Tonight we’ve seen another 4 acts make it to the final of Icelandic national final Söngvakeppnin 2015. In the Semi-final 2 we heard 6 acts competing for a spot in the final : 1. Haukur Heiðar Hauksson “Milljón augnablik” 2. María Ólafsdóttir “Lítil skref” 3. SUNDAY “Fjaðrir” 4. Regína Ósk “Aldrei of seint” 5. Bjarni Lárus Hall “Brotið gler” 6. …
LIVE BLOG: Super Saturday – 7th February
Well, here we are. The cold, harsh winter is gasping its last windy breaths, the first pay day after Christmas has been and gone and the clock is now very much ticking on 2015. But what could this mean? Oh, of course! We’ve finally reached the busy period of the national final season! And tonight we have a fantastic lineup …
Iceland: Semi 1 Qualifiers
Tonight the first set of acts took to the Icelandic stage in hope of gaining enough votes to make the top 3 tonight, and therefore gain a place in the 14th of February, where the final six acts will fight for the Icelandic ticket to Vienna. The six acts competing tonight were (Qualifiers are in bold): 1. Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir ‘Myrkrið hljótt’ …
TONIGHT: Iceland Semi-Final 1
Tonight the first set of acts will take to the Icelandic stage in hope of gaining enough votes to make the top 3 tonight, and therefore gain a place in the 14th of February, where the final six acts will fight for the Icelandic ticket to Vienna. The six acts competing tonight are: 1. Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir ‘Myrkrið hljótt’ 2. …
This Weekend’s Shows
Tomorrow night will see the beginning of the first big weekend in this year’s Eurovision Season. Over the last few months national broadcasters have been working hard, collecting songs, selecting songs, and whittling songs down for their national selections. Tomorrow night we will see a number of countries’ national selections take place. Macedonia, Malta, Belarus, Albania, France, Georgia, The Netherlands …
Iceland: Tickets On Sale Now for Söngvakeppnin 2015
For all those Icelandic Eurovision fans, or those wishing to partake on a Europe-Wide National Final tour in 2015, news this week announced by RUV, the Icelandic National Broadcaster will be able to aid you on your journey to Reykjavik. Tickets are now on sale for Söngvakeppnin 2015, which will consist of two semi-finals (31st of January and the 7th of …
Iceland: Participants announced
The 12 competing artists and their songs in Söngvakeppnin 2015 have been revealed by the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV. Amongst the artists is Regína Ósk, who represented Iceland in Eurovision 2008 as part of Eurobandið. The artists taking part and vying to represent the Nordic island in 2015 are as follows; Bjarni Lárus Hall – Brotið gler Björn og félagar – …
Iceland: Söngvakeppnin dates announced
Today, details regarding the Icelandic preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 have been revealed. A grand total of 258 songs were submitted to the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV. 12 of them have been picked to compete in the televised semi finals. There will be two semis with six songs each. The first semi will take place on 31 January and …
Söngvakeppni 2015
Icelandic broadcaster, RUV, has announced the start of their search, ready for their national final, Söngvakeppni. They are asking for songs to be submitted by the 20th October, and the national final will be broadcast in February 2015, final date to be confirmed. Iceland have used Söngvakeppni since 1986, and after having chosen Yohanna and her beautiful ballad “Is It …
Interview with Pollapönk (Iceland) after their first rehearsal
We caught with the Icelandic band Pollapönk after their first rehearsal and they were more than happy to talk about their song and things in store for them. You can listen to the Interview below, they also give an insight into how they came up with the costumes. [vsw id=”kVr_nrfVdMA” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]