Croatia: For a long time, Croatia was the number one with “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” according to the bookmakers. Now he’s in second place. The story is known: the song tells about young people leaving Croatia to find their fortune elsewhere. This is depicted by someone walking with a suitcase.
Iceland is represented this year, 14 years after her participation in 2010, by Hera Björk. This time, she sings “Scared of Heights”. She starts on a sort of black platform. She has swapped her reddish-brown dress for a golden one with fringes. She is alone on stage without dancers. We
We can not wait for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. Therefore, we have a closer look at one of the contestants every day. Today: Iceland. Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir, an Icelandic powerhouse vocalist born on March 29, 1972. With a career kickstarting in childhood, Hera was already a
Today, there is some interesting news from the Head of Delegation meeting. This meeting took place today, and some decisions are made about the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest: Iceland It was a big questionmark whether Iceland was going to take part or not. Icelandic broadcaster RUV stated that they, together
It was a tough superfinal, but Hera Björk has won Söngvakeppnin 2024 with “Scared Of Heights”. She advanced to the superfinal together with Bashar Murad and his song “Wild West”. In the end Hera won, and will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. She has also represented Iceland
Tonight is the night when Iceland selects a song. Söngvakeppnin, their national final, will contain 5 songs. Out of these 5, jury and televoter will select two to head to a superfinal. In that superfinal, televotes will be added to select the winner. The show starts at 20:45 CET and
Hera Björk and Bashar Murad will go through to the final of Söngvakeppnin, next Saturday. The results of tonight’s semifinal are as follows: Hera Björk sings “Við förum hæarra” Heiðrún Anna sings “Þjakaður af ást” Bashar Murad sings “Vestrið villt” Sigga Ózk sings “Um allan alheiminn” Maiaa sings “Fljúga burt”
The first night of Söngvakeppnin is over and Anita & Væb have qulified themselves for the big final in march! Væb closed the night with their song: “Bíómynd”, and in the middle was Anita with “Stingum af”. She is one of the favorites to win the whole show and go
Iceland starts with Söngvakeppnin tonight. It is, already since 1986, the Icelandic national final. This year, 5 songs compete in each semifinal. Two of them go to the final, along with one wildcard. In the final, the songs can be sung in any language. In the semifinals, they have to
Participation of Iceland in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest remains unsure. Due to the Israel-Hamas war, Icelandic broadcaster RÚV will let the possibility of withdrawal open. In an earlier stage, the Icelandic Association of Composers and Lyricists (FTT) has asked RÚV to withdraw from the Eurovision Song Contest. Stefán Eiriksson,