Ott Lepland

Ott Lepland
Ott Lepland in 2012.
Background information
Birth name	Ott Lepland
Born	17 May 1987
Origin	Tallinn, Estonia
Genres	Pop, rock
Instruments	Vocals, piano, keyboards
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Crunch Industry
Associated acts	Vallatud Vestid
Website	www.lepland.ee

Ott Lepland (born 17 May 1987) is an Estonian singer, who is best known as the winner of the third season of Eesti otsib superstaari. Lepland represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song "Kuula" placing 6th in the final.

Lepland has been singing since he was a child. He released four albums with children songs in 1995 and 1996. At the moment Lepland is studying at Georg Ots' Tallinn Music School pop and jazz singing. He has also studied piano for ten years.^[1]

Ott has performed in several plays, including the role of Troy Bolton in Estonian State Puppet & Youth Theatre's musical, the Estonian version of High School Musical.

In 2010, Lepland released his self-titled first album after winning the Estonian version of Pop Idol. The self-titled album consists of 12 songs, including singles "Otsides ma pean su jälle leidma", "Süte peal sulanud jää", etc.

In December 2010, a fan book of Lepland was released, it is titled "Lubage mul olla. Ott Lepland." (Let me be. Ott Lepland) with subtitle "8 kuud superstaarina" (8 months as a superstar).

In 2011, Ott participated in another TV3 TV show Laulupealinn (Capital of songs/singing), where Ott represented Estonian town Kärdla. Every week, Lepland had to perform with partners from Kärdla or Hiiu County, including his grandmother, nephew, and a local mixed choir. Lepland won the show and Kärdla has now the title of Singing Capital of Estonia.

His second album Laulan ma sind was released in November 2011.

Songs performed in Eesti otsib superstaari

Week	Title	Original artist	Result
Semi-final: Boys Round 1	"Permanent"	David Cook	Safe
Semi-final: Boys Round 2	"All by Myself"	Eric Carmen	Safe
Top 10 (Week 1)	"Everybody Hurts"	R.E.M.	Safe
Top 10 (Week 2)	"Eestlane olen ja eestlaseks jään"	Ivo Linna	Safe
Top 8	"Dude (Looks Like a Lady)"	Aerosmith	Safe
Top 7	"You Can Leave Your Hat On"	Randy Newman	Safe
Top 6	"Hüvasti, kollane koer"	Urmas Alender	Safe
Top 5	"Angel"	Sarah McLachlan	Safe
	"What's My Name?"	Snoop Dogg
Top 4	"Kohtumistund"	Ivo Linna	Safe
	"Light On"	David Cook
Top 3	"One Vision"	Queen	Safe
	"Rändajad" duet with Sandra Nurmsalu	Urban Symphony
Superfinal	"The Little Drummer Boy"		Victory
	"Kohtumistund"	Ivo Linna
	"I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen"	Robbie Williams

Discography

• "Oti jõululaulud" (Seafarm Recs; 1995)
• "Oti suvelaulud" (Seafarm Recs; 1996)
• "Ott ja Valged jänesed" (BG Muusik; 1996)
• "Ott ja sõbrad" (BG Muusik; 1996)
• "Ott Lepland" (Crunch Industry; 2010)
• "Laulan ma sind" (Crunch Industry; 2011)
• "Öö mu kannul käib" (Crunch Industry; 2012)

Singles

• "Otsides ma pean su jälle leidma" (December 2009)
• "Süte peal sulanud jää" (February 2010)
• "Läbi öise Tallinna" (April 2010)
• "Üheskoos on olla hea" (June 2010)
• "Kohtume jälle" (October 2010)
• "Sinuni" (with Lenna Kuurmaa) (December 2010)
• "Öö" (April 2011)
• "Tunnen elus end" (October 2011)
• "Kuula" (January 2012)
• "Imede öö" (May 2012)
• "Kodu" (November 2012)
• "Maagiline maa" (December 2012)
• "Jõesäng" (with Tanel Padar and Jalmar Vabarna) (February 2013)
• "Planeet oma teel" (May 2013)
• "Pool tundi veel" (January 2014)
• "Jäädagi nii" (June 2014)

References

1. "Homses superstaarisaate stuudiovoorus võistlevad 12 poissi" [12 boys will compete in tomorrow's studio round of the superstar show] (in Estonian). TV3. 14 October 2009.

External links

• Ott Lepland discography at MusicBrainz
• Ott Lepland at the Internet Movie Database