Iceland 2023
Diljá
Power

The participants are:

Benedikt "Þora"/"Brave Face"
Bragi "Stundum snýst heimurinn gegn þér"/"Sometimes the World's Against Us"
Celebs "Dómsdags dans"/"Doomsday Dancing"
Diljá "Lifandi inni í mér"/"Power"
Kristín Sesselja "Óbyggðir"/"Terrified"
Langi Seli og Skuggarnir "OK"
Móa "Glötuð ást"/"Lose This Dream"
Sigga Ózk "Gleyma þér og dansa"/"Dancing Lonely"
Silja Rós & Kjalar "Ég styð þína braut"/"Together We Grow"
Úlfar "Betri maður"/"Impossible"

Edited March 4, 20232 yr by tattoosting

All songs can be listened here:

 

My rating: (Songs in square brackets mean I like the Icelandic version better)

 

1. Impossible [betri maður] (7.5/10)

2. Together We Grow (7/10)

3. Terrified [Óbyggðir] (7/10)

4. OK (6/10)

5. Doomsday Dancing (6/10)

6. Sometimes the World's Against Us (6/10)

7. Lose This Dream (5/10)

8. Power (5/10)

9. Brave Face (5/10)

10. Dancing Lonely (4/10)

 

Top 5 rating: 6.7/10

Overall rating: 5.85/10

 

This year's selection is a lot weaker than last year's. I fear Iceland's qualification chance is on the line here.

Edited February 6, 20232 yr by uhsting

Finalists have now all been picked and (for me at least) Sigga Ózk is the best choice for a televote only Semi

 

 

English Studio Version is here as well

 

It's P-P-P-Power for Iceland!

This is one of the three I saved to my playlist when I had a listen through a few weeks ago, so I'm happy enough with it, but I should imagine it's borderline at best in terms of qualification.

Staging needs serious work