Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country	Iceland
National selection
Selection process	Laugardagslögin
Selection date(s)	Weekly Heats: 6 October - 12 January 2008 Weekly semi-finals 19 January to 9 February 2008 Final: 23 February 2008
Selected entrant	Eurobandið
Selected song	"This Is My Life"
Finals performance
Semi-final result	Qualified (8th, 68 points)
Final result	14th, 64 points
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "This Is My Life" performed by Eurobandið. It was chosen through Laugardagslögin, the national selection for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The winning song of the final, "This Is My Life" by Eurobandið, represented Iceland in Belgrade, on 22 May, where they participated in the second semi final. Qualifying from this semi in 8th place, the song finished 14th in final on 24 May.

Laugardagslögin

Laugardagslögin, the Icelandic national final, was held in Reykjavík on 23 February 2008. The contest contained 11 semi finals with three songs in each, one second chance round and one final, which was held on 23 February 2008. 146 songs were submitted to RUV. Most of the songs in the selections were, however, written by invited composers. At the beginning of the show, past Icelandic Eurovision entrants presented a medley of the songs they competed with. This included Paul Oscar's "Minn hinsti dans" (1997), Stjórnin's "Eitt lag enn" (1990), Heart 2 Heart's "Nei eða já" (1992), Silvia Night's infamous 2006 entry "Congratulations" and Selma's "All Out of Luck" (which achieved second place for Iceland in 1999).

The winner was chosen by televoting and only the top three placings were announced.

Result of Laugardagslögin

At Eurovision

"This Is My Life" was chosen to be presented first at the second semi-final where it placed eighth with 68 points. In the final they performed in 11th position, behind Poland and before Turkey where they picked up 64 points. Although ranking 14th, it became the most successful Icelandic entry since the Eurovision Song Contest 2003 where Iceland placed 8th.

Points Awarded by Iceland^[1]

Semi final 12 points  Denmark 10 points  Portugal 8 points  Sweden 7 points  Latvia 6 points  Ukraine 5 points  Bulgaria 4 points  Croatia 3 points  Malta 2 points  Georgia 1 point  Albania

Final 12 points  Denmark 10 points  Norway 8 points  France 7 points  Finland 6 points  Portugal 5 points  Ukraine 4 points  Latvia 3 points  Sweden 2 points  Serbia 1 point  Armenia

References

External links

• The homepage of the broadcaster, RUV

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1980s ICY Halla Margrét Beathoven Daníel Ágúst 1990s Stjórnin Stefán & Eyfi Heart 2 Heart Inga Sigga Bo Halldórsson Anna Mjöll Paul Oscar 1998 Selma 2000s August & Telma Two Tricky 2002 Birgitta Jónsi Selma Silvia Night Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Yohanna 2010s Hera Björk Sigurjón's Friends Greta Salóme & Jónsi Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Pollapönk María Ólafsdóttir Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Songs 1980s "Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Það sem enginn sér" 1990s "Eitt lag enn" "Draumur um Nínu" "Nei eða já" "Þá veistu svarið" "Nætur" "Núna" "Sjúbídú" "Minn hinsti dans" 1998 "All Out of Luck" 2000s "Tell Me!" "Angel" 2002 "Open Your Heart" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Congratulations" "Valentine Lost" "This Is My Life" "Is It True?" 2010s "Je ne sais quoi" "Coming Home" "Never Forget" "Ég á líf" "No Prejudice" "Unbroken" "Hear Them Calling"
(Note : Entries scored out are when Iceland did not compete)