Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

ESC National Year
Year = 2007
Country = ISL
Preselection = Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007
Preselection date = Semi-finals
20 January 2007
27 January 2007
3 February 2007
Final
17 February 2007
Entrant = Eiríkur Hauksson
Song = Valentine Lost
SF result = "Failed to qualify" (13th)
Final result =

Iceland selected their participant using their national final, known as Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007. Eiríkur Hauksson will represent Iceland at Eurovision with the song "Valentine Lost" ("Ég les í lófa þínum"). Before the final, there were three semi-finals, comprising 24 songs in total, leading up to the final in Reykjavík which took place on February 17 2007. Nine song were performed in the Icelandic final, all written by Icelandic composers and sung in Icelandic. The chosen song is written by Kristján Hreinsson and composed by Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson.

At Eurovision, the selected song was translated into English as "Valentine Lost". Eiríkur Hauksson performed in the semi-final of Eurovision on 10 May, failing to qualify for the final. The Icelandic entry was be presented fifth, after Belarus and before Georgia, however, it failed to reach the final of the contest.

This was the third time Eiríkur performed at Eurovision, having represented the country for the first time in 1986, the year of Iceland's debut in the contest. The second time, Eiríkur performed a song for Norway.

Despite actually being in the Eurovision Song Contest, Eiríkur remained the Icelandic representative for the 2007 Nordic preview show.

öngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007 - Final

:"For the results of the semi-finals, see Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007."

ee also

*Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NL34HiGiVlw Video of song "Valentine lost"]