10/12/2025
The RÚV board, in a meeting this afternoon, has decided that Iceland🇮🇸 will not compete at Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
During the last days the Icelandic broadcaster received a large number of demands for the withdrawal, including artists as Björk or Páll Óskar.
The decisition comes after the voting, last week, during the EBU meeting, where the new Eurovision Song Contest rules were approved by majority, allowing the Israeli participation at Eurovision Song Contest 2026.
Although initially some board members thought that the decisition must be done the Cultural Minister due to be a political position, finally he delegated in the board, being agree with that decisition.
Now is in the air that will happen with the songvakeppnin, the traditional selection for Eurovision Song Contest.
📷 RÚV, EBU, Eurovisionspot
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