Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2016 submissions open

Next year Iceland will again use Söngvakeppnin to choose it's entrant for Eurovision Song Contest. The winner of Söngvakeppnin 2016 will represent Iceland in Stockholm, and also win 1 million Icelandic krona (≈ 7,040 EUR).

Söngvakeppnin 2016

Söngvakeppnin 2016 consists of two semi-finals and one final:

• 6 February 2016: Semi-final 1
• 13 February 2016: Semi-final 2
• 20 February 2016: Final

Six songs will compete in each semi-final, and three songs from each will qualify to the final. The six songs that didn't qualify from one of the semi-finals get a second chance to go to the final. After the second semi-final, an expert jury will award one of the eliminated songs a wildcard to the final.

All three shows will be broadcasted live.

The submission period for Söngvakeppnin 2016 is now open. It closes on 2 November 2015 at 11:59.

Just like last year, all the songs must be performed in Icelandic language at the semi-finals of Söngvakeppnin. If a song proceeds to the final of Söngvakeppnin the song shall be performed in the language intended for Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm.

Iceland in Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland's debut in Eurovision Song Contest was back in 1986, and has been participating 28 times since. Best result are two second-places with Yohanna in 2009 and Selma in 1999. Iceland is the only Northern European country that has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest.