Eesti otsib superstaari (season 5)
The fifth season of Eesti otsib superstaari premiered on September 2, 2012, on TV3.
On May 30, 2011 TV3 announced that fifth season for Eesti otsib superstaari will start in autumn 2012. Two of three judges from the fourth season, Mihkel Raud and Maarja-Liis Ilus continued their job in the fifth season. Rein Rannap, one of the judges from the first series, was replaced by Mart Sander, Estonian singer, actor, director, author and television host.
As for all the previous seasons, new hosts were introduced. Brothers Karl-Andreas Kalmet and Mihkel Kalmet, two new Estonian actors, took the role.
The winner of the fifth season was Rasmus Rändvee.
Auditions
Auditions for the fifth season will take place in Narva, Viljandi, Tallinn and Tartu.Theatre rounds
Theatre rounds took place at club Rock Café in Tallinn. Total of 88 auditionees had qualified to the theatre round. Theatre round was divided into three rounds. First round all 88 contestants had to sing one more time a capella to the judges. Half of the contestants were sent home after the first round.In the second round, contestants were divided into trios and duos by gender. Girl groups could sing either Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" or Lauri Saatpalu's "Tagareas". Boys had to choose between Koit Toome's "Allikas" and James Brown's "I Got You ". Based on the performances, the contestants were divided into three groups. First group qualified automatically to the studio rounds, skipping the third theatre round. Second group qualified to the third round and third group was eliminated.
In the third round, girls had to sing either Lenna Kuurmaa's "Mina jään", Loreen's "Euphoria" or Mahavok's "Mägede hääl". Boys had to choose between Ott Lepland's "Kuula", Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and 2 Quick Start's "Ühega miljoneist".
Total of ten female and ten male contestants qualified to the studio rounds.
Semi-finals aka Studio rounds
The studio rounds took place on October 7, 14 and 21. In the first studio round 10 girls performed and in the second 10 boys performed. After nationwide televote, three participants from each semi-final qualified to the finals. The judges then chose 10 participants from the first two rounds to the third round. Televoters voted three of them to the finals, tenth finalist was chosen by the judges as a wildcard.First week
Girls' round took place on October 7, 2012.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Anisa Vänikver | 1 | Price Tag by Jessie J | Qualified |
| Tuuli Rand | 2 | Elu pärast by Liisi Koikson | Saved by judges |
| Getter Pärle | 3 | Son of a Preacher Man by Dusty Springfield | Did not qualify |
| Getter-Heleen Aron | 4 | Because of You by Kelly Clarkson | Saved by judges |
| Kadri Erlenheim | 5 | Empire State of Mind Broken Down by Alicia Keys | Saved by judges |
| Liis Reisner | 6 | Single Ladies by Beyoncé | Saved by judges |
| Katrina Tammiksalu | 7 | War Pigs by Black Sabbath | Saved by judges |
| Kristin Karu | 8 | Big Girls Don't Cry by Fergie | Did not qualify |
| Katrin Ruuse | 9 | Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People | Qualified |
| Elina Born | 10 | Somewhere Over The Rainbow by Judy Garland | Qualified |
Second week
Boys' week took place on October 14, 2012.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 1 | "Learn to Fly" by Foo Fighters | Saved by judges |
| Karl Madis Pennar | 2 | Sa haara kinni mu käest by Tõnis Mägi & Music Seif | Saved by judges |
| Fredi Pärs | 3 | "Who You Are" by Jessie J | Qualified |
| Samuel Reinaru | 4 | "Jailhouse Rock" by Elvis Presley | Did not qualify |
| Janek Valgepea | 5 | "Before It Explodes" by Charice | Qualified |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 6 | "Valgus" by Gunnar Graps | Saved by judges |
| Karl Mihkel Salong | 7 | "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO | Saved by judges |
| Toomas Kolk | 8 | "Saatanlik naine" by Jaak Joala | Saved by judges |
| Artjom Jevstafjev | 9 | "Whataya Want from Me" by Adam Lambert | Did not qualify |
