We’re only a few days off from the first semi final of Söngvakeppnin 2025, and Iceland’s RUV have announced the interval acts for this year’s contest.
Eurovision acts part of the interval line-up
Runner up of Eurovision 2023 Käärijä will be joined in the final by Swedish DJ Hooja. The first and second semi finals will see 2009 entrant Jóhanna, and Hr. Hnetusmjör perform as the intervals respectively. This year’s Söngvakeppnin is set to begin this Saturday, with the final set to take place on the 22nd of February. We’ll see some shake-ups to the contest this time, with the super final no longer being a feature of the contest. The two semi finals will see three of the five acts qualify for the final. The winner will be decided entirely by the televote.
The acts participating in the semi-finals are as follows:
| Running Order | Artist | Entry | Voting Number |
| 1 | Stebbi JAK | Frelsið Mitt | 900-9901 |
| 2 | BIRGO | Ég flýg í storminn | 900-9902 |
| 3 | Ágúst | Eins og þú | 900-9903 |
| 4 | BIA | Norðurljós | 900-9904 |
| 5 | VÆB | RÓA | 900-9905 |
Semi Final Two
| Running Order | Artist | Entry | Voting Number |
| 1 | Dagur Sig | Flugdrekar | 900-9901 |
| 2 | Júlí og Dísa | Eldur | 900-9902 |
| 3 | Bára Katrín | Rísum upp | 900-9903 |
| 4 | Bjarni Arason | Aðeins lengur | 900-9904 |
| 5 | Tinna | Þrá | 900-9905 |
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
Photo credit: Corinne Cumming / EBU
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