Tonight, the 4th heat in Iceland’s Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins was held in Reykjavik. Two songs from four candidates were chosen for the final, which will be held on 14th February. The complete line up with eight songs is now ready. One of them will be representing the country at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest.
Tonight four songs competed and two of them qualified for the final. The songs were performed in this order:
1. Elektra – Got No Nove (Örlygur Smári/Örlygur Smári, Sigurður Jónsson)
2. Unnur Birna Björnsdóttir – Cobwebs (Heimir Sindrason/Ari Harðarson)
3. Jógvan Hansen – I Think the World of You (Hallgrímur Óskarsson)
4. Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir – Roses (Trausti Bjarnason/Halla Vilhjálmsdóttir)
The show began with two Icelandic beauties hosting and the vievers were welcomed warmly to the show. The show was natrurally presented in the Icelandic language, a language was is very soft on the ears. Before each song performed, some juries gave their opinions. Between each song, RUV tv also showed some of the old songs which have participated in the Icelandic final in the past.
The first song, Got No Love, was performed by girl band Electra. The song was a mix of rock and electronic music. The show continued with second song Cobwebs which is slow song. The song reminded me of Hera Björk and Chiara songs as well. Unnur Birna performed the song with her violin. The third song, performed by Jógvan, was another slow song, I Think the World of You. While he was performing, he probably took many girls hearts with his song. The fourth song sung in a rock style. Halla performed her rock song Roses with her band.
After the performing section ended, the results were revealed and Elektra and Jógvan Hansen qualified for the final. With these results, the Icelandic semifinals are now complete, and the songs for the final show have been chosen.
The full line up for the final is:
Kaja Halldórsdottir – Lygin Ein
Arnar, Edgar, Sverrir and Ólafur – Easy to Fool
Undir Regnbogann – Ingó
Hreindis Gardarsdóttir – Vornótt
Elektra – Got No Love
Jóhanna Gudrun Jónsdottir – Is It True?
Edgar Smári Atlason – The Kiss we Never Kissed
Jógvan Hansen – I Think the World of You
The grand final will be on 14th February and will be broadcast by RUV with satelitte and webstream shows. You can watch everything from this semifinal by clicking here. You can also follow the show by visiting EuroVisionary.com.
