Söngvakeppnin 2019

Söngvakeppnin 2019
Preliminary decision data
country	Iceland
Broadcasting station	,
Producing broadcaster
place	Semi-finals: Háskólabíó, Reykjavík Final: Laugardalshöllin , Reykjavík
date	2nd March 2019
Time	7:30 p.m. ( UTC )
Number of participants	10
Number of contributions	10
Preliminary rounds	2
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals: 0 February 9, 2019 February 16, 2019
poll	Semi-finals 50% jury voting, 50% televoting Final: 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting Superfinals: 100% televoting
Pause filler	Finale Ari Ólafsson , Eleni Foureira
Moderation
Fannar Sveinsson, Benedikt Valsson, Björg Magnúsdóttir

The 29th Söngvakeppnin 2019 took place on March 2, 2019 in Laugardalshöllin in Reykjavík and was the Icelandic preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv ( Israel ). The producing and broadcasting television broadcaster was the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV .

format

concept

On September 13, 2018, the public service broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) confirmed its participation in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest.

For 2019, the station announced some changes to the concept. Instead of the case since 2015, there will be only ten participants in 2019 for the first time since 2014 . These are divided into two semi-finals, with five participants each. The interpreters then have to present their song in Icelandic . Two of the five participants each qualify for the final, with the result of the semi-finals being determined for the first time by 50% by jury voting and 50% by televoting. RÚV also retains the right to award a wildcard for the final. So there will be between four and five participants in the final. There, the interpreters will have free choice of language and there will then be two voting rounds. In the first round, 50% by televoting and 50% by a ten-person international jury appointed for the first time, two songs were determined for the super final. In the second round, the audience then determined the placements, although the votes from the televoting from the first round are included in the final result. There it will be decided who will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

The British choreographer Lee Proud was also contacted as Artistic Director for Söngvakeppnin 2019. The musical director of the preliminary round is Samuel Jón Samúelsson.

Choice of contribution

From September 13, 2018 to October 22, 2018, contributions could be submitted to the television station. For the first time in 2019, the television station invited successful Icelandic composers to write a song for the preliminary round. There was also a songwriting camp , where interested Icelandic songwriters wrote extra songs for the preliminary round.

On October 25, 2018, RÚV announced that the station had received 132 reports. A seven-person jury consisting of members of the Association for Icelandic Sound Artists, Icelandic Songwriters and Composers as well as members of RÚV then decided on the ten entries for the preliminary decision.

The ten participants were presented on January 26, 2019.

Semifinals

First semi-final

The first semi-final took place on February 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. ( UTC ). There five participants competed against each other. The two participants with the most votes qualified for the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
						be right	%
1.	1	Hatari	Hatrið mun sigra M / T: Hatari	Icelandic	Hatred will prevail	12,069	38.0%
2.	5	Hera Bjork	Eitt andartak M / T: Örlygur Smári, Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir , Valgeir Magnússon	Icelandic	An instant	08,408	26.5%
3.	4th	Kristina Skoubo Bærendsen	Ég á mig sjálf M: Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson; T: Valgeir Magnússon, Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson	Icelandic	I belong to myself	04,779	15.0%
4th	2	Þórdís Imsland	Nú og hér M: Svala Björgvinsdóttir , Bjarki Ómarsson; T: Stefán Hilmarsson	Icelandic	Now and here	04,271	13.4%
5.	3	Daníel Óliver	Velvet ekki M: Daníel Óliver Sveinsson, Linus Josefsson, Peter von Arbin; T: Daníel Óliver Sveinsson	Icelandic	Still not	02,198	06.9%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 Candidate received a wild card for the final.

Second semi-final

The second semi-final took place on February 16, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. ( UTC ). There five participants competed against each other. The two participants with the most votes qualified for the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
						be right	%
1.	5	Friðrik Ómar	Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað? M / T: Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson	Icelandic	What if I can't love	14,968	54.1%
2.	4th	Tara Mobee	Betri án þín M: Andri Þór Jónsson, Eyþór Úlfar Þórisson; T: Andri Þór Jónsson, Eyþór Úlfar Þórisson, Tara Mobee	Icelandic	Better without you	03,819	13.8%
3.	2	Ívar Daníels	Þú bætir mig M: Stefán Þór Steindórsson, Richard Micallef ; T: Stefán Þór Steindórsson, Nikos Sofis	Icelandic	You make me better	03,519	12.7%
4th	3	Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir	Helgi M: Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir; T: Sævar Sigurgeirsson and Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir	Icelandic	weekend	02,772	10.0%
5.	1	Elli Grill, Skaði and Glymur	Jeijó, keyrum alla leið M / T: Barði Jóhannsson	Icelandic	Yeah-yo, we're going to do it	02,572	09.9%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

