Iceland: RUV confirms Eurovision 2023 participation

Iceland: RUV confirms Eurovision 2023 participation
Monday, 29 August 2022

  • Iceland's national broadcaster, RUV, will be  taking part in the 2023 Eurovsion Song Contest in the United Kingdom. 

    RUV, has confirmed to ESCToday that Iceland will be participating in the 67th Eurovision Song Contest in the UK next year. This will be the nation's 35th participation in the competition. 

    Iceland usually select their Eurovision hopefuls and entries through the national selection Söngvakeppnin , which is like to be the case for Eurovision 2023 also. More details on the country's selection will be revealed in the next weeks. 

     

    Iceland in Eurovision 

    The Nordic country, which debuted in Eurovision in 1986, was only absent at two editions of the contest, in 1998 and 2002, and that was due to low rankings that its entries received. It is the only country from the Scandinavic ones not to have won the contest, despite its best results  in 1999 with Selma and in 2009 with Yohana, when the country finished in the 2nd place

    In 2020 Daði & Gagnamagnið won the Icelandic national final, Söngvakeppnin 2020, and were set to represent the nation with their entry “Think About Things” . Although the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak the Icelandic acts will had the chance to complete their Eurovision journey in 2021 with a new song. Daði & Gagnamagnið defended the Icelandic colors in Rotterdam performing '10 Years' which finished in the honorable 4th place of the Grand final.

    This year, the female band, Systur, formed by the three sisters,  Sigga, Beta and Elín won the national final with their song "Með Hækkandi Sól"  and flew the flag in Turin competing in the 1st semi final from which they qualified to the final in the 10th qualifying spot. In the Grand final the female trio finished 23rd with 20 points.

     

    News Source: ESCToday

    Image: EBU/Sarah Louise Bennett

     

     

     

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  • Angelos D.

    Angelos D.

    Loyal follower of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1987, I've made the competition one of the stories of my life. After attending as accredited press the event for 13 consecutive years along with the 2017-2024 JESC editions, I also enjoy the last three years sharing more Eurovision music through the Eurofans radio's project.