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Estonia in 2000
Ines
Song
Once in a lifetime
Jana Hallas
Composer(s)
Pearu Paulus/ Ilmar Laisaar/ Alar Kotkas
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Biography
Ines, or Eda-Ines Etti in full, is a new star in Estonian pop music. She came from nowhere last year and had an instant hit with the song "One & Only". She was soon called "Estonia’s Britney Spears", and not without reason: They are the same age (18), are almost lookalikes, and sing the same kind of music.
Ines is also a member of the girl trio Class Act together with two other well-known Estonian singers, Hedvig Hanson and Maiken, both of which also took part in this year’s Estonian ESC-final. Maiken sang backing vocals for Ines and Hedvig came second.
The team behind "Once in a lifetime" are part of the production team 2 Quick Start, which also is the name of a pop group led by Pearu Paulus. He is the only one of the writing team who has had - and still has - a career as a singer. He first took part in the Estonian ESC-final back in 1994, when he performed "Kallim kullast" (Dearer than Gold) together with Hedvig Hanson, the song he had co-written with Ilmar Laisaar and Alar Kotkas. Jana Hallas, the lyricist, is part of the production team, but is not a member of the pop group.
"Once in a lifetime" was not directly aimed at Eurovision. It was originally written as an album track for Ines’ coming CD, which now gets extra promotion when Ines represents Estonia in Stockholm.
Country profile
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History
We are currently updating our country history pages and therefore, they are temporarily unavailable! How many times they won? Who represented the country in 1960? This and a lot more is available in the history section soon!
All Participations for Estonia
| Year | Artist | Song | Points | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kreisiraadio | Leto svet | 8 | 15 |
| 2007 | Gerli Padar | Partners in crime | 33 | 22 |
| 2006 | Sandra | Through my window | 28 | 18 |
| 2005 | Suntribe | Let's get loud | 31 | 20 |
| 2004 | Neiokõsõ | Tii | 57 | 12 |
| 2003 | Ruffus | Eighties coming back | 14 | 21 |
| 2002 | Sahléne | Runaway | 111 | 4 |
| 2001 | Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL | Everybody | 198 | 1 |
| 2000 | Ines | Once in a lifetime | 98 | 4 |
| 1999 | Evelin Samuel and Camille | Diamond of night | 90 | 6 |
| 1998 | Koit Toome | Mere lapsed | 36 | 12 |
| 1997 | Maarja-Liis Ilus | Keelatud maa | 82 | 8 |
| 1996 | Ivo Linna and Maarja-Liis Ilus | Kaelakee hääl | 94 | 5 |
| 1994 | Silvi Vrait | Nagu merelaine | 2 | 24 |
