Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
| Eurovision Song Contest 2008 | ||||
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| Country |
 Iceland
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Laugardagslögin | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Weekly Heats: 6 October - 12 January 2008 Weekly semi-finals 19 January to 9 February 2008 Final: 23 February 2008 |
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| Selected entrant | Eurobandið | |||
| Selected song | "This Is My Life" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 68 points) | |||
| Final result | 14th, 64 points | |||
| Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "This Is My Life" performed by Eurobandið. It was chosen through Laugardagslögin, the national selection for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. The winning song of the final, "This Is My Life" by Eurobandið, represented Iceland in Belgrade, on 22 May, where they participated in the second semi final. Qualifying from this semi in 8th place, the song finished 14th in final on 24 May.
Laugardagslögin, the Icelandic national final, was held in Reykjavík on 23 February 2008. The contest contained 11 semi finals with three songs in each, one second chance round and one final, which was held on 23 February 2008. 146 songs were submitted to RUV. Most of the songs in the selections were, however, written by invited composers. At the beginning of the show, past Icelandic Eurovision entrants presented a medley of the songs they competed with. This included Paul Oscar's "Minn hinsti dans" (1997), Stjórnin's "Eitt lag enn" (1990), Heart 2 Heart's "Nei eða já" (1992), Silvia Night's infamous 2006 entry "Congratulations" and Selma's "All Out of Luck" (which achieved second place for Iceland in 1999).
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