On 15 January 1993, Eesti Televisioon (ETV) confirmed its intentions to debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in its 1993 edition.

Along with its participation confirmation, the broadcaster announced the name of its representative at the contest and revealed that the song would be selected through a national final.

On 15 January 1993, ETV announced that they had internally selected Janika Sillamaa to represent Estonia at the Eurovision Song Contest 1993.

[1] A national final, Eurolaul 1993, was held on 20 February 1993 at the ETV studios in Tallinn, hosted by Mart Sander, to select the song that she would sing at the contest.

With this large influx of participants, the EBU was forced to create a new measure to counter overcrowding in the contest.