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Both the rules and the selection process in Iceland will be changing in 2008.
To be eligable to enter the competiton, singers and songwriters must be confirmed as having Icelandic residence by 1st October 2007. Entries must be submitted to RUV by 3rd September. This means that artists could take up residency in Iceland in order to participate should they wish to do so.
Whilst the rules state that RUV would 'prefer' songs to be in Icelandic, the opportunity to submit songs in other languages now exists. Previously, songs had to be submitted and performed in icelandic and the winning entry was translated into English for the Eurovision Song Contest.

esctoday.com has been told that Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2008 will see major changes from previous years. Although the exact details of the selection process have not been confirmed, the three semi-final system used in the last two years has been scrapped. The songs fighting for a place in the final will instead be heard during an existing Saturday night show, although the exact show has not yet been named.

The songs that go forward will compete in a special Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2008 national final, but details about the number of songs in the final is as yet unknown.
BaseCamp Productions, the company that produced the last two years of shows has not yet been confirmed to be producing the 2008 final, although good relationships remain between them and RUV, a final decision on whether the production of the next Icelandic final will be outsourced or managed internally by the broadcaster.

Icelandic TV looks set to be the first to kick off the search for its 2008 Eurovision Song Contest entry.

After several disappointing results, state broadcaster RUV plans to begin airing a series of TV shows aimed at picking a song for Belgrade as early as 29 September.

Although the Eurovision rule book usually insists that songs must have been released after 1 October to take part in the following year's contest, the EBU often will grant special permission to broadcasters where they wish to bend the rule slightly.

Iceland's biggest circulation daily, Frettabladid revealed this weekend that thirty songs will be in the running to represent the country next year. From late September onwards RUV will preview three potential entries each week with one song going through to a national final to take place either later this year or early in January 2008.

Nine writers have been contacted and asked to submit three songs each to the competition, alongside this, there will be a special wildcard show featuring songs submitted to a public competition.

Songwriters linked with the contest include Gudmundur Jonsson úr Sálinni, Dr. Gunni, Barði í Bang Gang, Magnús Þór Sigmundsson, Magnús Eiríksson, Hafdís Huld Þrastardóttir, Svala Björgvinsdóttir, Fabúla and Andrea Gylfadóttir.


Thanks to Asta at ESCNation
Date Posted: 13 August, 2007

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JuhaUK kirjoitti:Although the Eurovision rule book usually insists that songs must have been released after 1 October to take part in the following year's contest, the EBU often will grant special permission to broadcasters where they wish to bend the rule slightly.

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Skemmtiþáttur þar sem meðal annars verður valið lagið sem keppir fyrir Íslands hönd í Söngvakeppni evrópskra sjónvarpsstöðva næsta vor. Níu þekktir tónlistarmenn semja þrjú lög hver en einnig var auglýst eftir lögum í keppnina. Tónlistarstjóri er Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson og meðal þeirra sem koma fram í þættinum eru Jón Gnarr, Sigurjón Kjartansson og Selma Björnsdóttir. Umsjónarmenn eru Gísli Einarsson og Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir og útsendingu stjórnar Egill Eðvarðsson.

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