Iceland: The results of the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2025!

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The first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2025, the song contest though which Iceland is going to choose their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025, took place tonight, at the RVK Studios, in Reykjavik. Five acts competed in tonight’s semi-final, claiming the three tickets that lead to the final of Söngvakeppnin on Saturday 22nd of February.

The hosts of tonigh’s show were Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Fannar Sveinsson. 

The show opened by the Icelandic hip-hop artist Aron Can.

The contestants

Five acts took the stage in order to persuade the televoters and to take the three tickets for the grand final of the Icelandic song contest.

  1. Stebbi Jak – “Set Me Free”/“Freslið Mitt”
  2. Birgo – “Stormchaser”/“Ég Flýg Í Storminn”
  3. Ágúst – “Like You” / “Eins Og Þú”
  4. Bia – “Northern Lights”/ “Norðrljós”
  5. Væb – “Róa”

All the songs are going to be performed in their icleandic versions for the semi-finals phase.

The first act that took the stage was Stebbi Jak with the song “Freslið Mitt”. 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 beginning for this year’s Söngvakeppnin.

The second act that got to perform was Birgo with the song “Ég Flýg Í Storminn”. It’s one of the favourites to get the ticket for the final according to the odds. She is standing on a prop that has the shape of a rock. The main elements on the stage are the smoke and the clouds, combined with blue and white colours. There is also snow effect. Vocally she was very good as well.

Next in line was Ágúst with the song “Eins Og Þú”. He is the second favourite to get the ticket for the final according to the odds. 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.

Second to last entry was Bia with the song “Norðrljós”. She is stadning on a prop that has the shape of stairs, behind her there are led lights in the shape of the crescent that create the illusion she is floating on a starry night sky. Then the northern lights become the main theme of her performance.

The last entry of this semi-final was the duo Væb with the song “Róa”. 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.

With the completion of the competitve part, the lines opened for the televoters to cast their votes.

The three acts that qualified for the final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 are as per below:

  1. Væb – “Róa”
  2. Stebbi Jak – “Set Me Free”/“Freslið Mitt”
  3. Ágúst – “Like You” / “Eins Og Þú”

Our appointment is renewed for next Saturday, February 15th for the Second Semi-Final of Söngvakeppnin 2025.

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Iceland: The First Semi-Final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 Takes Place Tonight!

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Iceland’s journey to Eurovision 2025 officially begins tonight with the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2025! The nation of fire and ice is set to choose its representative for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, and the selection process kicks off with a thrilling first round.

Söngvakeppnin 2025 – Format

Iceland’s national selection consists of three shows:

Semi-Final 1 – February 8th
Semi-Final 2 – February 15th
Grand Final – February 22nd

  • Each semi-final features five artists, and the top two (based on the public vote) will qualify directly for the final.
  • RÚV (the Icelandic broadcaster) reserves the right to grant a wildcard, meaning at least four and up to five artists will compete in the Grand Final.
  • In the final, voting will take place in two rounds:
    • First Round: A jury (50%) and public vote (50%) will decide the top two acts.
    • Superfinal: The Icelandic public will have the final say, with their votes combined from both rounds to determine the winner.

Note: In the semi-finals, all songs are performed in Icelandic, while in the final, artists have the option to perform their songs in English.

First Semi-Final – Contestants & Songs

Tonight, five artists will take the stage in Söngvakeppnin 2025’s first semi-final:

  1. Stebbi Jak – “Set Me Free”/“Freslið Mitt”
  2. Birgo – “Stormchaser”/“Ég Flýg Í Storminn”
  3. Ágúst – “Like You” / “Eins Og Þú”
  4. Bia – “Northern Lights”/ “Norðrljós”
  5. Væb – “Róa”

Show Details

️ Hosts: Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir & Fannar Sveinsson
⏰ Start Time: 20:45 CET
Watch Live: Via RÚV’s official website (click HERE to watch)

Iceland at Eurovision 2024

Last year, Hera Björk won Söngvakeppnin 2024 with Scared of Heights, but Iceland unfortunately did not qualify for the Eurovision Grand Final, finishing 15th in the first semi-final with just 3 points.

