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Iceland: Systur to be joined by their brother in Eurovision 2022!

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The Icelandic band Systur has revealed that their younger brother will appear with them at this year’s Eurovision .

The artists who will represent Iceland at Eurovision, revealed that their brother Eythor will join them on the stage in Turin. Eythor has the knowledge of many musical instruments and will play drums in their performance.

 

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Iceland will appear in 14th place in the first semi-final on May 10th with the song, “Með hækkandi sól ”   (“With The Rising Sun”).

Below you can watch the performance of the Icelandic participation in their national final:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk9D10EyxHA

Stay tuned on Eurovisionfun for all the news regarding the Icelandic participation at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 in Turin, Italy!

Source : eurovoix

 

Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2022 Final tonight!

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Today it’s the final off Söngvakeppnin 2022, the process through which Iceland will choose its participation for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Live from RVK studios, the land of ice and fire will select its representative in Eurovision 2022.

The 5 finalists of the grand final are:

Katla, Stefán Óli and sisters Sigga, Beta and Elín (who had not recorded an English version of their song anyway) chose to sing in Icelandic, as they did in the semifinals.

Reykjavíkurdætur, or Daugthers of Reykjavik, will perform the English version of their song, which also contains lyrics in Icelandic. Therefore, the only entry excusively in English is Amarosis, who were eliminated in the first semi-final but selected by the committee to compete in the final as a wildcard.

The Söngvakeppnin 2022 final will have two rounds of voting. In the first round, the two songs that will be voted on the most by the combination of the vote of the Icelandic viewers and the jury will qualify for the Superfinal. In the Superfinal, the two songs will be put exclusively at the discretion of the public, which will choose the representative of Iceland at Eurovision 2022.

Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be presented by Björg Magnúsdóttir, Jón Jónsson and Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.

The second semifinal of Söngvakeppnin 2022 will start at 20:45 CET and will last two and a half hours. You can watch it through the RÚV website by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments concerning Iceland in the competition!

Iceland: Second Söngvakeppnin 2022 Semi-Final tonight!

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Second semi-final today for Söngvakeppnin 2022, the process through which Iceland will choose its participation for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest.

Live from RVK studios, the land of ice and fire will select two more finalists who will get the magic ticket to the grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2022.

The 5 candidate songs will appear in the following order:

  1. Hanna Mia and the Astrotourists – “Séns með þér” (See you soon) / “Gemini”
  2. Katla – “Þaðan af” (From there) / “Then again”
  3. Markéta Irglová – “Mögulegt” (Possible) / “Possible”
  4. Reykjavikurdaetur – “Tökum af stað” (Let’s get started) / “Turn this around”
  5. Suncity and Sanna – “Hækkum í botn” (Let’s go to the bottom) / “Keep it cool”

You can listen to all the songs HERE.

The winners of the night will emerge after a combined vote of both the jury and the TV audience. A total of 4 songs will compete in the grand final (two from each semifinal), while the country’s public channel has the right to choose one more song.

Finalists

Their qualification for the grand final next Saturday has already been secured by:

  • Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól
  • Stefán Óli – Ljósið

Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be presented by Björg Magnúsdóttir, Jón Jónsson and Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.

The second semifinal of Söngvakeppnin 2022 will start at 20:45 CET and will last one and a half hours. You can watch it through the RÚV website by clicking HERE.

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the developments concerning Iceland in the competition!

Iceland: Listen to the entries of Söngvakeppnin 2022!

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After a short break in 2021, when Dadi Freyr was internally selected to represent Iceland, Söngvakeppnin returns to select the country’s entry for Eurovision 2022.

Iceland’s broadcaster, RUV, officially announced the 10 entries selected to compete in the semifinals of Söngvakeppnin 2022 tomorrow.

The competing artists and entries in Söngvakeppnin 2022 are :

1st Semi Final :

  1. Amarosis – “Don’t you know”
  2. Stefán Óli – “Ljósið” (The light)/ “All I know”
  3. Haffi Haff – “Gía” / “Volcano”
  4. Stefanía Svavarsdóttir – “Hjartað mitt” (My heart) / “Heart of mine”
  5. Sigga, Beta & Elín – “Með hækkandi sól” (With the rising sun)

2nd Semi Final :

  1. Hanna Mia and the Astrotourists – “Séns með þér” (See you soon) / “Gemini”
  2. Katla – “Þaðan af” (From there) / “Then again”
  3. Markéta Irglová – “Mögulegt” (Possible) / “Possible”
  4. Reykjavikurdaetur – “Tökum af stað” (Let’s get started) / “Turn this around”
  5. Suncity and Sanna – “Hækkum í botn” (Let’s go to the bottom) / “Keep it cool”

You can listen to all of the songs here

As usual, all the candidates will sing their songs in Icelandic in the semifinals, while in the final they have the option to perform the English versions.

The 2 semifinals will be held on February 26 and March 5. From each semifinal 2 out of 5 contestants will qualify for the final, which will take place on March 12. The jury can choose one of the 6 artists who were eliminated to compete in the final as a wildcard.

The final will consist of 2 rounds. In the first round, the audience and the jury will choose which 2 acts will advance to the Super Final, where the winner will be determined exclusively by the televoters.

Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be presented by Björg Magnúsdóttir, Jón Jónsson and Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.

In 2021 Iceland was represented by Dadi Freyr with his band and the song “10 years” and finished 4th with 378 points, the best result of the country since 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSMhu-PrLME

Stay tuned to EurovisionFun for all the news concerning Iceland in the competition!

Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2022 is rescheduled!

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The newly imposed restrictions due to the rapidly spreading SARS-COV2, in several countries throughout the globe, have led to many events either getting cancelled or postponed.

This is exactly what has happened to Söngvakeppnin 2022, the national selection process of Iceland for Eurovision 2022.

In specific, the songs were initially planned to be released on January the 29th, the two Semi-Finals to be held on 19 and 26 of February, respectively and the Final to be held on March the 5th.

The decision

However, RUV, the public broadcaster of the country, has taken into account the decision of the health national authorities to actually postpone all the events held in the Country, consequently, Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be postponed as well, for a whole week.

The thoughts behind the rescheduling

The national final got postponed, aiming for it to be implemented in the most optimal way, also hoping to run this large-scale show at full capacity, by ensuring the safety of contestants, spectators and employees at the same time.

Iceland’s head of delegation, Rúnar Freyr Gíslason, said it would be better to postpone the national final even further, in order to increase the chances of it being held without any restrictions.

Unfortunately, this cannot be done, as the deadline for submitting Eurovision entries is set for March the 13th.

The detailed schedule of  Söngvakeppnin 2022 will be the following:

  • 5th of February – Announcement of artists and release of competing songs of Söngvakeppnin 2022
  • 26th of February – First Semi-Final
  • 5th of March – Second Semi-Final
  • 11th of March – Family Show (Jury Rehearsal)
  • 12th of March – Grand Final

10 songs will compete at Söngvakeppnin 2022, while the artists, composers and songs will be revealed at the RUV show called Lögin í Söngvakeppninn.

The songs have already been recorded and all the artists have already started rehearsing for their semi finals. The pre-sale of the tickets for the shows will also be announced soon.

Artists from Iceland have shown major interest in submitting their proposals for the Icelandic Eurovision 2022 entry, leading to a total of 160 song submissions, breaking a record of submissions for Iceland throughout the years. The songs have been judged by an expert committee, that decided which of those entries will eventually take part in the national final of the country.

In 2021, Iceland was represented by Daði og Gagnamagnið with their song “10 years” and managed to be ranked 4th. You can listen to the song below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORDK1XQToAY