| Carl-Philip Madis | 10 | "Your Song" by Elton John | Qualified |
Third week
The second chance semi-final took place on October 21, 2012.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Getter-Heleen Aron | 1 | "Kel on laulud laulda" by Ruja | Did not qualify |
| Toomas Kolk | 2 | "Stars"' from the musical Les Misérables | Qualified |
| Tuuli Rand | 3 | "We Found Love" by Rihanna | Did not qualify |
| Karl Mihkel Salong | 4 | "Jäljed" by Tõnis Mägi | Did not qualify |
| Katrina Tammiksalu | 5 | "Must lind" by Ruja | Did not qualify |
| Karl Madis Pennar | 6 | "With or Without You" by U2 | Did not qualify |
| Kadri Erlenheim | 7 | "Ära piina mind" by Blacky | Did not qualify |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 8 | "Use Somebody" by Kings of Leon | Wildcard |
| Liis Reisner | 9 | "Igatsuse meri" by Ruja | Qualified |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 10 | "Nagu merelaine" by Silvi Vrait | Qualified |
Finals
Week 1
The first final show took place on 28 October 2012. The theme of the show was "Big songs". Participants sang the biggest hits of all time.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Katrin Ruuse | 1 | "Sweet Dreams " by Marilyn Manson | Eliminated |
| Janek Valgepea | 2 | "Kui mind enam ei ole" by Urmas Alender | Bottom Three |
| Toomas Kolk | 3 | "A Little Less Conversation" by Elvis Presley | Safe |
| Liis Reisner | 4 | "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" by Elton John | Bottom Two |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 5 | "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley | Safe |
| Carl-Philip Madis | 6 | "Hello" by Lionel Richie | Safe |
| Fredi Pärs | 7 | "One" by U2 | Safe |
| Anisa Vänikver | 8 | "Hero" by Mariah Carey | Safe |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 9 | "Free Fallin'" by Tom Petty | Safe |
| Elina Born | 10 | "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinéad O'Connor | Safe |
Week 2
The second final show took place on 4 November 2012. Contestants sang a hit from their year of birth.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 1 | "Mina pean sambat tantsida saama" by Singer Vinger | Safe |
| Anisa Vänikver | 2 | "Any Man of Mine" by Shania Twain | Safe |
| Janek Valgepea | 3 | "Always" by Bon Jovi | Bottom three |
| Carl-Philip Madis | 4 | "Life Is a Highway" by Tom Cochrane | Eliminated |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 5 | "Kiss from a Rose" by Seal | Safe |
| Elina Born | 6 | "Cryin'" by Aerosmith | Bottom two |
| Fredi Pärs | 7 | "I Can't Make You Love Me" by Bonnie Raitt | Safe |
| Toomas Kolk | 8 | " The Time of My Life" by Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes | Safe |
| Liis Reisner | 9 | "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston | Safe |
Week 3
The third final show took place on 11 November 2012. Contestants sang Estonians' favourite songs.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Fredi Pärs | 1 | "Kas tead, mida tähendab" by Birgit Õigemeel | Safe |
| Liis Reisner | 2 | "Olematu laul" by Helgi Sallo | Bottom two |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 3 | "Venus" by Claire's Birthday | Safe |
| Toomas Kolk | 4 | "Oma laulu ei leia ma üles" by Metsatöll | Safe |
| Anisa Vänikver | 5 | "Sind otsides" by Tõnis Mägi | Eliminated |
| Janek Valgepea | 6 | "Cool Vibes" by Vanilla Ninja | Bottom three |
| Elina Born | 7 | "Tule kui leebe tuul" by Seitsmes meel | Safe |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 8 | "Aita mööda saata öö" by Rock Hotel | Safe |
Week 4
The fourth final show took place on 18 November 2012. Contestants sang films' soundtracks.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 1 | "The House of the Rising Sun" from the film "Casino" | Safe |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 2 | "Live and Let Die" from the film "Live and Let Die" | Bottom two |
| Liis Reisner | 3 | "Seven Nation Army" from the film "'" | Eliminated' |
| Janek Valgepea | 4 | "Aria" from the film "Momo" | Safe |
