Sunday, March 3, 2024

Iceland - Hera Björk - Scared Of Heights

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15 - 3 pts in semi 1
Hera Björk represented Iceland in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Scared Of Heights written by Ferras Alqaisi, Jaro Omar, Michael Burek and Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir.

Iceland's Söngvakeppnin 2024 had its final on March 2.
10 songs participate with two semis of 5 songs each. All songs were performed in Icelandic in the semis.
Finalists could either perform in Icelandic or English.

The Icelandic version of Scared Of Heights is titled Við Förum Hærra (We go higher). Both version were first released on the digital compilation Söngvakeppnin 2024, see below. On February 27 both track were released as a digital single but they are the same versions.

Hera Björk (Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir) is no stranger. In 2010 she finished 19th in Oslo with Je Ne Sais Quoi.
She also entered the Danish Melodi Grand Prix in 2009 with Someday and ended up 2nd.

Songwriter
Songwriter Ásdís María Viðarsdóttir, or just Ásdís María or even just Ásdís, participated in the Söngvakeppnin of 2014 as a singer herself with the song Amor. She made it to the final but not the top2.

Söngvakeppnin 2024
The participating songs were announced and released on January 28 in a digital album Söngvakeppnin 2024. available through all your favourite digitessen.
8 of the 10 songs have also been released in their English versions so the album has 18 tracks in total.

Versions:
Scared Of Heights - English
Official Malmö album
Við Förum Hærra - Icelandic
- both digital on album Söngvakeppnin 2024 (28-1) and digital single
Scared Of Heights - karaoke
- Official karaoke album (digital)


Links and sources:
Hera Björk: FB, Instagram

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