Will Iceland bounce back in 2025 and secure a spot in the Eurovision final? Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest updates on Söngvakeppnin 2025 and Iceland’s Eurovision journey!

Iceland: Käärijä is going to perform at the final of Söngvakeppnin 2025!

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Käärijä, the representative of Finland in Eurovision 2o23, is going to perform at the final of Söngvakeppnin 2025, the national song contest through which Iceland is going to select its entry for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

Käärijä is going to perform in the final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 alongside with the Swedish electronic duo Hooja, whose reputation is really high in the Scandinavian nations lately. Apart from his performance with Hooja, Käärijä is going to perform “Cha Cha Cha”, the song with which he brough Finland in the second place on the scoreboard of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 held in Liverpool, the United Kingdom.

Söngvakeppnin 2025 commences this Saturday, 8th of February with the first semi-final, continues next Saturday, 15th of February with the second semi-final, and is completed on Saturday 22nd of February with the final.

Source: RÚV

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Iceland: Did VÆB plagiarized their Söngvakeppnin 2025 song?

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Icelandic duo VÆB is participating once again in Söngvakeppnin to represent Iceland in Eurovision. They are among the 10 acts that the RÚV selected for their national song contest.

VÆB participated in 2024 Eurovision in Söngvakeppnin. Last year they finished in fourth place with “Bíómynd“.

In 2025 the duo returned with the song Róa. Unfortunately for the duo, once the songs were released, the fans started noticing a remarkable similarity between Róa’s chorus and  “Hatunat HaShana” by Israeli singers Eyal Golan and Itay Levy.

VÆB has already responded to the controversy saying they were not aware of the existence of the song “Hatunat HaShana” since they don’t listen to Israeli music.

However, the songwriter of the song was not satisfied with this response and is considering legal action against the Icelandic duo for the alleged plagiarism. Cohen says in response to VÆB’s defense:

Like all of us in the digital age, we’re on social media; it’s a different era. You can be musically fed from any playlist and any country on the globe. We’re not talking about similarity; this is copying. I believe they were exposed to the song. Even if it was done innocently, there’s an infringement here.

You can compare both Róa by VÆB and the song Hatunat HaShana in the videos embedded below:

Söngvakeppnin 2025

These are the artists competing in Söngvakeppnin with their songs:

The final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 will take place on February 22, 2025, with the First and Second Semifinal taking place on February 8 and 15, 2025 respectively.

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Eurovision 2025: The Semi-Final Allocation Draw Results!

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Basel with a very nice event hosted a few minutes ago the draw for the semi-finals of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest.

The analyzes of the fans and not only, have been on fire for a few minutes now. Since the theories based on the pre-history of the countries in the competition, it is a first insight into how passable the qualification to the final is or not. In other words, it’s time to make our predictions, about who will go through to the final and who are the favorites to say goodbye to Basel early…

The presenters and the handover ceremony

Leading today’s allocation draw were Jennifer Bosshard and Jan van Ditzhuijzen, who guided us through this pivotal Eurovision tradition.

In addition to determining which countries will perform in each semi-final, today’s ceremony marked the official handover of the Eurovision insignia from last year’s host city, Malmö, to Basel. Attending the event were Carina Nilsson, the President of Malmö City Council, and Conradin Cramer, Basel’s City Council President.

Draw Procedure

Big 5 and Switzerland

With the big winner of last year’s competition, Switzerland, directly in the final, along with the Big 5 (UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain), the first part of the draw determined the semi-final that the direct finalists would vote for.

Will vote in the 1st Semi-Final:

  • Switzerland
  • Italy
  • Spain

Will vote in the 2nd Semi-Final:

  • Germany
  • France
  • United Kingdom

In the semi-final that the six aforementioned countries were drawn to broadcast and vote for, the video from their dress rehearsal will also be shown. This was done at Eurovision 2016 for the first time, for reasons of equal exposure of the countries directly in the final and the countries that qualify from the semi-finals. Essentially, viewers see each entry twice during the shows.

