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"Hear them callling" - Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
The Icelandic Final was held on February 20th at Laugardalshöll in Reykjavik, hosted by Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir & Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir. Before the final there were 2 semi-finals - click here for details: ICELANDIC SEMI-FINALS 2016 The winner was chosen in 2 rounds of voting - in the first round the top 2 were chosen by 6 regional "expert" juries (50%) & televoting (50%). In the second round the winner was chosen by televoting. Five out of the 6 songs were performed in their English versions in the final.
| 1 | Hear them calling | Hear them calling | Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir | 20869 | 39807 |
1st |
| 2 | I promised you then | I promised you then | Hjörtur Traustason & Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir | 16473 | - |
4th |
| 3 | Eye of the storm | Eye of the storm | Karlotta Sigurðardóttir | 19530 | - |
3rd |
| 4 | Ready to break free | Ready to break free | Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir & Guðmundur Snorri Sigurðarson | 16466 | - |
5th |
| 5 | Á ný | Again | Elísabet Ormslev | 16086 | - |
6th |
| 6 | Now | Now | Alda Dís Arnardóttir | 22897 | 25111 |
2nd |
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir previously represented Iceland in ESC 2012. At the 1st ESC Semi-Final she was equal 14th. Amongst her backing singers was Kristján Gíslason who represented Iceland in ESC 2001 in the duo 'Two Tricky'. Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir was a backing singer for Iceland in ESC 2009 & 2010.