Söngvakeppnin 2020

Söngvakeppnin 2020
Preliminary decision data
country	Iceland
Broadcasting station	,
Producing broadcaster
place	Semi-finals: Háskólabíó, Reykjavík Final: Laugardalshöllin , Reykjavík
date	February 29, 2020
Time	7:30 p.m. ( UTC )
Number of participants	10
Number of contributions	10
Preliminary rounds	2
Preliminary round dates	Semi-finals: 0 February 8, 2020 February 15, 2020
poll	Semi-finals 50% jury voting, 50% televoting Final: 50% international jury voting, 50% televoting Superfinals: 100% televoting
Pause filler	Finale: Hatari , KEiiNO
Moderation
Björg Magnúsdóttir, Fannar Sveinsson and Benedikt Valsson

The 30th Söngvakeppnin 2020 took place on February 29th 2020 in Laugardalshöllin in Reykjavík and was the Icelandic preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam ( Netherlands ). As always, the broadcasting television station was Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV). Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið won with their song Think About Things .

format

concept

On September 13, 2019, the public service broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) confirmed its participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

As in the previous year, ten participants will take part in the competition in 2020. They will be divided into two semi-finals, with five performers each. The interpreters then have to present their song in Icelandic . Of the five participants, two each qualify for the final, with the result of the semifinals being determined 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 an international jury of ten, two songs are 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 then be decided who will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020.

British choreographer Lee Proud will be in charge of artistic direction and choreography for the preliminary round. Kristjana Stefánsdóttir will be responsible for the musical direction.

Choice of contribution

From September 13 to October 17, 2019, 11:59 p.m., composers had the opportunity to submit a contribution to the Icelandic television station RÚV. A total of 157 songs were submitted, 25 more than last year . A seven-member jury consisting of representatives from RÚV, the Association of Icelandic Musicians and the Association of Icelandic Composers and Lyricists will select ten entries from the submitted entries.

Attendees

The ten performers and their songs were presented on January 18, 2020 in the form of a special broadcast.

Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)		Translation (unofficial)
	Icelandic title	English title	Icelandic title	English title
Brynja Mary	Augun þín M: Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir, Lasse Qvist; T: Kristján Hreinsson	In Your Eyes M: Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir, Lasse Qvist; T: Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir	Your eyes	In your eyes
Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið	Gagnamagnið M / T: Daði Freyr	Think About Things M / T: Daði Freyr	The amount of data	Think about things
DIMMA	Almyrkvi M: DIMMA; T: Ingó Geirdal	-	darkness	-
Elísabet	Elta þig M: Elísabet Ormslev, Zoe Ruth Erwin; T: Daði Freyr	Haunting M: Elísabet Ormslev, Zoe Ruth Erwin; T: Zoe Ruth Erwin	Haunt you	Follow
Hildur Vala	Fellibylur M: Hildur Vala, Jón Ólafsson; T: Bragi Valdimar Skúlason	-	hurricane	-
Iva	Oculis videre M / T: Íva Marín Adrichem, Richard Cameron	Oculis videre 1 M: Íva Marín Adrichem, Richard Cameron; T: Richard Cameron	Eyes can see
Ísold & Helga	Klukkan tifar M: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson; T: Stefán Hilmarsson	Meet Me Halfway M: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson; T: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson, Stefán Hilmarsson	The clock is ticking	Meet me halfway
Kid Isak	Ævintýri M: Þormóður Eiríksson, Kristinn Óli Haraldsson, Jóhannes Damian Patreksson; T: Þormóður Eiríksson, Kristinn Óli Haraldsson	-	adventure	-
Matti Matt	Dreyma M: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson; T: Matthías Matthíasson	-	dream	-
Nína	Ekkó M: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Sanna Martinez; T: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Einar Bárðarson	Echo M: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Sanna Martinez; T: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Christoph Baer, ​​Donal Ryan, Sanna Martinez	echo

¹Iva decided to leave her song Oculis videre in Icelandic in the finals and not perform it in English.

Semifinals

First semi-final

The first semi-final (Undanúrslit 1) took place on February 8, 2020 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	DIMMA	Almyrkvi M: DIMMA; T: Ingó Geirdal	Icelandic	darkness	14,984	48.9%
2.	4th	Ísold & Helga	Klukkan tifar M: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson; T: Stefán Hilmarsson	Icelandic	The clock is ticking	06,654	21.7%
3.	1	Kid Isak	Ævintýri M: Þormóður Eiríksson, Kristinn Óli Haraldsson, Jóhannes Damian Patreksson; T: Þormóður Eiríksson, Kristinn Óli Haraldsson	Icelandic	adventure	03,651	11.9%
4th	3	Brynja Mary	Augun þín M: Brynja Mary Sverrisdóttir, Lasse Qvist; T: Kristján Hreinsson	Icelandic	Your eyes	03,374	11.0%
5.	2	Elísabet	Elta þig M: Elísabet Ormslev, Zoe Ruth Erwin; T: Daði Freyr	Icelandic	Haunt you	01,989	06.5%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

Second semi-final

The second semi-final (Undanúrslit 2) took place on February 15, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. ( UTC ). There five participants compete against each other. The two participants with the most votes will qualify for the final. The singer Nína received a wildcard for the final and will also appear in the final.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
						be right	%
1.	1	Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið	Gagnamagnið M / T: Daði Freyr	Icelandic	The amount of data	11,218	32.0%
2.	3	Iva	Oculis videre M / T: Íva Marín Adrichem, Richard Cameron	Icelandic, Latin	Eyes can see	10,924	31.2%
3.	4th	Nína	Ekkó M: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Sanna Martinez; T: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Einar Bárðarson	Icelandic	echo	05,905	16.9%
4th	5	Matti Matt	Dreyma M: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson; T: Matthías Matthíasson	Icelandic	dream	05,634	16.1%
5.	5	Hildur Vala	Fellibylur M: Hildur Vala, Jón Ólafsson; T: Bragi Valdimar Skúlason	Icelandic	hurricane	01,336	03.8%

 Candidate has qualified for the final.

