Good evening and welcome to our live blog of Icelandic national selection, Söngvakeppnin 2019! Tonight is the time for Semi-final 1 and five acts are competing for two places in the final. The acts competing tonight are:

1. Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra
2. Hera Björk – Eitt andartak
3. Kristina Skoubo Bærendsen – Ég á mig sjálf
4. Þórdís Imsland – Nú og hér
5. Daníel Óliver – Samt ekki

The decision of the two finalists is made by a combination of jury and televoting. We will take you through tonights show, which start at 20:45 CET!