Information About

Suntribe




  Background group_or_band
  Origin Estonia
  Genre Pop
  Years Active 2005


Suntribe were an Estonia n girl-band, comprised entirely of students, which represented their country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev , Ukraine . The original four-strong line-up was Mari-Leen Kaselaan (b. 2.12.1987), Rebecca Kontus , Laura Põldvere and Jaanika Vilipo . They were later joined by a fifth member, Daana Ots .

The group had to win Eurolaul, the country’s annual pre-selection competition for Eurovision. Their sternest rival proved to be one of their own members - Laura Põldvere was entered as a solo act, and her song ''Moonwalk'' attracted a healthy 9906 votes. However, for a third year running Estonia's televoters demonstrated their apparent predilection for girl-bands, giving Suntribe's ''Let's Get Loud'' 10583 votes to earn the ticket to Kyiv.

''Let’s Get Loud'' was written by Sven Lõhmus , who also penned the first in the run of girl-band entries to top the popular vote at Eurolaul, namely Vanilla Ninja 's ''Club Kung-Fu'' in 2003. It failed to qualfy from the semi-final in Kiev.

The group disbanded shortly after Eurovision 2005.