In July 2009, Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) announced that one of the judges, Heidy Purga, is not allowed to take part of that program.
ERR explained that the decision was made, because there is a lot work to do in Raadio 2 at the moment and they will not allow Purga to take part in competitors program.
The hosts for the third season are a Eurovision Song Contest-winning rockstar Tanel Padar and singer Ithaka Maria.
This season also produced representatives of Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest three times in a row: Robin Juhkental, who made the semifinals on the show, represented his country as a lead singer of Malcolm Lincoln in 2010; Getter Jaani, who finished in fourth place, sang for Estonia in 2011 and Ott Lepland, the winner of the season, had his turn in 2012 achieving sixth place in the contest.
Eliminated: Kristiina Freimane, Maria Alanurme, Liisa Orav, Anna Kutšinskaja Advanced to the final (Judges' choice): Kene Vernik Eliminated: Kerli Kivilaan, Elina Nechayeva, Sabrina Abdullajeva, Liina Uibo Advanced to the final: Getter Jaani, Eliisa Kõiv, Anne Arrak, Birgit Varjun Eliminated: Sten-Martin Saarest, Robin Juhkental, Kristen Kasuk Advanced to the final (Judges' choice): Anis Arumets Eliminated: Karel Tallermaa, Beno Kudrin, Keito Kaljulaid, Mick Pedaja Advanced to the final: Marten Kuningas, Ott Lepland, Andrei Ozdoba, Jaanus Saago (Ages stated at time of contest) Bottom three: Getter Jaani, Jaanus Saago, Anne Arrak Bottom two: Getter Jaani, Anne Arrak Eliminated: Anne Arrak No one[1] Bottom three: Andrei Ozdoba, Anis Arumets, Eliisa Kõiv Eliminated: Andrei Ozdoba, Eliisa Kõiv Bottom three: Anis Arumets, Jaanus Saago, Kene Vernik Eliminated: Kene Vernik Bottom three: Jaanus Saago, Anne Arrak, Marten Kuningas Bottom two: Marten Kuningas, Anne Arrak Eliminated: Anne Arrak Bottom two: Getter Jaani, Anis Arumets Eliminated: Anis Arumets Bottom two: Birgit Varjun, Jaanus Saago Eliminated: Jaanus Saago Bottom two: Getter Jaani, Birgit Varjun Eliminated: Getter Jaani Eliminated: Marten Kuningas The superfinal of Eesti otsib superstaari was held on December 20, 2009, in Linnahall Arena, Tallinn.