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Familiar faces in Iceland - Eurovision Nation News Blog - www.escnation.com
Icelandic broadcaster RÚV today announced the 12 artists who will compete in the 2013 Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins, a month after revealing the songwriters and titles.
Semi 1 - Friday 25th January
Magni Ásgeirsson - Ekki líta undan
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson - Ég á líf
Svavar Knútur Kristinsson & Hreindís Ylva Garðarsdóttir Hólm - Lífið snýst
Birgitta Haukdal - Meðal andanna
Edda Viðarsdóttir - Sá sem lætur hjartað ráða för
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (Yohanna) - Þú
Semi 2 - Saturday 26th January
Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir - Augnablik
Unnur Eggertsdóttir - Ég syng!
Klara Ósk Elíasdóttir - Skuggamynd
Sylvía Erla Scheving - Stund með þér
Jógvan Hansen & Stefanía Svavarsdóttir - Til þín
Haraldur Reynisson - Vinátta
The final will take place a week later, on Saturday 2nd February. Three acts will qualify from each of the two semi-finals, and as always there's the possibility that, since we can never work out what the hell is going on in Icelandic finals, there'll be a seventh wildcard chosen by a jury. In the final, a 50/50 jury/televoting split will select two songs for the superfinal, after which point the winner will be chosen by televoting.
Familiar faces among the acts include Birgitta Haukdal and Yohanna, both of whom have competed at the Eurovision Song Contest, gaining two of Iceland's best results. Several of the other acts have taken part previously in Iceland's national finals, so competition will undoubtedly be fierce.
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