final

Laugardalshöllin

The winners of the Icelandic preliminary decision: Hatari

The final took place on March 2, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. ( UTC ) in the Laugardalshöllin in Reykjavík , which can seat up to 5,500 spectators. A total of five performers competed in the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	be right
						jury	spectator	total
1.	5	Hatari	Hatrið mun sigra M / T: Hatari	Icelandic	Hatred will prevail	24,891	47,513	72,404
2.	1	Friðrik Ómar	Hvað ef ér get ekki elskað M / T: Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson	Icelandic	What if I can't love	21,061	25,356	46,417
3.	2	Kristina Skoubo Bærendsen	Mama Said M / T: Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson, Valgeir Magnússon	English	Mom said	20,582	17,391	37,937
4th	4th	Hera Bjork	Moving on M / T: Örlygur Smári, Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir, Valgeir Magnússon	English	Move on	20.102	09,488	29,590
5.	3	Tara Mobee	Fighting For Love M: Andri Þór Jónsson, Eyþór Úlfar Þórisson; T: Andri Þór Jónsson, Eyþór Úlfar Þórisson	English	Fight for love	16,274	03,170	19,444

 Candidate has qualified for the superfinal.

Jury voting

Start number	song	Juror 1	Juror 2	Juror 3	Juror 4	Juror 5	Juror 6	Juror 7	Juror 8	Juror 9	Juror 10	total
1	Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað?	1.915	1.915	1,675	2,872	2,393	1,436	2,393	1,675	1.915	2,872	21,061
2	Mama Said	1,436	2,393	2,872	1.915	1.915	1.915	1,675	2,393	2,393	1,675	20,582
3	Fighting for Love	1,675	1,436	1.915	1,675	1,436	1,675	1.915	1,436	1,675	1,436	16,274
4th	Moving on	2,393	1,675	2,393	2,393	1,675	2,393	1,436	1.915	1,436	2,393	20.102
5	Hatrið mun sigra	2,872	2,872	1,436	1,436	2,872	2,872	2,872	2,872	2,872	1.915	24,891
Jury points speaker
- Birgit Simal - Jan Bors - Karin Gunnarsson - M. Tangen is different - Eleni Foureira - Konstantin Hudov - Molly Plank - Þorsteinn Hreggviðsson - Sigríður Thorlacius - Haraldur Freyr Gíslason

Super finals

space	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
			be right	%
1.	Hatari	Hatrið mun sigra M / T: Hatari	62,088	54.36%
2.	Friðrik Ómar	Hvað ef ér get ekki elskað M: Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson ; T: Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson, Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson	52.134	45.64%

Hatari's song prevailed in the superfinal.

Web links

• Icelandic preliminary round website (Icelandic)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2019
• Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Anthony Granger: Iceland: Jury Introduced to Semi-Finals of Söngvakeppnin. In: eurovoix.com. January 24, 2019, accessed January 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ICELAND
3. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: RUV Confirms Eurovision 2019 Participation. In: eurovoix.com. September 13, 2018, accessed October 25, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Emily Herbert: Iceland: Songvakeppnin 2019 Final To Take Place On March 2nd. In: eurovoix.com. September 20, 2018, accessed October 25, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Robyn Gallagher: Iceland: 132 songs entered in Söngvakeppnin 2019… as selection group begins selecting lucky 10. In: wiwibloggs.com. October 26, 2018, accessed October 27, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Steinunn Björk: Iceland: RÚV confirms dates for Söngvakeppnin 2019 and announces four-song final… with a possible wildcard. In: wiwibloggs.com. September 20, 2018, accessed October 25, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: 132 Songs Received for Söngvakeppnin 2019. In: eurovoix.com. October 25, 2018, accessed October 25, 2018 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Victor M. Escudero: Iceland announces contestants for Söngvakeppnin 2019. In: eurovision.tv. January 26, 2019, accessed January 27, 2019 . 
9. ↑ Iceland started their quest for Eurovision 2019 glory. In: eurovision.tv. February 9, 2019, accessed February 9, 2019 . 
10. ↑ ^{a b} eurovision.tv: Three more acts through to final of Iceland's national selection. In: eurovision.tv. February 16, 2019, accessed on February 17, 2019 . 
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Freyr Gígja Gunnarsson: Hatari vann öruggan sigur í Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins á laugardag þegar lag sveitarinnar, Hatrið mun sigra, var valið framlag Íslands í Eurovision. Hatari fékk together with 134,492 atkvæði en lay Friðriks Ómars, Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað ?, hlaut 98,551. Sjö dómarar í sérstakri dómnefnd settu Hatrið mun sigra í efsta sæti. In: RUV . March 4, 2019, Retrieved March 5, 2019 (Icelandic). 
12. ↑ Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2019 Final Running Order Revealed
13. ↑ Luisa Höppner, Dr. Irving Wolther: Hatari are going to Tel Aviv for Iceland. eurovision.de from April 15, 2019