Semi-Final Allocation Draw

The allocation draw for the two semi-finals had two parts. In the first part the 31 countries participating in the semi-finals were drawn in which of the two they will compete in. Fifteen countries will compete in the first semi-final and sixteen in the second semi-final.

In the second part, each country learned whether it will appear in the first or second half of the semi-final in which it will compete. The exact order of appearance will be determined by the EBU and the show’s producers at a later date.

1st Semi-final (May 13):

1st Half

  • Sweden
  • Ukraine
  • Slovenia
  • Iceland
  • Estonia
  • Poland
  • Portugal

2nd Half

  • Netherlands
  • Azerbaijan
  • Albania
  • San Marino
  • Belgium
  • Cyprus
  • Croatia
  • Norway

2nd Semi-Final (May 15):

1st Half

  • Austria
  • Lithuania
  • Armenia
  • Montenegro
  • Greece
  • Ireland
  • Australia
  • Latvia

2nd Half

  • Czechia
  • Israel
  • Malta
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Luxembourg
  • Georgia
  • Serbia

Basel will host the 69th Eurovision Song Contest from 13 to 17 May at the St. Jakobshalle. The motto of this year’s event, as chosen by the organisers, is “United by Music“, retaining the motto first chosen for the contest in Liverpool in 2023.

You can see the draw again through the link below:

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Eurovision 2025: The allocation pots for the Semi-Final draw!

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The Semi-Final Allocation Draw for Eurovision 2025, will take place tomorrow January 28 at 12:30 CET live from Basel, alongside a ceremony which sees the Host City insignia pass from previous hosts Malmö, to current host Basel.

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Iceland: The running orders for the Söngvakeppnin 2025 semi-finals!

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The running order of the two semi-finals of Söngvakeppnin 2025 , the contest through which Iceland is going to select their entry for the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest, was revealed.

The national broadcaster of the country, RÚV, revealed the running order of the artists for the two semi-finals of Söngvakeppnin 2025.

The order of the first semi-final is as per below:

  1. Stebbi Jak – “Set Me Free”/“Freslið Mitt”
  2. Birgo – “Stormchaser”/“Ég Flýg Í Storminn”
  3. Ágúst – “Like You” / “Eins Og Þú”
  4. Bia – “Northern Lights”/ “Norðrljós”
  5. Væb – “Róa”

The order of the second semi-final is as per below:

  1. Dagur Sig – “Carousel” / “Flugdrekar”
  2. Júlí og Dísa – “Fire” / “Eldur”
  3. Bára Katrín – “Rise Above”/“Rísum Upp”
  4. Bjarni Arason – “Aðeins Lengur”
  5. Tinna – “Words” / “Þrá”

Söngvakeppnin 2025

Following the tradition of recent years, all participants are expected to perform their songs in Icelandic during the semi-finals. However, in the grand final, they may present their English-language versions.

  • Semi-Final 1: February 8
  • Semi-Final 2: February 15
  • Grand Final: February 22

The show will be hosted by Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir, and Fannar Sveinsson.

This year, each semi-final will feature five songs, with three advancing to the grand final. Unlike previous editions, where five entries competed in the final, six songs will battle for victory this year.

Additionally, the previous format of a two-song superfinal, where the winner was determined solely by public voting, has been retired. The winner—and Iceland’s Eurovision 2025 representative—will now be determined through a 50/50 combination of public votes and an international jury comprising seven members.

Source: RÚV

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Iceland: Listen to the Songs of Söngvakeppnin 2025!

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Iceland’s public broadcaster, RÚV, will once again select the country’s representative for Eurovision 2025 through the national song contest, Söngvakeppnin. Read more

Iceland: The first names rumoured for Söngvakeppnin 2025!

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A few days after the official announcements by RÚV, Iceland’s national broadcaster, for this year’s Söngvakeppnin, the national competition through which the country’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is selected, the first rumours began about the artists who will claim to represent the island in Eurovision 2025.

