The Icelandic Final was held on February 10th at the RUV TV studios in Reykjavik, hosted by Edda Andrésdóttir. Before the final there were two semi-finals. The winner was chosen by the votes of 8 regional juries and an „expert“ jury.
Semifinals
Both of the semi-finals were held at the RUV TV Studios in Reykjavik. A jury of 60 people in the studio audience voted on the songs and the top 3 in each semi-final went forward to the final.
Semi-Final 1 – January 27th
| 1 | Austur eða vestur | East or west | Eyjólfur Kristjánsson |
36 |
4th= |
| 2 | Mánaskin | Moonshine | Ari Jónsson |
30 |
6th |
| 3 | Eitt lag enn | One more song | Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir & Grétar Örvarsson | 118 |
1st |
| 4 | Dagdraumar | Daydreams | Ingi Gunnar Jóhansson |
36 |
4th= |
| 5 | Ég er að leita þin | I’m looking for you | Eyjólfur Kristjánsson |
47 |
3rd |
| 6 | Sú ást er heit | That love is warm | Björgvin Halldórsson |
93 |
2nd |
Semi-Final 2 – February 3rd
| 1 | Ég læt mig dreyma | I let myself dream | Ellen Kristjánsdóttir | 82 |
2nd |
| 2 | Eitt lítið lag | A little song | Helga Möller | 69 |
3rd |
| 3 | Gott er að lifa | It’s good to live | Bergþóra Árnadóttir | 24 |
6th |
| 4 | Til þín | To you | Björgvin Halldórsson | 92 |
1st |
| 5 | Eilífur dagur | An eternal day | Ruth Reginalds | 28 |
5th |
| 6 | Ef ekki er til nein ást | If there is no love | Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir & Grétar Örvarsson | 65 |
4th |
Final
| 1 | Sú ást er heit | That love is warm | Björgvin Halldórsson |
58 |
4th |
| 2 | Eitt lag enn | One more song | Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir & Grétar Örvarsson | 129 |
1st |
| 3 | Eitt lítið lag | A little song | Helga Möller |
67 |
2nd |
| 4 | Ég læt mig dreyma | I let myself dream | Ellen Kristjánsdóttir |
32 |
5th |
| 5 | Til þín | To you | Björgvin Halldórsson |
60 |
3rd |
| 6 | Ég er að leita þín | I’m looking for you | Eyjólfur Kristjánsson |
11 |
6th |
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Sigriður Beinteinsdóttir was previously a backing singer for Eyjólfur Kristjánsson in the 1987 Icelandic final. Grétar Örvarsson was a keyboard player for the song ‚Lífsdansinn‘ in the 1987 Icelandic Final & came 7th in the 1988 Icelandic final. At the ESC, they were 4th. Helga Möller was a member of the group Icy that represented Iceland in ESC 1986.