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Iceland: Detailed results of Söngvakeppnin 2022!

The detailed results of the semi-finals and the grand final of Iceland for Eurovision 2022 were announced this morning.

Sigga, Beta and Elín won the final duel against Reykjavíkurdætar with a difference of 11686 votes with the song “Með hækkandi sól“. Before that, Reykjavíkurdætur had a narrow lead with the song “Turn this around”, both in the televoting and in the jury.

Iceland’s public broadcaster, RUV, has announced the results of the votes of the TV audience in the semi-finals and the jury as well as the public, for the grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2022.

The results are as follows:

First Semi-Final – 26 February
Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól: 10.788 votes
Stefán Óli – Ljósið: 7.017 votes
Amarosis – Don’t you know (íslenska útgáfan): 7.006 votes
Stefanía Svavarsdóttir – Hjartað mitt: 5613 votes
Haffi Haff – Gía: 4.828 votes

Second semi-final – 5 March
Reykjavíkurdætur – Tökum af stað: 13.137 votes
Katla – Þaðan af: 5251 votes
Suncity & Sanna Martinez – Hækkum í botn: 4.170 votes
Markéta – Mögulegt: 3.251 votes
Hanna Mia and the Astrotourists – Séns með þér: 3.197 votes

Grand Final – 12 March
The results of the TV audience in the first round of voting:
Reykjavíkurdætur – Turn This Around: 26,320 votes
Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól: 24,083 votes
Amarosis – Don’t you know: 12.506 votes
Stefán Óli – Ljósið: 9.126 votes
Þaðan af – Katla: 5.972 votes

The results of the jury in the first round of voting:
Reykjavíkurdætur – Turn This Around: 19.437 votes
Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól: 18.141 votes
Þaðan af – Katla: 15.031 votes
Stefán Óli – Ljósið: 13.476 votes
Amarosis – Don’t you know: 11.921 votes

Total results of the TV audience and jury in the first round of voting:
Reykjavíkurdætur – Turn This Around: 45.757 votes
Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól: 42.224 votes
Amarosis – Don’t you know: 24.427 votes
Stefán Óli – Ljósið: 22.602 votes
Þaðan af – Katla: 21.003 votes

Judges’ results:
Judge 1:
1. Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi sól
2. Katla -Þaðan af
3. Stefán Óli -Ljósið
4. Reykjavíkurdætur -Tökum af stað
5. Amarosis -Don’t You Know

Judge 2:
1. Reykjavíkurdætur -Turn this around
2.Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi sól
3.Amarosis -Don’t you know
4.Katla -Þaðan af
5.Stefán Óli -Ljósið

Judge 3:
1. Reykjavíkurdætur -Turn this around
2. Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi sól
3. Stefán Óli -Ljósið
4. Katla -Þaðan af
5. Amarosis -Don’t you know

Judge 4:
1. Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi sól
2.Katla -Þaðan af
3.Reykjavíkurdætur -Turn this around
4.Stefán Óli -Ljósið
5.Amarosis -Don’t you know

Judge 5:
1. Reykjavíkurdætur -Turn this around
2. Stefán Óli -Ljósið
3. Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi sól
4. Amarosis -Don’t you know
5. Katla -Þaðan af

Judge 6:
1. Reykjavíkurdætur -Turn this around
2. Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi Sól
3. Katla -Þaðan af
4. Amarosis -Don’t you know
5. Stefán Óli -Ljósið

Judge 7:
1. Reykjavíkurdætur -Turn this around
2. Katla -Þaðan af
3. Sigga, Beta & Elín -Með hækkandi sól
4. Stefán Óli -Ljósið
5. Amarosis -Don’t you know

Then the two songs with the highest scores entered the final duel and the second televoting round of the evening started between them.

Results of the second round of voting:
Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól: 35.156 votes
Reykjavíkurdætur – Turn This Around: 23.470 votes

“Með hækkandi sól” won the final duel with a 11,686 votes lead when the audience voted between the two songs.

Final overall grand final results:
Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól: 77.380 votes
Reykjavíkurdætur – Turn This Around: 69.227 votes

The song “Með hækkandi sól” by Sigga, Beta & Elín won the grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2022 and will represent Iceland in Turin!

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest news about Iceland’s participation in Eurovision 2022!

Source: Ruv

Iceland: Listen to the entries of Söngvakeppnin 2022!

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!