| Toomas Kolk | 5 | "Moon River" from the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" | Safe |
| Elina Born | 6 | "Skyfall" from the film "Skyfall" | Bottom three |
| Fredi Pärs | 7 | "Purple Rain" from the film "Purple Rain''" | Safe |
Week 5
The fifth final show took place on 25 November 2012. Contestants sang songs together with Bel-Etage Swing Orchestra. As one of the judges, Mart Sander, is the conductor of Bel-Etage Swing Orchestra, he was not on the judges panel and was replaced by guest judge Heidy Purga, who was also a judge on the first and second season of the show.| Act | Order | Song | Result |
| Toomas Kolk | 1 | "Theme from New York, New York" by Liza Minnelli | Safe |
| Fredi Pärs | 2 | "God Bless the Child" by Billie Holiday | Bottom two |
| Janek Valgepea | 3 | "Save The Last Dance For Me" by The Drifters | Eliminated |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 4 | "Feeling Good" by Cy Grant | Safe |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 5 | "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frankie Valli | Safe |
| Elina Born | 6 | "Cry Me a River" by Julie London | Safe |
Week 6
The sixth final show took place on December 2, 2012. Contestants sang a song by Jaak Joala and a rock classic.| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Fredi Pärs | 1 | "Ausus" | 6 | "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin | Eliminated |
| Toomas Kolk | 2 | "Suveöö" | 7 | "Holy Diver" by Dio | Safe |
| Elina Born | 3 | "Nii kokku me ei saagi eal" | 8 | "Poison" by Alice Cooper | Safe |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 4 | "Unustuse jõel" | 9 | "Come Together" by The Beatles | Bottom Two |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 5 | "Vildist kübar" | 10 | "I Want It All" by Queen | Safe |
Week 7
The seventh final show took place on December 9, 2012. Contestants sang a dance track from Power Hit Radio's playlist. For the second song, acts were each mentored by one of the previous winners of the show. Elina Born was mentored by Ott Lepland, Karl-Erik Taukar by Jana Kask, Rasmus Rändvee by Liis Lemsalu and Toomas Kolk by Birgit Õigemeel.| Act | Order | First song | Order | Second song | Result |
| Toomas Kolk | 1 | "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry | 5 | "Can't Help Falling in Love" by Elvis Presley | Safe |
| Karl-Erik Taukar | 2 | "Feel" by Robbie Williams | 6 | "Born This Way" by Lady Gaga | Eliminated |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 3 | "We Are Young" by fun. | 7 | "Losing My Religion" by R.E.M. | Safe |
| Elina Born | 4 | "Why Don't You Love Me" by Beyoncé | 8 | "Cruz" by Christina Aguilera | Bottom two |
Week 8
The eight final show took place on December 16, 2012. Contestants sang a Christmas song and a duet with a celebrity.Celebrity duets:
- Toomas Kolk with Liisi Koikson
- Rasmus Rändvee with Tatjana Mihhailova
- Elina Born with Lenna Kuurmaa
| Act | Order | Christmas song | Order | Celebrity duet | Result |
| Toomas Kolk | 1 | "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" | 4 | "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue | Eliminated |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 2 | "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | 5 | "Kids" by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue | Safe |
| Elina Born | 3 | "Jõuluöö" | 6 | "Imagine" by John Lennon | Safe |
Week 9: Super Final
The Super Final show takes place on December 23, 2012. Contestants will sing their favourite song they had performed before in the show, a "big" Estonian song and their own first single. Both singles were participants of "Eesti Laul 2013". Rasmus Rändvee's single was performed together with Rasmus' band Facelift Deer.| Act | Order | Favourite song | Order | Own Single | Order | Estonian song | Result |
| Elina Born | 1 | "Nothing Compares To You" by Sinead O'Connor | 3 | "Enough" | 5 | "Palve" by Tõnis Mägi | Runner-up |
| Rasmus Rändvee | 2 | "Feeling Good" by Cy Grant | 4 | "Dance" | 6 | "Meil aiaäärne tänavas" | Winner |