It is safe to say that Yohanna of Iceland recieved a hero's welcome upon her arrival back home yesterday. Iceland seems to be very found of their new found Eurovision success and have celebrated their achievement in grand fashion and like never before.

Yohanna, who put Iceland in the record books on Saturday,arrived on a flight from Copenhagen at around 3pm local time. The celebrations started the second the plane touched ground.Two fire trucks accompanied the plane, shooting huge arches of water over it as it taxied towards the terminal at Keflavík airport.

Yohanna and the rest of team Iceland where greeted by Páll Magnússon (Head of Icelandic television broadcaster RÚV), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (Minister of Education) as well as several fans that had gathered in the waiting area of the airport.

Yohanna was thenrushedtoReykjavík, where a massive national celebration was being set up in the city center. Several thousands of people showed up for the event which was hosted by fans favouritePaul Oscar (Iceland 1997), ex-eurovison contestant, eurovision guru and fan.

Paul Oscar played, sung and danced tothe music of Iceland's most beloved Eurovision entries through the years. Songs ranged from Icy's 1986 entry Gleðibankinn to Silvia Night's 2006 entry Congratulations and they allrecieved a spectacular response from the crowd, who sung back to the songs that havegiven them so much to beproud of.

It was now time to present the nation's newest sense of pride: Yohanna!

As the Icelandic Eurovision Song Contest singer took the stage, the crowd went wild. She gracefully thanked the people for showing up and to noone's surprise she laid the question on the line just one more time Is it true?.

The performance recieved admirable feedback from the fans in thecrowd, many of which sung from the top of their lungs to the balladthat first the Icelandic nation, and this weekend, the rest of Europehas fallen in love with.

Yohanna's stop was only a brief one and she was soon rushed to theRÚV studios where a special show outliningher successwas being shot. The 30 minuteshow which is mostly in Icelandic can be found here:

• You can help Yohanna reach the United Kingdom top 40 by legally downloading the song on itunes here. She has risen from 34 yesterday up to 30 today.

You can see highlights from the concert here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RytEJy0VPyA

• You can help Yohanna reach the United Kingdom top 40 by legally downloading the song on itunes here. She has risen from 34 yesterday up to 30 today.