After a top-four finish in 2021, Iceland are hoping to keep up the momentum at Eurovision 2022. The island’s search for their act starts with semi-final one of Söngvakeppnin 2022, scheduled for Saturday 26 February.
Five acts will battle it out for two qualification spots to the grand final.
But before Iceland makes a decision, we want to hear from you. Which performers from semi-final one of Söngvakeppnin 2022 do you want to qualify?
Listen to the five competing songs to refresh your mind. In the semi-finals, all acts must sing in Icelandic; therefore, it’s this version of each song that we’ve featured below.
Then be sure to vote in our poll for your favourites from this bunch.
Scroll down to vote in our poll
Söngvakeppnin 2022: Semi-final one songs
Amarosis – “Don’t you know” (Icelandic version)
Haffi Haff – “Gía”
Sigga, Beta & Elín – “Með hækkandi sól”
Stefán Óli – “Ljósið”
Stefanía Svavarsdóttir – “Hjartað mitt”
Poll: Who should qualify from semi-final one of Iceland’s Söngvakeppnin 2022?
You can vote for as many of the semi-final one acts as you would like to. But you can only vote once – so choose wisely!
Söngvakeppnin 2022: Show details
Söngvakeppnin 2022 features two semi-finals and one grand final. The hosts of all three shows are Björg Magnúsdóttir, Jón Jónsson and Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir.
In each semi-final, all the acts must perform their song in Icelandic. Those that reach the grand final must then perform in the language they intend to sing at Eurovision, should they win Söngvakeppnin 2022 and be selected as Iceland’s entry.
The results of the semi-finals will purely be down to the public. A televote will choose two acts to qualify for the grand final. Of the six non-qualifiers, a jury will then select one wildcard act to complete the five-song grand final.
In the first round of the grand final, a 50/50 split of viewer and jury votes will determine the two superfinalists. The final decision in the superfinal will be made solely by public vote.
At Eurovision 2022, Iceland are scheduled to perform in the second half of the first semi-final on 10 May.
Who did you vote for? Which two acts are you hoping to see qualify from semi-final one of Söngvakeppnin 2022? Let us know in the comments below.
As long as Sigga, Beta & Elín make it through, I’m a happy boy
I expect to see Stefán easily qualify, his entry has been getting a fair bit of radio play in recent weeks here and provided he delivers live it should be a safe qualifier
The second spot is more open though, I’m gonna predict Haffi will take it provided he does some really eccentric staging
So the song that is easily the best one of the entire SF, the one by Sigga, Beta and Elin, will not even make it to the final because you predict the volcano gimmick entry to put on some “really eccentric” staging and qualify instead? Should I not even bother at all with your selection this year?
I bet it’ll be a jury favourite, very likely wildcard finalist
Gosh – I actually AGREE with the majority for once 😀
My favourites are Haffi Haff and Sigga etc
I’m going for Gía and Með hækkandi sól. Icelandic is such a beautifull language and I want more of it in eurovision
I agree – my favourites too
Amazing entries. My favs Gía, Með hækkandi sól & Hjartað mitt
Stefania is my favourite out of this bunch, but I don’t really care for any of these imo.
Looks like all my favs are in SF2.
Unpopular opinion but am I the only one who enjoys Haffi Haffi’s song? Hehe
No, far from it. It’s the second favourite in this poll.
Stefan Óli and Amarosis. But what a weak NF for Iceland this year…
Of course the song I like gets the least votes hahaha
My qualifiers so far – Sigga, Beta and Elin; Stefan
However, if Gia’s performance is as crazy as I assume it might be, that’s sailing through, as it obviously stands out!
Having known Haffi Haff for a long time, I am sure he will do something very provocative and extraordinary. Given the overall dulness of this year’s contest lineup, he may bring fresh breath.
I like most songs of the selection but Söngvakeppnin has never needed semifinals especially weeks apart.
OMG. At least they ended up with a solid entry.
You don’t remember Bulgarian selection in 2009.. ugh ? long long months. Or the Lithuanian heats from over 5 years ago where they sang the songs several times over weeks
While I have watched all Eurovision finals since 2008, apart from 2014-2015, I have been following some national selections for only 4 years now.
I wish we did something like that again. Maybe not for 5 months but I wish we had at least 20 songs and like 4 semi finals with 5 songs in each
Sigga, Beta and Elin ftw!!
It’s really interesting to hear an authentic Turkish instrument in an Icelandic song 🙂
I wonder if Haffi Haffi has some Turkish heritage.
Appearently you recognised the instrument too. because I didn’t mention about song and singer but you guessed song correctly 🙂
Well, it wasn’t that hard to narrow down the song. Gia/Volcano was the only song that had that “Turkish” sound.
Not that I know of. He was born in the US and lived there for many years
as long as the volcano song doesn’t make it I’ll be satisfied
it’s a crime how gorgeous don’t you know’s intro is and then it becomes…that
Fingers crossed for Amarosis and the sisters! I hope they’ll qualify! 🙂
Gía/Volcano FTW!