Since its debut, the Estonian broadcaster had organised national finals that featured a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select its entry for the contest.

The competition will consist of a 16-song final on 15 February 2025 at the Unibet Arena in Tallinn, and will be hosted by Eda-Ines Etti and Karl "Korea" Kivastik.

[3][4] On 16 September 2024, ERR opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 21 October 2024 through an online upload platform.

[8] For the online wildcard, the public was able to vote for their favourite entry on the Raadio 2 website between 28 December 2024 and 5 January 2024.

An-Marlen, Andrei Zevakin [et], Elysa [et], Frants Tikerpuu, Hain Hoppe (member of Räpina Jack), Janek [et], Joelle, Minimal Wind [et] and Tuuli Rand have all competed in previous editions of Eesti Laul.