This evening the final of Estonia’s Eurovision selection show, Eesti Laul, will take place in Tallinn. Ahead of the contest, Estonian broadcaster ERR has revealed the eleven professionals who will feature on the international jury. They are:
Jonathan Perkins (USA) – songwriter, producer and Emmy award-winning composer
Mr Lordi (Finland) – Leader of the band Lordi, winners of Eurovision 2006
Audrius Gir¸adas (Lithuania) – Radio and tv journalist, editor, producer and presenter
Per Sunding (Sweden) – Music producer, musician and psychologist
Emily Griggs (Australia) – Television producer and director
Natalie Horler (Germany) – Lead singer of Cascada, who represented Germany at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest
Lörnic Bublo (Hungary) – Composer and music producer
Martin Sutton (UK) – Musician, songwriter and producer
Marta Cagnola – Music journalist
Scarlet Keys (USA) – Professor of songwriting and lyrics
Lotta Furebäck (Sweden) – Choreographer at Melodifestivalen
The jury will make up 50% of the voting in the first round, with the other 50% being decided by the public. The three artists with the highest combined score will go on to the super final, where the public will have 100% of the vote.