VÆB have won Söngvakeppnin 2025 and will represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song “RÓA”.

The final of Söngvakeppnin 2025 took place in the RVK Studios in ReykjavĂ­k. The show was presented by Benedikt Valsson, Fannar Sveinsson, and GuĂ°rĂșn DĂ­s EmilsdĂłttir. Following two semi-finals, the six finalists competed for the Icelandic ticket to Basel. After performing their entries in Icelandic during the semi-finals, all artists were free to choose the language they wanted to perform in for the final, so long as it was how they would perform the entry if selected for Eurovision.

Alongside the competing artists, there were also guest performances by Herra Hnetusmjör, Hera Björk (Iceland 2010 and 2024), and KÀÀrijÀ (Finland 2023) together with Hooja.

For the first time since 2012, there was no superfinal round. The results were decided over one round of voting by seven international jurors (50%) and public voting (50%).

The international jurors were:

Sietse Bakker – Executive Producer of Eurovision 2021 – Netherlands
Niamh Kavanagh – Eurovision 1993 winner and Eurovision 2010 participant – Ireland
Ersin Parlak – Music Agent and Head of Press for San Marino at Eurovision – Turkey
Saba – Eurovision 2024 participant – Denmark
Peter Fenner – Eurovision expert – United Kingdom
Maria Sur – Participant in Melodifestivalen 2023 and 2024 – Ukraine
Damir KedĆŸo – Eurovision 2020 participant – Croatia

The results were as follows (jury + public voting):

ÁgĂșst – “Like You” 68 points (45 + 23) 6th
Bjarni Arason – “Aðeins lengur” (A little longer) 83 points (44 + 39) 4th
JĂșlĂ­ & DĂ­sa – “Fire” 137 points (63 +74) 3rd
VÆB – “RÓA” (CALM) 167 points (74 +93) 1st
Tinna – “Words” 75 points (53 + 22) 5th
Stebbi JAK – “Set Me Free” 142 points (57 + 85) 2nd

VÆB will perform in the first half of the first semi-final on May 13.

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Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland debuted in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 and, aside from 2 years of relegation in 1998 and 2002, has participated every year since. The contest is incredibly popular in Iceland, regularly being one of the most-watched programs of the year. Iceland has yet to win the contest but has finished in 2nd on two occasions. In 1999, Selma missed out on victory in Jerusalem by 17 points, and in 2009 Yohanna became the most successful Icelandic entrant ever finishing 2nd in the final with the song “Is it True?”. She scored 218 points, yet still finished 169 points behind the runaway winner Norway.

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Posted by:Neil Farren

Neil is from Ireland but currently lives in Belgium. He has has been an editor for Eurovoix since May 2017. He has been following the Eurovision Song Contest since 2005 and attended every contest as press since 2019. He also follows other Eurovision contests, such as the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, which he has watched since the very first edition in 2003.