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| Eesti otsib superstaari | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| Hosted by | Tanel Padar Ithaka Maria |
| Judges | Mihkel Raud Maarja-Liis Ilus Rein Rannap |
| Winner | Ott Lepland |
| Runner-up | Birgit Varjun |
| Finals venue | Linnahall |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV3 |
| Original release | September 6 – December 20, 2009 |
| Season chronology | |
| Eesti otsib superstaari Finalists (with dates of elimination) | |
| Season 3 (2009) | |
| Ott Lepland | Winner |
| Birgit Varjun | December 20 |
| Marten Kuningas | December 13 |
| Getter Jaani | December 6 |
| Jaanus Saago | November 29 |
| Anis Arumets | November 22 |
| Anne Arrak | November 15 |
| Kene Vernik | November 8 |
| Eliisa Kõiv | November 1 |
| Andrei Ozdoba | November 1 |
The third season of Eesti otsib superstaari premiered on September 6, 2009. The winner of the season was Ott Lepland.
In Autumn 2008 TV3 announced that the third season would be postponed. The show was replaced by new show Eesti otsib lemmiklaulu (Estonia is looking for a favourite song). In June 2009 TV3 announced that the auditions for third season will start in August 2009.
In July 2009, Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR) announced that one of the judges, Heidy Purga, is not allowed to take part of that program. Purga is a director of ERR's radio station, Raadio 2. 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.
Several days later TV3 announced new hosts and a new judge. The hosts for the third season are a Eurovision Song Contest-winning rockstar Tanel Padar and singer Ithaka Maria. Heidy Purga was replaced by singer Maarja-Liis Ilus.
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. Five years later, Semifinalist Elina Nechayeva scored an 8th place at the Grand Finale of the contest.