Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "Nei eða já", composed by Friðrik Karlsson and Grétar Örvarsson, with lyrics by Stefán Hilmarsson, and performed by the band Heart 2 Heart. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), selected its entry through Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1992.

Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Participating broadcaster	Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)
Country	Iceland
National selection
Selection process	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1992
Selection date(s)	22 February 1992
Selected artist(s)	Heart 2 Heart
Selected song	"Nei eða já"
Selected songwriter(s)	Friðrik Karlsson Grétar Örvarsson Stefán Hilmarsson
Finals performance
Final result	7th, 80 points
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1992

The Icelandic broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), held a national final to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 - Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1992. RÚV held the national final on 22 February 1992 at its television studios in Reykjavík, hosted by Sigrún Waage. Nine songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of eight regional juries and a professional jury. The winner was Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir and Sigrún Eva Ármannsdottir with the song "Nei eða já", composed by Friðrik Karlsson, Grétar Örvarsson, and Stefán Hilmarsson. Sigríður had previously represented Iceland in 1990 as a member of Stjórnin with "Eitt lag enn".

Final – 22 February 1992

Draw	Artist	Song	Points	Place
1	Arnar Freyr Gunnarsson	"Eva"	36	7
2	Margét Eir	"Þú mátt mig engu leyna"	43	6
3	Helga Möller and Karl Örvarsson	"Þú, um þig, frá þér, til þín"	30	8
4	Bjarni Arason	"Karen"	80	2
5	Gylfi Már Hilmisson	"Nótt sem dag"	24	9
6	Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir and Sigrún Eva Ármannsdottir	"Nei eða já"	92	1
7	Guðrún Gunnarsdóttir	"Ljósdimma nótt"	51	4
8	Björgvin Halldórsson	"Mig dreymir"	68	3
9	Helga Möller and Karl Örvarsson	"Einfalt mál"	48	5

Detailed Regional Jury Votes

Draw	Song	West	Westfjords	Northwest	Northeast	East	South	Reykjanes	Reykjavík	Professionals	Total
1	"Eva"	5	5	3	8	2	5	6	2		36
2	"Þú mátt mig engu leyna"	3	4	5	6	7	6	7	5		43
3	"Þú, um þig, frá þér, til þín"	6	3	4	2	3	2	4	6		30
4	"Karen"	10	10	10	10	12	8	8	12		80
5	"Nótt sem dag"	4	2	2	3	5	3	2	3		24
6	"Nei eða já"	12	12	12	12	10	12	12	10		92
7	"Ljósdimma nótt"	8	7	8	7	6	4	3	8		51
8	"Mig dreymir"	7	6	6	5	4	7	10	7	16	68
9	"Einfalt mál"	2	8	7	4	8	10	5	4		48

At Eurovision

Sigríður and Sigrún performed for Iceland along with Grétar Örvarsson and Friðrik Karlsson as Heart 2 Heart. The group performed 11th on the night of the contest, following Malta and preceding Finland, and received 80 points for their performance of "Nei eða ja", placing 7th of 23 competing countries.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Iceland[2] Score Country 12 points  United Kingdom 10 points 8 points  Spain 7 points  Austria 6 points  Germany  Greece  Portugal  Sweden 5 points  Denmark  Italy  Luxembourg 4 points  Belgium  Israel 3 points   Switzerland 2 points  Netherlands 1 point  Norway

Points awarded by Iceland[2] Score Country 12 points   Switzerland 10 points  Italy 8 points  Malta 7 points  Ireland 6 points  Denmark 5 points  Yugoslavia 4 points  United Kingdom 3 points  Netherlands 2 points  Greece 1 point  Norway

References

1. "Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
2. "Results of the Final of Malmö 1992". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.

External links

• Icelandic National Final 1992