Iceland’s public broadcaster RUV have announced that the artists and entries who will compete at Söngvakeppnin 2025 will be revealed on the 17th of January.
17th of January
A special broadcast will take place at 19:40 local time, and will announce the artists competing at next year’s contest. The submission period closed back in October. Typically – takes place with ten acts participating over two semi finals, and a final with a gold final. However it must be noted that RUV have stated that they format of the contest could be under review; specifically regarding the super final due to controversy around last year’s contest.
What is Söngvakeppnin?
Usually one of the later national finals in the calendar, Iceland’s selection Söngvakeppnin has taken place since 1981, and since 2006 has been in a format of semi finals leading towards a final. Under current competition rules, all semi-final songs must be in Icelandic, with the option there to translate the song to English should they reach the final, since the current rules were adopted in 2015, all but two winners of the selection chose to do this.
Iceland’s Eurovision Journey
Iceland made its debut on the Eurovision stage in 1986, finishing 16th with the song “Gleðibankinn” (Bank of Fun) by ICY. In their 35 appearances, Iceland has finished in top 10 an impressive 7 times. Their best result to date is second place, which they have achieved twice. The first time was in 1999, where Selma Björnsdóttir received 146 points for her performance of “All Out of Luck”. The second time was in 2009, with Yohanna singing “Is It True” and receiving 218 points.
2010 returnee Hera Björk represented Iceland with “Scared of Heights” at the 2024 contest. She placed last in the first semi-final, scoring only three points.
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Source: RUV
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