Söngvakeppnin 2020

Söngvakeppnin 2020 was Iceland's contest to find their Eurovision entrant for the Eurovision Song Contest 2020. It took place in Reykjavik and was hosted by Johans and Lisa. The event was won by Katiana with her song In The Mirror. The event itself was overshadowed by a tragedy that happened immediately after. An explosion on the boat that was being used for the afterparty of the show killed most of the contestants. Many of Iceland's best artists and rising stars were tragically lost.

In real life, approximately 10-12 acts out of hundreds of submissions participate in Songvakeppnin every year, with the final either in February or March, and all songs are sung in Icelandic in the first round, before the singer or act sings it in a language of their choice in the final round. The cancellation of the real life version of the 2020 song contest was ironic, because Iceland’s real-life Songvakeppnin winner, “Think About Things” by Dadi and his band Gagnamagnid (in which his wife Arny and his sister Sigrun are amongst the members), were seen as the favorite to win the Eurovision Song Contest that would have occurred were it not cancelled due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, which forced a 1 month delay to the movie’s Release. In a further irony, Songvakeppnin was skipped in 2021 so that Dadi and his band could represent Iceland properly, before being bought back for 2022’s after they had their participation, where they placed fourth despite catching COVID on the eve of the song contest heats, meaning the rehearsal performance was Passed off as the actual one.

Incidents
During Fire Saga's performance, one of the members, Lars, became unclipped from his harness and fell down onto the stage.

Boat Tragedy
The event itself was overshadowed by tragedy. After the event, all of the contestants went to an afterparty on a boat, except for Fire Saga, who had been disappointed in their performance. An explosion on the boat killed everyone on board, leaving Fire Saga as the remaining Söngvakeppnin competitors. Due to the rules of the event, this meant they were selected by Iceland as their Eurovision entry with their song Double Trouble.