Iceland sent Heart 2 Heart with the song "Nei eða já" to the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in

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, after they won the Icelandic national final.

Before Eurovision

Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1992

The Icelandic broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), held a national final to select the Icelandic entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 - Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1992. The contest was held at the RÚV TV studios in

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on 22 February 1992, hosted by Sigrún Waage. 9 songs competed, with the winner being decided through the votes of 8 regional juries and a professional jury. The winner was

Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir, better known as Sigga, is an Icelandic singer who competed for her native country in the Eurovision Song Contest three times. She was born on 24 July 1962 in Reykjavík. She got three 12-point votes overall, two fro ...

and Sigrún Eva Ármannsdottir with the song "Nei eða já", composed by

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, Grétar Örvarsson and Stefán Hilmarsson. Sigríður had previously represented Iceland in

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as a member of

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with "

Eitt lag enn Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1990 by Stjórnin with the song "Eitt lag enn". Stjórnin was the winner of the Icelandic national final, ''Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1990'', organised by Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútva ...

At Eurovision

Sigríður and Sigrún performed for Iceland along with Grétar Örvarsson and

as Heart 2 Heart. The group performed 11th on the night of the contest, following

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and preceding

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, and received 80 points for their performance of "Nei eða ja", placing 7th of 23 competing countries.

Voting

References

External links

Icelandic National Final 1992
{{Eurovision Song Contest 1992

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992

Eurovision The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...