 Candidate received a wild card for the final.

final

Laugardalshöllin

The final (Úrslit) is to take place on February 29, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. ( UTC ) in the Laugardalshöllin in Reykjavík , which can accommodate up to 5,500 spectators. A total of five performers will compete in the final. DIMMA and Iva will perform their songs in Icelandic. The remaining participants in English.

space	Start number	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	language	Translation (unofficial)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
						jury	spectator	total
1.	2	Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið	Think About Things M / T: Daði Freyr	English	Think about things	24,289	36,035	60,324
2.	5	DIMMA	Almyrkvi M: DIMMA; T: Ingó Geirdal	Icelandic	darkness	14,867	22,848	37,715
3.	4th	Iva	Oculis videre M / T: Íva Marín Adrichem, Richard Cameron	Icelandic, Latin	Eyes can see	18,426	19,072	37,498
4th	1	Ísold & Helga	Meet Me Halfway M: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson; T: Birgir Steinn Stefánsson, Ragnar Már Jónsson, Stefán Hilmarsson	English	The clock is ticking	17,170	05,568	22,738
5.	3	Nína	Echo M: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Sanna Martinez; T: Þórhallur Halldórsson, Christoph Baer, ​​Donal Ryan, Sanna Martinez	English	echo	15,286	06,515	21,801

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	Meet Me Halfway	2,512	2,093	1,466	1,676	1,676	1,676	1,466	1,256	1,676	1,676	17,170
2	Think about things	2,093	2,512	2,512	2,512	2,512	2,512	2,093	2,512	2,512	2,512	24,289
3	echo	1,676	1,256	1,256	1,466	1,466	1,256	1,256	2,093	1,466	2,093	15,286
4th	Oculis Videre	1,466	1,676	2,093	2,093	2,093	2,093	2,512	1,676	1,256	1,466	18,426
5	Almyrkvi	1,256	1,466	1,676	1,256	1,256	1,466	1,676	1,466	2,093	1,256	14,867
Jury points speaker
- Kleart Duraj - Christina Schilling - Eirini Giannara - Klemens Nikulásson Hannigan - Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir - Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson - Audrius Giržadas - Alexandra Rotan - Ana María Bordas - Edward af Sillén

Super finals

space	Interpreter	Song Music (M) and Text (T)	Audience votes (televoting & SMS)
			First round	Second round	total	%
1.	Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið	Think About Things M / T: Daði Freyr	60,324	58,319	118,643	59.7%
2.	DIMMA	Almyrkvi M: DIMMA; T: Ingó Geirdal	37,715	42,468	080.183	40.3%

Odds

The two semi-finals and the final were the programs most watched in the respective broadcast week. With 141,000 viewers, the final recorded the highest number of viewers of all three broadcasts of Söngvakeppnin 2020.

broadcast	date	spectator	Market share
First semi-final	Sat., February 8, 2020	0.108 million	42.8%
Second semi-final	Saturday, February 15, 2020	0.105 million	41.5%
final	Sat., February 29, 2020	0.141 million	55.7%

Web links

• Icelandic preliminary round website (Icelandic)

See also

• Eurovision Song Contest 2020
• Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ICELAND
2. ^ Anthony Granger: Iceland: RÚV & EBU Discussing Potential Fine Over Hatari's Incident in Tel Aviv. In: eurovoix.com. September 2, 2019, accessed on September 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2020 Final on February 29. In: eurovoix.com. September 13, 2019, accessed on September 13, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Ríkisútvarpið : Opnað fyrir lög í Söngvakeppnina 2020. In: ruv.is. September 13, 2019, accessed September 13, 2019 (Icelandic). 
5. ↑ Hólmfríður Dagný Friðjónsdóttir: 157 lög berjast um að taka við af Hatara. In: ruv.is. October 20, 2019, Retrieved October 20, 2019 (Icelandic). 
6. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2020 Acts To Be Revealed January 18. In: eurovoix.com. January 9, 2020, accessed on January 11, 2020 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} EBU : Daði & Gagnamagnið, Iva and Nína move on to the Icelandic final. In: eurovision.tv. February 8, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b c} Davíð Roach Gunnarsson: Daði og Gagnamagnið sigruðu með yfirburðum. In: RUV . March 2, 2020, accessed March 3, 2020 (Icelandic). 
9. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: 100,000 Viewers For Söngvakeppnin Semi-Finale One. In: eurovoix.com. February 13, 2020, accessed on February 15, 2020 . 
10. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: 105,000 Viewers For Söngvakeppnin Semi-Finale Two. In: eurovoix.com. February 21, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Anthony Granger: Iceland: 114,000 Viewers For Söngvakeppnin Final. In: eurovoix.com. March 7, 2020, accessed on March 7, 2020 .