Country Iceland Selected song "Ég á Líf" | Selected entrant Eythor Ingi | |
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Selection process Söngvakeppnin 2013
Semifinals & Final:
50% Jury
50% Televoting
Superfinal:
100% Televoting Selection date(s) Semi-finals:
25 January 2013
26 January 2013
Final:
2 February 2013 Semi-final result Qualified (6th, 72 points) | ||
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, and have selected their entry through a national selection, consisting of two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Icelandic broadcaster RÚV. Eythor Ingi represented Iceland with the song "Ég á Líf", which scored 47 points and finished in 17th place in the grand final on 18 May 2013.
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National final
On 11 September 2012, RÚV announced that they will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 held in Malmö, Sweden. The national final will have two semi-finals (25 - 26 January) and a final (2 February). The Semi-Finals will be held in RUV Studios, but the Final will be held in Harpa Concert Hall. Artists and composers couldsend in their entries to RUV until the 8 October 2012. Foreign songwriters can participate when they work together with an Icelandic songwriter.
On 12 November 2012, RÚV revealed the 12 songs that will compete in the contest.
Selection Format
Six songs will compete in each of the two semi finals. Three songs will be chosen to qualify directly during each semi final night by combination of the televoting public and a professional jury (50/50) but a jury can have the chance to choose one wild card song to compete in the final.
During the final, the two songs with the highest score from a joint combined vote of televotes and jury votes will be selected on the night to compete again for the winning position. The song that then gets the most televotes will represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest of 2013. All the songs will be performed in Icelandic in both semi finals and the final, but it will be up to the winning composers to decide if their song will be performed in Icelandic or English in Malmö in May 2013.
At Eurovision
Iceland was allocated to compete in the second semi-final on 16 May for a place in the final on 18 May. In the second semifinal, the producers of the show decided that Iceland would perform 8th, following Bulgaria and preceding Greece.
Iceland qualified from the second semi-final, placing 6th and scoring 72 points. At the second semi-final winners' press conference, Iceland was allocated to perform in the second half of the final. In the final, the producers of the show decided that Iceland would perform 19th, following Denmark and preceding Azerbaijan. Iceland placed 17th in the final and scored 47 points.