The Icelandic people have spoken (no jury involved) and the following three acts, out of a field of six have progressed to next week’s National Final in Iceland! Aron Hannes – Golddigger/Gold digger Áttan – Hér með þér/Here for you Dagur Sigurðarson – Í stormi/Saviour Do you agree with the finalists picked this week? […]
Iceland is back with Söngvakeppnin for another week. Join me Richard, as we discover who’ll progress from Semi Final Two. You know the drill by now – just refresh this page every so often and follow the goings ons of the second show in this National Selection. You […]
A couple of weeks ago, we published an article taking a lot at the first betting odds for Eurovision 2018, despite the notable lack of any songs. Many of you said it was far too early to call, but the experts disagreed! Now we have no less than […]
#ICELAND: First three finalists for Söngvakeppnin chosen Iceland started its quest for Eurovision glory with the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2018. Six songs battled for three places in the final on Saturday 3 March. Broadcaster RÚV used televoting to pick the three going forward to the final. But […]
Yesterday the competitors taking part in Söngvakeppnin 2018, the Icelandic selection event were named and their songs released to the world – so you know what that means – it’s POLL TIME! As we all know, Iceland will host two semifinals for Söngvakeppnin on the 10th and 17th […]
Last year in Kyiv, not only did Salvador Sobral break the record for the highest number of points ever scored at the Eurovision Song Contest (so far!), he also broke another slightly more dubious record – namely, ending Portugal’s reign as country with the Most Participations at […]
The Semi-Final Allocation Draw, which decides which Eurovision semi final a country will participate in will take place in Lisbon’s stunning City Hall on 29th January at 13:00 CET. The ceremony, which will be presented by Eurovision 2018 hostesses Sílvia Alberto and Filomena Cautela, will also see the […]
Earlier today, everyone’s favourite Icelandic singer and violinist Greta Salóme announced her engagement to Elvar Þór Karlsson on Facebook! On behalf of all of us here at Eurovision Ireland, we’d like to say congratulations Greta and Elvar! or better yet, til hamingju Greta og Elvar! We’re sure […]
Just a few minutes ago, the French-speaking news website about the Eurovision Song Contest www.eurovision-fr.net teased us on their instagram page about the semi-finalists of Söngvakeppnin 2018. In the picture’s description was revealed that the 12 Semi-Finalists will be reveald on Friday – 19 January. There will be two semi-finals of Söngvakeppnin on 10 […]
So far we have artwork, a slogan, a few singers and most importantly, no songs – but that doesn’t stop some people from working hard to figure out who will win Eurovision next year in Lisbon! The first betting odds for Eurovision 2018 are in from Coral, and […]