Tonight, the second of three semi finals of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2010, the Icelandic national selection to determine the country's representative at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest was held. Two out of five competing entries managed to advance to the national final.

The following acts will participate in the national final on February 6th:

• Jógvan Hansen – One more day
  (Óskar Páll Sveinsson, Bubbi Morthens)
• Hvanndalsbræður – Gleði og glens
  (Rögnvaldur Rögnvaldsson)

esctoday.com poll results

The readers of esctoday.com partly with the results in the national final. The two qualifers Jógvan Hansen and Hvanndalsbræður had finished 2nd and 3rd in the poll with 23.6% and 22.2% respectively. Poll winner Edgar Smári Atlasson (27.8%) hower did not make it.

In 2009, Iceland competed with Yohanna, who achieved a respectable second place in the grand final with her ballad Is it true?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jkek77Mscz0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztT8XJG49mQ