Iceland: National Final scheduled for 11th March, Artists to be revealed on 20th January

The Icelandic public broadcaster, RUV, has annonced more information about the upcoming Söngvakeppnin. It was announced that like previous years their will be 2 semi-finals and the final night. During the final 2 super finalists will be choosen using 50% professional jury & 50% televoting and the winner will be decided by televoting.

The dates of the shows are as follows:

  • Semi Final 1 – February 25
  • Semi Final 2 – March 4
  • Final – March 11

The 12 artists of this year’s Söngvakeppnin will be announced this Friday 20th January at a special show televised at around 20:40 CET.

Last year, Greta represented Iceland after winning this competition, however she failed to qualify for the finals and left many eurovision fans disappointed. Do you think Iceland will be more successful this year?

ByFernando Thomas

From Malta and works as TV Producer. Eurovision is one of my biggest interests. So far I have been to Dusseldorf (2011), Malmo (2013), Copenhagen ( 2014), Stockholm (2016) & Kyiv (2017). I was also a volunteer during the Junior Eurovision which was held in Malta in 2014.I also covered some national finals which include Malta Eurovision Song Contest 2017 & 2018 and also Melodifestivalen 2017 & 2018.