On 19 October 2010, Estonian national broadcaster announced the kick off of Eesti Laul 2011 through which the country selected the 2011 Eurovision entry and singer. The show took place in February and had two semi-finals with ten songs each. Five from each semi-final advanced to the final. The 20 songs for the semi-finals were decided by a jury and the ten to the final came out from jury and televoting. In the final there was a second part between two super finalists the winner of which was decided by 100% televoting. Like in 2010, the show was hosted by Ott Sepp & Märt Avandi. On 13 December 2010, ERR announced that they received 140 songs, 15 fewer than 2010. On 20 December 2010, ERR announced that Janne Saar has been disqualified because her song "Meeting the Wolf" was published before 1 September. Tiiu Kiik, who already participated in Eesti Laul 2010, fills the gap with the entry "Second chance". Just three Days later, ERR announced that the song "Ilusad inimesed" from Laika Virgin feat. Fredy Schmidt is also disqualified because it was published before 1 September 2010. It was replaced by Meister ja Mari with their song "Unemati".
Competing entries
On 13 December 2010, ERR announced that they received 140 songs, 15 fewer than 2010. A jury panel then selected 20 semi-finalists from the submissions. On 20 December 2010, ERR announced that Janne Saar has been disqualified because her song "Meeting the Wolf" was published before 1 September 2010. Tiiu Kiik, who already participated in Eesti Laul 2010, fills the gap with the entry "Second Chance". On 23 December 2010, ERR announced that the song "Ilusad inimesed" from Laika Virgin feat. Fredy Schmidt is also disqualified because it was published before 1 September 2010. It was replaced by Meister ja Mari with their song "Unemati".
Semi-final 1
The first semi-final was held on 12 February 2011, presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. Five songs chosen by a joint televoting and jury decision qualified for the final on 26 February. The televote in the first semi-final registered 22,499 votes.. The jury panel for the first semi-final consisted of: Tõnis Kahu, Valner Valme, Ines, Owe Petersell, Olav Osolin, Mare Väljataga, Birgit Õigemeel, Tauno Aints, Leen Kadakas, Karel Kattai ja Raul Vaigla.
Semi-final 2
The second semi-final was held on 19 February 2011, presented by Piret Järvis and Lenna Kuurmaa. 10 songs were originally to compete, however "Jagatud öö" by Uku Suviste, originally to be performed 6th, was disqualified after it was revealed that the lyrics to the song were already used in another song released in 2004. 9 songs remained to compete for 5 places in the final, decided by a joint decision of televoting and jury voting. The televote in the second semi-final registered 13,070 votes. The jury panel for the second semi-final consisted of: Tõnis Kahu, Valner Valme, Ines, Owe Petersell, Olav Osolin, Mare Väljataga, Birgit Õigemeel, Tauno Aints, Leen Kadakas, Karel Kattai ja Raul Vaigla.
Final
The final of Eesti Laul 2011 was held on 26 February 2011, presented by Piret Järvis, Lenna Kuurmaa and Ott Sepp. Televoting and jury voting selected two songs from the 10 semi-final qualifiers to qualify for the super-final, where the winner of Eesti Laul 2011 was decided by televoting alone. Outloudz and Getter Jaani were chosen by the televoting public and jury voting to take part in the super-final. In the first round of voting, the televote registered 63,190 votes. Getter Jaani performing the song "Rockefeller Street" was declared the winner after getting 62% of the super-final televote which registered 45,325 votes.
At Eurovision
Estonia began their Eurovision campaign with selecting Getter Jaani with "Rockefeller Street" as the Estonian representative for 2011. Before the start of the contest, Estonia were ranked second by bookmakers to win the contest and they consistently did this until the final. Estonia competed in the second semi final on 12 May 2011, in position 15. Estonia qualified to the final achieved 9th place and 60 points in the second semi-final. Estonia was drawn to perform 8th in the final on 14 May 2011, achieving 44 points and placing 24th.
Split results
In the Semi-final 2 Estonia came 9th with 60 points: the public awarded Estonia 13th place with 46 points and the jury awarded 6th place with 83 points.
In the Final Estonia came 24th with 44 points: the public awarded Estonia 23rd place with 32 points and the jury awarded 18th place with 74 points.
