After no less than eleven (as it now turns out) quarter finals, the second chance round of Lagardaglögin will be held tonight. Three acts will perform one song each and the winner will be the 12th song to take part in the four semi finals starting next week.
The show
The show will start at 21:15 CET (20:15 local time). The results will be revealed in the second part of the show at 22:40 CET. Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir & Gísli Einarsson will host the program.
Although the winners will be chosen by televoting, there is also a jury that comments on the songs. One of the jury members is Selma who represented Iceland twice in the Eurovision Song Contest: in 1999, she achieved second place (Iceland's best result so far) with All out of luck; in 2005 she didn't manage to qualify through the semi final with If I had your love.
You can read more about the selection procedure here.
Webcast
You can follow the high qualitywebcast here.
The songs
- Dr. Spock – Hvar ertu nú?
(Dr. Gunni) - Hafdís Huld Þrastardóttir – Boys and perfume
(Hafdís Huld Þrastardóttir) - Margrét Kristín Sigurðardóttir – Bigger shoes
(Margrét Kristín Sigurðardóttir)
In 2005, 2006 and 2007, Iceland did not manage to reach the final of the Eurovision Song Contest although the country was sometimes quite close finishing 16th, 13th and again 13th in the semi final respectively. Iceland will havetake part in one of the semi finalsin Belgrade.
