Söngvakeppnin winners
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This page lists the songs and artists that have won Söngvakeppnin, the Icelandic preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest. There was no competition held between 1995 and 1999, in 2002, between 2004 and 2005, and in 2021.
List of winners[]
| Year | City Venue |
Song | Translation | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Reykjavík RÚV Studios |
"Gleðibankinn" | Bank of fun | Pálmi Gunnarsson | Magnús Eiríksson | 16th (as ICY) | 19 | No semi-finals | |
| 1987 | "Hægt og hljótt" | Slowly and quietly | Halla Margrét Árnadóttir | 16th | 28 | ||||
| 1988 | "Þú og þeir" | You and they | Sverrir Stormsker & Stefán Hilmarsson |
Sverrir Stormsker | 16th (as Beathoven) | 20 | |||
| 1989 | "Það sem enginn sér" | What no one sees | Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson | 22nd | 0 | ||||
| 1990 | "Eitt lag enn" | One more song | Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir & |
, | 4th (as Stjórnin) | 124 | |||
| 1991 | "Draumur um Nínu" | The dream about Nina | Stefán Hilmarsson & |
15th (as Stefán & Eyfi) | 26 | ||||
| 1992 | Reykjavík RÚV Studios |
"Nei eða já" | No or yes? | Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir & |
Friðrik Karlsson, , Stefán Hilmarsson | 7th (as Heart 2 Heart) | 80 | ||
| 1993 | Reykjavík RÚV Studios |
"Þá veistu svarið" | Then you'll know the answer | , | 13th (as Inga) | 42 | |||
| 1994 | "Nætur" | Nights | Friðrik Karlsson, Stefán Hilmarsson | 12th (performed by Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir as Sigga) |
49 | ||||
| 2000 | Reykjavík RÚV Studios |
"Hvert sem er" | Anywhere | & |
Örlygur Smári, | 12th (August & Telma with "Tell Me!") | 45 | ||
| 2001 | Reykjavík RÚV Studios |
"Birta" | N/A | & Gunnar Ólason | , | 22nd (Two Tricky with "Angel") | 3 | ||
| 2003 | Reykjavík |
"Segðu mér allt" | Tell me everything | Birgitta Haukdal | , Birgitta Haukdal Brynjarsdóttir | 8th (as "Open Your Heart") | 81 | ||
| 2006 | Reykjavík | "Til hamingju Ísland" | Congratulations Iceland | Silvía Nótt | , Silvía Nótt | Failed to qualify | SF: 13th (as "Congratulations") | 62 | |
| 2007 | Reykjavík |
"Ég les í lófa þínum" | I read from your palm | Eiríkur Hauksson | Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, | SF: 13th (as "Valentine Lost") | 77 | ||
| 2008 | Reykjavík | "This Is My Life" | N/A | Eurobandið | Örlygur Smári, Paul Oscar, | 14th | 64 | 8th | 68 |
| 2009 | "Is It True?" | Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir | Óskar Páll Sveinsson, , Chris Neil | 2nd (as Yohanna) | 218 | 1st | 174 | ||
| 2010 | "Je ne sais quoi" | I Don't Know What | Hera Björk | Örlygur Smári, Hera Björk | 19th | 41 | 3rd | 123 | |
| 2011 | "Aftur heim" | Back Home | Sigurjón's Friends | Sigurjón Brink, Þórunn Erna Clausen | 20th (as "Coming Home") | 61 | 4th | 100 | |
| 2012 | "Mundu eftir mér" | Remember Me | Greta Salóme & Jónsi | Greta Salóme | 20th (as "Never Forget") | 46 | 8th | 75 | |
| 2013 | (Two semi-finals) Reykjavík RÚV Studios (final) Reykjavík Harpa |
"Ég á líf" | I am alive | Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson | Örlygur Smári, Pétur Örn Guðmundsson | 17th | 47 | 6th | 72 |
| 2014 | (Two semi-finals) Reykjavík RÚV Studios (final) Reykjavík |
"Enga fordóma" | No prejudices | Pollapönk | Heiðar Örn Kristjánsson, Haraldur F. Gíslason | 15th (as "No Prejudice") | 58 | 8th | 61 |
| 2015 | (Two semi-finals) Reykjavík RÚV Studios (final) Reykjavík |
"Lítil skref" | Little steps | María Ólafsdóttir | Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson, Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson, Sæþór Kristjánsson | Failed to qualify | 15th (as "Unbroken") | 14 | |
| 2016 | (Two semi-finals) Reykjavík RÚV Studios (final) Reykjavík |
"Raddirnar" | The voices | Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir | Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir | 14th (as "Hear Them Calling") | 51 | ||
| 2017 | (Two semi-finals) Reykjavík RÚV Studios (final) Reykjavík Háskólabíó |
"Ég veit það" | I know that | Svala | Svala Björgvinsdóttir, Einar Egilsson, Lester Mendez, Lily Elise | 15th (as "Paper") | 60 | ||
| 2018 | (Two semi-finals) Reykjavík Háskólabíó (final) Reykjavík Laugardalshöll |
"Heim" | Home | Ari Ólafsson | Þórunn Erna Clausen | 19th (as "Our Choice") | 15 | ||
| 2019 | "Hatrið mun sigra" | Hate will prevail | Hatari | Einar Hrafn Stefánsson, Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan, Matthías Tryggvi Haraldsson | 10th | 234 | 3rd | 221 | |
| 2020 | "Gagnamagnið" | The amount of data | Daði & Gagnamagnið | Daði Freyr Pétursson | Event Cancelled | ||||
| 2022 | |||||||||
See also[]
Categories:
- Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
- Söngvakeppnin