The first rumoured artists

The well-known Icelandic website Vísir, through two recent articles, publishes the first three names that appear to be on the list of Söngvakeppnin 2025.

The first name is ICEGUYS. This is a boyband that has enjoyed enormous popularity on the Arctic island in recent years with five recent soldout concerts. ICEGUYS consists of Friðrik Dór, Rúrik Gíslason, Jón Jónsson, Herra Hnetusmjör and Aron Can.

The band’s manager Máni Pétursson has already stated in an interview:

“It’s from time to time that the Iceguys are going to participate in Eurovision”

The second name rumored is that of Juli Heiðar Halldórsson. He is one of the most well-known artists in Iceland and already has experience in Söngvakeppnin, having participated in 2017 with Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir and the song “Heim til þín” without much success, however, as they finished in 5th place in the first semi-final and failed to advance to the final of the national competition.

The third name is Ágúst Þór Bjarnason. Ágúst is a young and aspiring musician, living in Akureyri. Last summer, he played for Magnús Kjartansson, the singer of Stuðlaband, and performed with the band at all the biggest outdoor festivals in the country. Ágúst was previously the singer in the band Færibandinu.

On Friday, January 17, the presentation of the artists and songs that will take part in Söngvakeppnin 2025 is scheduled at 20:40 CET through the special TV show “Lögin í Söngvakeppninni 2025”. For this year’s bid for the Icelandic representation, 110 entries were submitted to the Icelandic competition.

Source: Vísir

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Iceland: All the details of Söngvakeppnin 2025!

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Iceland‘s national broadcaster, RÚV, has made official announcements for this year’s Söngvakeppnin, the national competition through which the country’s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest is selected.

Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir, and Fannar Sveinsson are going to present Söngvakeppnin 2025. They are no strangers to presenting the Icelandic contest as Benedikt and Fannar were presenters in 2020 and Guðrún in 2016.

As we mentioned in our previous article (here), until recently, only the date of the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 was known. Now, the full program of the Icelandic competition has been announced, which is as per below:

  • First Semi-Final – Saturday 8 February
  • Second Semi-Final – Saturday 15 February
  • Final – Saturday 22 February

As in previous years, five songs are going to compete in each semi-final. Three songs from each semi-final advance to the final, which is going to consist of six songs instead of the five that were used in previous editions of Söngvakeppnin. In previous editions of the Icelandic song contest, the fifth entry to the final was determined by RÚV itself.

Additionally, in previous years the top two songs in the Söngvakeppnin final would compete against each other again in an additional round where only the public voted to determine the representative of the land of ice and fire. This process was abandoned for this year’s contest. The winner and therefore Iceland’s representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 will be the one who comes first in the combination of the public vote and the vote of an international jury consisting of 7 members, with a 50% – 50% system.

Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, the executive producer of Söngvakeppnin, explained that this approach is used in both Sweden’s Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest itself.

“We are very excited to adopt the Swedish method with this new format and believe it will create an even more thrilling competition.”

The competition returns to RVK Studios in Gufunes in the northeastern part of Reykjavík, which also hosted the competition in 2022 and 2023. There will be a significant upgrade in direction and production.

Selma Björnsdóttir, who represented Iceland twice at Eurovision (1999 2nd place, 2005 elimination from the final, 16th place in the semi-final), will return as a member of the artistic team. She has directed shows all over the world and has worked on shows such as Ísland got talent, Idol and Allir geta dansað. She will be joined by Thomas Benstem, a Swedish director, choreographer and graphic designer who has directed Melodifestivalen, So You Think You Can Dance, the MTV Music Awards, Eurovision and other major events. The team will also be joined by choreographer Baldvin Alan Thorarensen.

On Friday, January 17, the presentation of the artists and songs that will take part in Söngvakeppnin 2025 is scheduled at 20:40 CET through the special TV show “Lögin í Söngvakeppninni 2025”. For this year’s bid for the Icelandic representation, 110 entries were submitted to the Icelandic competition.

Source: RÚV

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