Posted January 21, 20187 yr http://www.escreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Flag_Iceland.jpg Iceland Ari Ólafsson - Our Choice nloweviD_90
January 21, 20187 yr Author The 12 competing songs for this year's Söngvakeppnin are: Aron Hannes – Golddigger / Gold Digger Áttan – Hér með þér / Here for You Ari Ólafsson – Heim / Our Choice Fókus hópurinn – Aldrei gefast upp / Battleline Dagur Sigurðarson – Í stormi / Saviour Stefanía Svavarsdóttir, Agnes Marinósdóttir & Regína Lilja Magnúsdóttir – Svaka stuð / Heart Attack Þórunn Antonía – Ég mun skína / Shine Guðmundur Þórarinsson – Litir / Colours Þórir Geir Guðmundsson & Gyða Margrét Kristjánsdóttir – Brosa / With You Tómas Helgi Wehmeier & Sólborg Guðbrandsdóttir – Ég og þú / Think It Through Rakel Pálsdóttir – Óskin mín / My Wish Heimilistónar – Kúst og fæjó and they are all on a scale from average to shit! If I HAD to pick a favourite, it would probably be 'Battleline' but even that's a 5/10 mediocre attempt at pop rock. I know Iceland's had a tough time at Eurovision recently but I can't see how any of these will make it to the final.
January 21, 20187 yr That's disappointing to hear, I hope it's just your opinion... they've been missing the final with some solid entries so to go downwards from that level of quality seems odd.
January 21, 20187 yr I had a brief scan through and I agree, nothing here comes close to their last two entries so I also envisage a 4th consecutive DNQ. A shame, but this is a very disappointing selection.
January 21, 20187 yr Gold Digger is...passable at best and what I suspect will get the ticket from this crop but they best hope they don't get drawn in the same Semi as Mikolas Josef because then they'd get blown completely out of the water.
February 10, 20187 yr Anyone watching tonight? Excited to see if any of these get better once I hear them live lol.
February 10, 20187 yr So qualifiers of the night.. Ari Ólafsson – Heim / Our Choice Fókus hópurinn – Aldrei gefast upp / Battleline Heimilistónar – Kúst og fæjó Fókus hópurinn were great even if they were just a little bit cringey. Heimilistónar were super random and hilarious but the song is shit lol. Ari Ólafsson was the worst performance of the night imo so I fully expect him to be the top vote getter.
February 18, 20187 yr I've finally listened to all 12 songs in this, they're overall slightly better than I expected but true that there's no obvious qualifier to the Eurovision final amongst this lot. Gold Digger is pretty good in a 7/10 sort of way though his 2017 entry was better. I really like the songs by Fókus hópurinn and Heimilistónar, so I'm glad to see they've both gone further. Also like Rakel Pálsdóttir's song. Didn't care for the other eight much.
February 19, 20187 yr I'm hoping we send out Aron Hannes if we expect to qualify for the first time in 4 years lol. Fókus Group and Dagur are also contenders but I'd say their chances of qualifying in the actual contest are slim (especially for Fókus). Everyone else remaining is average at best. Áttan's performance was SO bad, it's so funny that all their 10 year old fans still voted them through. Can't wait for the juries to all put them dead-last come March 3rd <3 Nice kids and all but I'm not here for a 2/10 performance in Lisbon. Edited February 19, 20187 yr by jafetsigfinns
February 19, 20187 yr For anyone curious this is all the acts who qualified for the final: fpmLenl_YP8 Aron Hannes – Golddigger / Gold Digger baZ79keutuk Áttan – Hér með þér / Here for You qGNr1bWyg9g Ari Ólafsson – Heim / Our Choice PjT2G-Xe3BI Fókus hópurinn – Aldrei gefast upp / Battleline bAYgNHhuL70 Dagur Sigurðarson – Í stormi / Saviour 35wRaYj2ugk Heimilistónar – Kúst og fæjó
February 19, 20187 yr Aldrei gefasst upp looks and sounds like the only good song here so hopefully they will win~
February 20, 20187 yr Gonna go out on a limb and try to predict the results prior to the final. I will most definitely be way off at some parts (mostly Heimilistónar and Fokus Group could surprise me) but for the most part I think I'll be close to the actual results. RESULTS 06. Ari Ólafsson - "Our Choice" (Jury 4th, Televote 6th) 05. Heimilistónar - "Kúst & Fæjó" (Jury 5th, Televote 5th) 04. Fókus Group - "Battleline" (Jury 3rd, Televote 5th) 03. Áttan - "Here With You" (Jury 6th, Televote 1st) 02. Aron Hannes - "Golddigger" (Jury 2nd, Televote 3rd) 01. Dagur Sigurðsson - "Saviour" (Jury 1st, Televote 2nd) SUPERFINAL 02. Dagur Sigurðsson - "Saviour" (42%) 01. Aron Hannes - "Golddigger" (58%) If there's a wildcard things will obviously shift but not by much. The only song I can imagine being added is Thorunn Antonia but that'll still just end up 6th or 7th in the final if that happens.
March 2, 20187 yr Author TOMORROW'S NATIONAL FINAL... ICELAND http://www.ruv.is/sites/default/files/songvakeppni_logo_560_top.png Söngvakeppnin 3rd March 2018 Begins at 7:45pm in the UK and Iceland. The show is scheduled to last 2 hours 35 minutes. Watch the selection via the official RÚV website.. Running order Voting format There will be two rounds of voting. The first round will be determined by 50% jury voting and 50% televoting, with the top 2 songs progressing to the super final. Here, the overall winner will be chosen by 100% televoting. The favourites to win The bookies have it as a two horse race between Aron Hannes and Dagur Sigurðsson.
March 3, 20187 yr Author Iceland, I know you've been done dirty the past few years, but we don't deserve this.
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