RÚV has announced ‘Alla leið 2025’, the Icelandic preview show for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.
Alla leið 2025 will commence on April 26 as a panel of guests reviews the songs competing in the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. The series will be formed of three episodes. The hosts and guests for this series have not yet been revealed by the Icelandic broadcaster.
Alla leið has been produced by the Icelandic broadcaster since 2008. The show sees the guests scoring the competing songs between 1 and 12 points. Previous winners of the Alla leið preview shows include:
2024 – France – Slimane – “Mon Amour”
2023 – Iceland – Diljá – “Power”
2022 – Sweden – Cornelia Jakobs – “Hold Me Closer”
2021 – Iceland – Daði og Gagnamagnið – “10 Years”
VÆB will represent Iceland at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel, Switzerland. The country has been drawn to perform in the first half of the first semi-final, on May 13.
Image Source: EBU/ Sarah Louise Bennett | Source: RÚV
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.
