The duo VÆB have won 'Söngvakeppnin' in Iceland and will represent the Nordic nation at the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with the song 'RÓA'.

Iceland had 6 songs to choose from when the final of Söngvakeppnin was broadcast to the nation on Saturday night.

Voting on the night came from two sources. An international jury made up of 7 panelists accounted for 50% of the vote, while a public vote coming from Icelandic viewers watching at home made up the remaining 50%.

The siblings dressed in silver grabbed the gold! VÆB earned a unanimous victory at the Icelandic Eurovision pre-selection, topping both votes, and will represent their country at the Contest in May with their song RÓA .

RÓA scored victory with a total of 167 points. In second place was Set Me Free (performed by Stebbi JAK) on 142 points, with Fire (by Júlí and Dísa) on 137 points.

Icelandic broadcaster RÚV gave viewers a suitably glittering show that included some extra-special Eurovision guest performances, including a medley of hits from Söngvakeppnin 2024 winner Hera Björk and an interval acts from Finland's Liverpool 2023 runner-up Käärijä.

RÓA will be performed in the First Half of the First Semi-Final on Tuesday 13 May.

VÆB

VÆB are made up of brothers Matthías Davíð and Hálfdán Helgi, or Matti and Bubbi as they are sometimes referred to by their nearest and dearest.

The pair first competed in Söngvakeppnin in 2024, where they made the final with their song Bíómynd . Since then, they've dabbled further in Eurovision Song Contest iconography thanks to their Icelandic-language cover of their country's 2006 entry Congratulations by Silvia Night.

Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland debuted at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1986 when the appropriately named trio ICY took to the stage in Bergen with Gleðibankinn (‘Bank of Fun’).

The country’s best results to date are two second places, courtesy of Selma and the bop All Out of Luck (1999) and Yohanna and her ballad Is It True? (2009).

Daði og Gagnamagnið were expected to do well at Rotterdam 2020 with their viral hit Think About Things before the Contest was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When they returned in 2021 with 10 Years , a pre-recorded rehearsal take replaced their live performances during the shows as the band were isolating in a hotel room having tested positive for coronavirus.

In 2023, Gagnamagnið frontman Daði Freyr (and his partner and band member Árný) would finally perform live in a Grand Final, delivering a memorable version of Atomic Kitten’s Whole Again as part of the ‘Liverpool Songbook’ interval act.