Icelandic broadcaster RUV has announced the “Söngvakeppnin 2025″ (The Icelandic National Selection for Eurovision 2025) participants.
You can listen to the songs, by the semi-final split:
Semi-Final 1 (February 8th)
- BIRGO – Ég flýg í storming / Stormchaser
- Ágúst –– Eins og þú / Like You
- Stebbi JAK – Frelsið Mitt / Set Me Free
- BIA – Norðurljós / Northern Lights
- VÆB – RÓA
Semi-Final 2 (February 15th)
- Bjarni Arason – Aðeins lengur
- Dagur Sig – Flugdrekar / Carousel
- Tinna – Þrá / Words
- Bára Katrín – Rísum upp / Rise Above
- Júlí & Dísa – Eldur / Fire
Playlist:
Spotify
YouTube
YouTube (English Versions)
“Söngvakeppnin 2025” – Known Details
- Benedikt Valsson, Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir and Fannar Sveinsso will host the shows.
- The national selection will feature 3 shows:
- Semi-Final 1: Saturday, February 8th 2025
- Semi-Final 2: Saturday, February 15th 2025
- Grand Final: Saturday, February 22nd 2025
- The shows will be held in RVK Studios in Gufunes.
- 10 artists were shortlisted to compete in the televised shows.
- 5 artists will perform in each semi-final, 3 of them will qualify (based on 100% public vote)
- 6 artists will compete in the final. The grand final results will be determined by one round only, composed of a 50% jury vote (featuring 7 international members) and a 50% public vote.
- The main changes compared to previous years are:
- No wildcard will be given to one of the semi-final non-qualifiers
- The number of finalists increased from 5 to 6
- The “super-final” in cancelled.
- The songs and the artists will be revealed on January 17th.
- Thomas Benstem and Selma Björnsdóttir will be the artistic director of the contest.
Eurovision 2025 will be held in Basel, Switzerland on the 13th, 15th, and 17th of May 2025

