Iceland in the Europa Song Contest 5

Europa Song Contest 5
Country	Iceland
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selection date(s)	12 April 2018
Selected entrant	Greta Salóme
Selected song	"Running Out Of Time"
Selected songwriter(s)	Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Finals performance
Final result	8th, 225 points
Iceland in the Europa Song Contest
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Iceland took part in the fifth edition of the Europa Song Contest which was hosted by the country in Iceland. The country was represented by Greta Salóme with the song "Running Out Of Time". The entry was be selected via the broadcaster of the country, Icelandic Broadcaster. The song got the 8th place in the final with 225 points.

Before ESC[]

It was announced that the entrant would be revealed, together with her song, on April 12.

Internal Selection[]

On April 12, 2018, the Iceland entrant was selected. It was chosen that Greta Salóme would represent Iceland with his single "Running Out Of Time".

At ESC[]

Support5 — Iceland's support banner for ESC #5 made by RÚV

Both the semi-finals and the final were broadcast by RÚV. George was the final and semi-finals television commentators respectively. Maria Olafs was the spokesperson that announced the Icelandic voting in the final.

Voting[]

Iceland participated and had to vote in the first semi-final. In the final, Iceland announced their votes as 44th.

Points awarded to Iceland[]

Points Awarded to Iceland (Final)
Jury
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Norway	Liechtenstein Lithuania Monaco Poland	France ROTW Slovakia Turkey	Greece Italy Russia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Bulgaria	Albania Belarus Kazakhstan Montenegro Spain	Belgium	San Marino	Czech R.
Televote
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
	Belarus Monaco	Bulgaria	France Italy Poland
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
	Croatia Liechtenstein Montenegro Switzerland	Moldova Norway Russia San Marino	Albania Greece Turkey	Belgium Czech R. Macedonia Netherlands Spain

Points awarded by Iceland[]

Semi-final 1 votes
Points	Jury	Televoting
12	Italy	FYR Macedonia
10	Belgium	Albania
8	San Marino	Poland
7	Poland	Belgium
6	Russia	San Marino
5	Norway	Kazakhstan
4	Albania	Ukraine
3	Kazakhstan	Italy
2	Ukraine	Czech Republic
1	Czech Republic	Greece

Final votes
Points	Jury	Televoting
12	Poland	Poland
10	Italy	Andorra
8	Ukraine	Ukraine
7	Lithuania	Hungary
6	Hungary	Bosnia-Herzegovina
5	Moldova	Italy
4	Luxembourg	Russia
3	Israel	Luxembourg
2	Andorra	Norway
1	Norway	Switzerland