Very early, RUV will kick off its selection of the 2008 Icelandind representative: On 29th September, less than two weeks from now, the first candidate for the national final will be chosen during the show Laugardagslögin. The show starts at 21:15 CET, the results will be presented at 22:35 CET.
In the show, three songs will be presented and the one reaching the final will be chosen by televoting, although there is also a jury that comments on the songs. One of the jury members will be 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.
Usually, songs taking part in the Eurovision Song Contest are not allowed to have been performed in public before 1st October of the previous year. If the song that is chosen on 29th September actually wins the national final, it will depend on the rules of the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest – which are yet to to be published – if the entry will actually be allowed to represent Iceland in Belgrade.
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. Therefore, Iceland will have to start in the semi final once again in Belgrade.
