Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003

Iceland was represented by Birgitta Haukdal, with the song '"Open Your Heart", at the 2003 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 24 May in Riga, Latvia. "Open Your Heart" was chosen as the Icelandic entry at the national final Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins on 15 February. Iceland returned to Eurovision following an enforced one-year absence due to relegation after a last-place finish in 2001.

Eurovision Song Contest 2003
Country Iceland
National selection
Selection processSöngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2003
Selection date(s)15 February 2003
Selected entrantBirgitta Haukdal
Selected song"Open Your Heart"
Finals performance
Final result8th, 81 points
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2003

The final was organised by broadcaster RÚV and held at the Háskólabió in Reykjavík, hosted by Logi Bergmann Eiðsson and Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (also narrator of the actual contest). 15 songs took part with the winner being chosen by televoting. Haukdal's winning song was performed in Icelandic as "Segðu mér allt".

Only the top 3 placements and votes were announced, but later unconfirmed reports suggested that Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir had finished fourth and Ingunn Gylfadóttir last.[1]

Final – 15 February 2003
Draw Artist Song Songwriter(s) Televote Place
1 Þóra Gísladóttir "Hva sem ég ender" Bragi Valdimar Sikúlason, Karl O. Olgeirsson — —
2 Ragnheiður Gröndal "Ferrari" Páll Torfi Önundarson — —
3 Hreimur Örn Heimisson "Þú" Ingibjörg Gunnarsdóttir, Grétar Örvarsson — —
4 Ingunn Gylfadóttir "Sögur" Sjón, Ingunn Gylfadóttir, Tömas Hermansson — —
5 Eivør Pálsdóttir "Í nótt" Fridrik Erlingsson, Ingvi Þór Kormáksson — —
6 Hjördis Elín Lárusdóttir & Gúðrun Árný Karlsdóttir "Með þer" Svein Rúnar Sigurdsson — —
7 Regina Ósk Óskarsdóttir & Hjalti Jónsson "Engu þurfum að tapa" Einar Öm Jónsson — —
8 Botnleðja "Euróvísa" Botnleðja 10,594 2
9 Birgitta Haukdal "Segðu mér allt" Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson, Birgitta Haukdal, Hallgrímur Óskarsson 21,964 1
10 Rúnar Júlíusson "Ást á skítugum skóm" Karl O. Olgeirsson — —
11 Þórey Heiðdal Vilhjálmsdóttir "Sá þig" Albert G. Jónsson, Kristinn Sturluson 5,041 3
12 Hreimur Örn Heimisson "Mig drejmdi lítinn draum" Fridrik Karlsson — —
13 Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir "Tangó" Þorkell S. Símonarson, Ragnheiður Eiriksdóttir — —
14 Höskuldur Örn Lárusson "Allt" Höskuldur Örn Lárusson — —
15 Jóhanna Vigdis Arnardóttir "Þú og ég (er ég anda)" Stéfan Hilmarsson, Ingólfur Gúdjónsson — —

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Birgitta performed first in the running order, preceding Austria. At the close of voting "Open Your Heart" had received 81 points (including maximum 12s from Malta and Norway), placing Iceland joint 8th (with Spain) of the 26 entries.[2] The 12 points from the Icelandic televote were awarded to Norway.

Haukdal's top 10 finish meant that Iceland was given one of the automatic qualifying slots for the 2004 final.[3]

Points awarded by Iceland[4]
12 points Norway
10 points Austria
8 points Germany
7 points Belgium
6 points Spain
5 points Sweden
4 points Russia
3 points Turkey
2 points Ireland
1 point Estonia
Points awarded to Iceland (final)[4]
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

See also

References
  1. ESC National Finals database 2003
  2. "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ESC History - Iceland 2003
  4. "Results of the Final of Riga 2003". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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