Our Choice

"Our Choice" (originally released as "Heim") is a song by Icelandic singer Ari Ólafsson, It represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, after winning Söngvakeppnin 2018, the Icelandic national final for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. The song would proceed to compete in that year's first semi-final, where it would then proceed to fail to qualify, only scoring 15 points, securing a last-place finish in 19th in the semi-final. Composition The song is considered a slow, orchestral ballad. The song brings a message of wanting to bring peace and love in order to have an unprejudiced and united world, saying that it's up for society to make "our choice". Eurovision Song Contest Söngvakeppnin 2018 Söngvakeppnin 2018 was the national final format developed by RÚV in order to select Iceland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Twelve songs in total competed in Söngvakeppnin 2018 where the winner was determined after two semi-finals and a final. Six songs competed in each semi-final on 10 and 17 February 2018. The top three songs from each semi-final, as determined by public televoting qualified to the final which took place on 3 March 2018. The rules stated that a jury was going to select a wildcard act for the final out of the remaining non-qualifying acts from both semi-finals, however, it was later decided that a wildcard would be unnecessary. The winning entry in the final was determined over two rounds of voting: the first to select the top two via 50/50 public televoting and jury voting and the second to determine the winner with 100% televoting. All songs were required to be performed in Icelandic during the semi-final portion of the competition. In the final, the song was required to be performed in the language that the artist intended to perform in at the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. In addition to selecting the Icelandic entry for Eurovision, a monetary prize of 3 million Icelandic króna was awarded to the songwriters responsible for the winning entry.