EUROVISION 2025 ICELAND: SÖNGVAKEPPNIN 2025

EUROVISION 2025 ICELAND: SÖNGVAKEPPNIN 2025 - LISTEN TO THE SONGS

Iceland is having its already familiar Söngvakeppnin 2025 with some changes. Two semi-finals as usual on February 8 and 15, but three songs from each semi-final will now qualify for the final instead of two + a wildcard from all the remaining entries. A total of ten song out of 110 submissions will be featured. And most of all the superfinal has been dropped for the first time since 2013. Instead there will be 50750 televotes/international juries. One thing hasn't changed - hooray! - as each song has its Icelandic version for the semi-finals and the English one only for the final if wanted.

Among the competitors are back brother duo VÆB (4th last year) and Bjarni Arason (2nd in 1992). Among the songwriters one of Pollapönk's for Bára Katrin and Linnea Deb for Dagur SIG. Birgo's song is co-written by Jonas Gladnikoff, author of already three Eurovision entries and four Junior ones for Ireland.

The superfinal has been rather controversial in Iceland over the years as the results has changed five times out of 12 from the first round and we lost these initial Icelandic entries: 2015 Friðrik Dór - Once again, 2016 Alda Dís Arnardóttir - Now, 2018 Dagur Sigurðsson - Í stormi, 2022 Reykjavíkurdætur - Turn this around and most notably last year Bashar Murad - Wild west.

In the first semi-final already a big surprise: Borgo didn't make it. Nor Bia - both weather related entries out. Well, Bia just wasn't worthy tbh but I enjoyed Borgo.

Semi-final one - February 8, 2025

Birgo (Birgitta Ólafsdóttir) - Ég flýg í storminn / Stormchaser ***

Ágùst ( Ágúst Þór Brynjarsson) - Eins og þú / Like You ** FINALIST

Stebbi JAK (Stefán Jakobsson) - Frelsið Mitt / Set Me Free * FINALIST

VÆB (Matthías Davíð Matthíasson & Hálfdán Helgi Matthíasson) - RÓA ** FINALIST

BIA (Beatriz Roque Aleixo) - Norðurljós / Northern Lights **

Semi-final two - February 15, 2025

Bjarni (Andrés) Arason - Aðeins lengur *** FINALIST

Dagur SIG (Dagur Sigurðsson) - Flugdrekar / Carousel *

Tinna (Tinna Óðins) - Þrá / Words *** FINALIST

Bára Katrin (Jóhansdóttir) - Rísum upp / Rise above **

Júlí & Dísa (Júlí Heiðar Halldórsso & Þórdís Björk Þorfinnsdóttir - Eldur / Fire *** FINALIST

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