Iceland: With VÆB and the song RÓA in Eurovision 2025!
Tonight the 2025 edition of Söngvakeppnin came to its end determining the representative of the Arctic nation at the upcoming 2025 Eurovision Song Contest which is going to take place in Basel, Switzerland in May. The show took place in RVK Studios, at the capital city of Iceland, Reykjavik.
The hosts of tonigh’s show were Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Fannar Sveinsson.
The show was opened by Herra Hnetusmjör, member of the boyband IceGuys.
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6 acts competed for the golden ticket that leads to Basel, Switzerland. The artists competed tonights as per below order:
- Like You – Ágúst
- Aðeins lengur – Bjarni Arason
- Fire – Júlí og Dísa
- RÓA – VÆB
- Words – Tinna
- Set Me Free – Stebbi JAK
In the final the artists were free to choose whether they will perform in Icelandic or in English.
The competitive part was opened by Ágúst singing his entry in English. A mainstream pop song, with a quite pleasant atmosphere on the stage. Ágúst moves all around the arena, from backstage, to the stage, to the green room and then back on stage. There are also some smoke effects.
The second entry of the night was Bjarni Arason. The first entry of the night sung in Icelandic. A classic but passionate performance.
Next in line was the only duet of the night Júlí og Dísa. It’s the only bilingual entry (Icelandic and English). A very dynamic performance and very impressive graphics and visual effects.
The fourth act were VÆB, the other entry of the final sung in Icelandic. They are the big favourite of tonight’s show. They are dressed in grey metalic uniforms and have put black sunglasses on. A very powerful performance, combined with the fast exchange of blue and white lights and the use of some pyro effects. A very big applause from the audience.
Second to last act was Tinna performing in English. A pleasant pop performance with the slight country sounds.
And the last act of the final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 was Stebbi JAK who also chose to perform in English. Stebbi serves his wild rock vibes. Red, yellow, and orange colours all over the stage, combined perfectly with fire effects. Vocally he was really good. A very powerful ending for this year’s Söngvakeppnin final.
Next on stage came Hera Björk, who represented Iceland last year, with “Scared of Heights”, singing it in a shorter version and in Icelandic.
She also sang her song “Someday”, with which she took part in Dansk Melodi Grand Prix of Denmark in 2009.
Next she also performed her 2010 Eurovision entry for Iceland, “Je ne sais quoi”.
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For the first time since 2012, there was no superfinal round in the final. A 50/50 combination of seven international juries and public votes was used to determine the results of the final.
The votes of the international jury were announced. The international jury was composed by Croatia (Damir Kedžo), Denmark (Saba), Ireland (Niamh Kavanagh), the Netherlands (Sietse Bakker), Turkey (Ersin Parlak), Ukraine (Maria Sur) and the United Kingdom (Peter Fenner).
After the votes of the jury, the first part of the voting process was as per below.
You can watch the entire voting process of the juries in the video below.
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Next Käärijä (the 2023 Finnish representative) and the Swedish electronic duo Hooja took the stage performing the song “San Francisco Boy”. He also performed his 2023 entry “Cha Cha Cha”.
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Next was public votes’ turn to be revealed. With the aggregation of the votes from the jury and the televoting, the overal result was as per below:
- RÓA – VÆB 167
- Set Me Free – Stebbi JAK 142
- Fire – Júlí og Dísa 137
- Aðeins lengur – Bjarni Arason 83
- Words – Tinna 75
- Like You – Ágúst 68
You can watch the announcement of the public votes in the video below:
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Therefore, the winners of Söngvakeppnin 2025, and the representatives of Iceland at Eurovision 2025 are VÆB with the song RÓA.
Iceland was allocated in the first half of the first semi-final which is scheduled on 13th of May. Do you think that Iceland will achieve a better placement than last year’s last place in Eurovision 2024 second semi-final (15th with 3 points) and 37th in the entire contest ? Let us know in the comments below!
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