Iceland recorded its highest audience for a Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final since 2019.
The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the most-watched final in Iceland since the 2019 contest. An average of 159,980 viewers watched this year’s final live from Basel, an increase of 48,000 viewers compared to 2024. Over the course of the final 201,480 viewers watched part of the broadcast.
Viewer interest in Iceland was up across the three live shows, with the Icelandic audience up tens of thousands of viewers for each of the shows. For Semi-Final One, 146,760 viewers watched, up nearly 54,000 viewers. While Semi-Final Two had an audience of 97,320 viewers, an increase of 23,670 over the same show last year.
Iceland was represented by Væb with “Róa” at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. They qualified for the Grand Final, marking Iceland’s first appearance in a final since 2022. Iceland placed 25th, scoring 33 points, its highest points coming in the form of 10 points from the Danish televote.
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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.
