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Iceland: Detailed results of Söngvakeppnin 2022!

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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: Sigga, Beta & Elín won the national final with “Með hækkandi sól”

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The Grand Final of Söngvakeppnin 2022 took place tonight at 20:45 CET. After the 2 semi-final rounds, 5 acts competed for the one ticket that to the 2022 Eurovision Song Contest in Turin, Italy.

The hosts of the show once again where Björg Magnúsdóttir, Jón Jónsson και Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.

According to the bookmakers the chances of the 5 finalists to fly the Icelandic flag in Turin were as follows:

The participants

The 5 finalists of the show were:

  1. Katla – Þaðan af
  2. Amarosis – “Don’t you know”
  3. Reykjavikurdaetur – Turn This Around
  4. Stefán Óli – Ljósið
  5. Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól

After the performance of the finalists the 2021 Icelandic representative Daði Freyr  took the stage performing a new single and a remix of his Eurovision etry.

According to the combined votes of the televoters and the jury the two acts that proceeded to the Superfinal round of the show were:

  1. Reykjavikurdaetur – Turn This Around
  2. Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól

Later on the show Tusse, the other guest of the show, performed “Voices”, the song with which he represented Sweden last year in Rotterdam finishing in 14th place.

After the conclusion of the televoting process, the act that is going to represent Iceland in 2022 Eurovision Song Contest is :

Sigga, Beta & Elín – Með hækkandi sól

Iceland is going to compete in the second half of the first semi-final on 10th of May 2022. Do you think they will score better than last year

 

 

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: 4 out of 5 contestants will sing in Icelandic in the final!

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According to an announcement by the Icelandic broadcaster, RUV, three of the five performers who qualified for the Söngvakeppnin final will perform their songs in Icelandic, both in the Icelandic final and at Eurovision, in case they win on Saturday.

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.

This means that the Icelandic language will probably be heard on the Eurovision stage in Turin. In the grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2022, which will be held on Saturday at 20.45 CET, with guests Daði Freyr and Tusse, the competing acts will be:

Source : RUV

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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: Interview with Stefanía Svavarsdóttir | With a song about parental love in Söngvakeppnin 2022! (Video)

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After the announcement of her taking in Söngvakeppnin 2022, Stefanía Svavarsdóttir speaks exclusively to EurovisionFun and Apostolis Matamis.

Stefanía Svavarsdóttir is one of the finalists of the national final of Iceland, Söngvakeppnin 2022 with the song “Heart of Mine“.

I was called from the composer of the track, with whom I have collaborated in the past. He is fantastic and I decided to make this step without hesitation. I hadn’t even heard the song but I knew it would be great. Watching the contest last year with his daughter, she asked him when is he going to take part in the contest. He had never thought about it and he did it for her. “Heart of Mine”  speaks about the parental love towards their children. I also have two little kids and I honestly felt the song when I read the lyrics, they are wonderful! It means a lot to me.  

In the semi-final of the national final, Stefanía as the rules want it, she will compete with the Icelandic version of the song “Hjartað mitt“:

We wanted, other than the English version, a little part in Icelandic. So that our children can understand by listening to it. Because a specific part is exclusively for them.

She has already started making preparations for the staging of the semi-final of  Söngvakeppnin 2022.

It will be a powerful performance. Thanks to the lyrics, it will be a personal performance and full of emotions. 

Stefanía has taken part in the national final five more times, also by taking part in the vocals of a competing song.

From the competing songs, she likes Suncity and Sanna.

Her favorite Icelandic songs are that of  Selma (1999) and ICY (1986) while from the contest in general the song that stands out for her is that of Salvador Sobral (Portugal 2017).

If she could collaborate with a Eurostar that would be Marija Šerifović (Serbia 2007).

Sometime before the end of the interview, Stefanía Svavarsdóttir offered us a part of her song acapella.

Watch the exclusive interview with Stefanía Svavarsdóttir in the following video:

Listen to “Heart of Mine“, the song of Stefanía Svavarsdóttir for Söngvakeppnin 2022!

 

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