting..and to small..
hey!!! club kung-fu kicked butt!
What *is* good news about this is that Lenna Kuurmaa has a great voice and much more varied musical interests (and background) than you'd think from the Vanilla Ninja back catalogue. She might come up with something surprisingly different for them for the Estonian final. Mind you, it could be even more appalling than Club Kung-Fu and it would still likely win.
it will be a completely new song, so don't be surprised if their album is re-released next year with bonus tracks!!!
Hey - these are wonderful news...
Even if Vanilla Ninja were not automatically qualified for the finals, I'm really all excited that they really will take part again...
Are they joining with the next single of their album "Love Is War" or with a completely new song?
If Vanilla Ninja do take part, we have our entry for Estonia right there. Take it as read.
Go Vanilla ninja...you are already getting my vote!
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Vanilla Ninja are Fab!!!
Vanilla Ninja are overrated IMO
Tii in 2004 was cool... they came 11th 
chris...yeah maybe you right maybe you wrong we all have our opinion........ but in my opinion it wasnt a good show...but all have differemt opinions.
chris what did you think of katie price in mymu in 2005?
Go Vanilla Ninja!!!
I think Estonia made a great show in 2002. The concept was well thought out and the postcards actually tied into the theme of the show (not just being tourist videos). The stage was clever having the runway coming out into the audience - this involved the audience in the show by using them as part of the backdrop. The use of the white set meant that it acted like a canvas to take all the lights thrown at it and it was the most colourful ESC since 1993 (although Athens also had a colourful set).
The hosts were good in 2002, they didn't speak in couplets, they didn't scream at you, they were well dressed and they didn't think that every second thing was amazing.
And although there were a few dud songs, a lot of the entries were pretty good by my reckoning and almost all the songs were well performed and in-tune. The winning song may not have been the best one there but it set the benchmark for recent years by proving that the show must be overwhelming, clever and offer something not seen before.
lets jsut say it was quite obvious that estonia isnt use to having big events... the scene was to small and boring interior.. the whole arrangement was very tacky..
and the winning song was soooooooooooooo bad.....and the songs overall that year was bad... it was a strange esc year 2002.
dont hope estoina ever wins again would be borng to see the show from the same small venue as last time..
I want Vanilla Ninja back on ESC stage! These girls know how to make excellent music and their live performance is brilliant!
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Miguel Granja
Moderated by: Miguel Granja at Thu 2 Nov 2006 01:37:59
sahlene for estona please..
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