Saturday, February 13, 2016

Iceland: Tonight! "Söngvakeppnin 2016" - Semi-Final 2

The second Semi-Final of the Icelandic national selection "Söngvakeppnin 2016" takes place tonight. The show will be hosted by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir & Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir at Háskólabíó in Reykjavik. Six contestants are in the battle to get one of three tickets to the national final on 20th February 2016. The audience can vote via phone. One of the other three songs can win a wild card to the final.

"Söngvakeppnin 2016" - Semi-Final 1

  • Alda Dís Arnardóttir - "Augnablik" (One Moment)
  • Elísabet Ormslev - "Á ný" (Again)
  • Pálmi Gunnarsson - "Ég leiði þig heim" (I lead you home)
  • Erna Mist & Magnús Thorlacius - "Ótöluðorð" (Unspoken words)
  • Helgi Valur Ásgeirsson - "Óvær" (Uneasy)
  • Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir & Guðmundur Snorri Sigurðarson - "Spring yfirheiminn" (All over the world)

The show starts tonight at 9:00 pm (cet) and can be followed here:
With some of the candidates from tonights show we had interviews in the last days:

"Söngvakeppnin 2016" - Show dates:


Maria Olafs represented Iceland at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest this year in Vienna with the song "Unbroken", but she faidl to qualiy to the Eurovision final.

Maria Olafs - "Unbroken" (Eurovision performance)

The winner of "Söngvakeppnin 2016" will compete in the second half of the first Semi-Finals on 10th May 2016 in the Globen Arena in Stockholm. Who do you want to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016?

Find out more about 'Söngvakeppnin' here:

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