The Icelandic broadcaster RÚV has aired the participating songs of this year’s Icelandic national selection Söngvakeppnin 2016 on Rás 2 and now they are available for listening on RÚV website.

The final of Söngvakeppnin 2016 will take place on 20 February with 7 songs participating. Two semifinals will be held on 6 and 13 February with 6 songs each – the top three from each semifinal, chosen by televoting will qualify to the final. A special jury will then award a spot in the final to one of the six non-qualifiers.

The participating songs are:

• Sigga Eyrún – Kreisí (Crazy)
• Helgi Valur Ásgeirsson – Óvær (Uneasy)
• Erna Mist & Magnús Thorlacius – Ótöluðorð (Unspoken words)
• Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir & Hjörtur Traustason – Hugurminner (My mind is)
• Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir & Guðmundur Snorri Sigurðarson – Spring yfirheiminn (All over the world)
• Alda Dís Arnardóttir – Augnablik (One moment)
• Karlotta Sigurðardóttir – Óstöðvandi (Unstoppable)
• Ingólfur Þórarinsson – Fátækurnámsmaður (A broke student)
• Elísabet Ormslev – Á ný (Again)
• Greta Salome Stefánsdóttir – Raddirnar (The voices)
• Sigríður Eir Zophoniasardóttir & Jóhanna Vala Höskuldsdóttir – Égséþig (I see you)
• Pálmi Gunnarsson – Égleiðiþigheim (I lead you home)

The songs are available for listening here. Lyrics (in Icelandic) and short biographies of the participating artists can also be found on the website.

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