{"id":2498,"date":"2016-01-15T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2016-01-16T10:30:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-16T09:30:34","slug":"deelnemers-ijslandse-voorronde-bekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/landen\/is\/deelnemers-ijslandse-voorronde-bekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Listen to the twelve Icelandic songs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last month, in the television program\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Marteini me\u00f0 G\u00edsla Vikan<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>announced twelve acts which take part in the Eurovision heat She 2016<\/em><\/strong>, of Iceland.\u00a0The songs can also be heard now.<\/p>\n

R\u00daV, the Icelandic participating broadcaster, received 260 entries for the national round. A Special Committee selected 12 for the national final. Singer Greta Sal\u00f3me<\/strong> nam (along with J\u00f3nsi) in 2012<\/a> are already registered for the Eurovision Song Contest. The duo was 20th in the final with Never Forget<\/em>. Now she has two entries<\/strong>, because is also as composer in the race: the submission by El\u00edsabet Ormslev is hers.<\/p>\n

Another old acquaintance is P\u00e1lmi Gunnarsson<\/strong>, who took part in 1986<\/a> as a member of the Group ICY. If he wins, will that exactly thirty years after his first appearance, the longest period ever between two participations. That record now stands at name of the Frenchman Jean-Claude Pascal<\/strong>, which in 1961<\/a> won for Luxembourg and again twenty years later<\/a> .<\/p>\n

The twelve participants:<\/strong> (click on the titles to listen to the songs)<\/p>\n

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  1. Sigga Eyr\u00fan \u2013 Kreis\u00ed<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n
  2. Helgi Valur \u00c1sgeirsson \u2013 \u00d3v\u00e6r<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n
  3. Erna Fog & \u00d3t\u00f6lu\u00f0 or\u00f0<\/a> Thorlacius \u2013 Magn\u00fas <\/em><\/li>\n
  4. Erna Hr\u00f6nn \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir & Hj\u00f6rtur Traustason Hugur minn there<\/a> \u2013<\/em><\/li>\n
  5. Snorri Sigur\u00f0arson \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds Birna Borgarsd\u00f3ttir & Gu\u00f0mundur \u2013 Spring yfirheiminn<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n
  6. Alda D\u00eds Augnablik<\/a> Arnard\u00f3ttir \u2013<\/em><\/li>\n
  7. Ruth Sigur\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir \u2013 \u00d3st\u00f6\u00f0vandi<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n
  8. Ing\u00f3lfur \u00de\u00f3rarinsson \u2013 F\u00e1t\u00e6kur n\u00e1msma\u00f0ur<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n
  9. \u00c1 n\u00fd<\/a> El\u00edsabet Ormslev \u2013 <\/em><\/li>\n
  10. Greta Salome Stef\u00e1nsd\u00f3ttir (photo) <\/strong>\u2013 Raddirnar<\/a> <\/em><\/li>\n
  11. J\u00f3hanna Vala sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Eir Zophoniasard\u00f3ttir & H\u00f6skuldsd\u00f3ttir \u2013 \u00c9g s\u00e9 \u00feig<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
  12. P\u00e1lmi Gunnarsson \u2013 \u00c9g \u00feig lei\u00f0i heim<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The final of 2016 She <\/em><\/strong>goes with six finalists by on 20 February<\/strong>. Follow on 6 and 13 February first two semi-finals. The audience and a jury may each half of the points. Two entries in the finals will qualify for a sing-off<\/strong> <\/em>with only the public the winner chooses. National and international artists as guests will occur during the different shows. The R\u00daV wants, as the thirty years ‘ anniversary of the show.<\/p>\n

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    Greta Sal\u00f3me (2012) and P\u00e1lmi Gunnarsson (1986).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[343,9],"tags":[135,957,954,619,618,955,956,616,617,72],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-is","category-stockholm2016","tag-eurovision-2016","tag-finale","tag-greta-salome","tag-iceland","tag-ijsland","tag-jonsi","tag-ruv","tag-songvakeppnin","tag-songvakeppnin-2016","tag-voorronde"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.2","language":"en","enabled_languages":["nl","fr","en"],"languages":{"nl":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"fr":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":true}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songfestival.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}