After three semi-finals, the Icelandic preselection process Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins (a name that always looks like it would roll off the tongue more easily after a shot or three of Brennivín) culminated in a grand final on Saturday night featuring seven songs – six televoting picks and one bit of obvious cannon fodder.

Despite strong competition, the two superfinalists were the ones we had known the longest, both having qualified from the first semi-final four weeks previously.

Since they were “drawn” 6th and 7th in the line-up, this should perhaps have come as no surprise – indeed, the song performed last had won the past three Icelandic finals, so hopes were high for Gréta Salóme & Jónsi, and not only among fans of the latter’s arms.

Despite this, boy(ish) band(ish) Blár Ópal tried their best, setting the bar high with a stirring (or was it shouty? The line is so fine) rendition of “Stattu upp”, and indeed they apparently narrowly won the televote – but the juries opted to swing things in favour of the happy couple instead.

As in recent years, “Mundu eftir mér” is expected to have been transformed into English by the time it turns up in the first half of the first semi-final in Baku.

So now Mr. Snæbjörnsson can continue on his quest to shake off the tag of being “Iceland’s second most famous musical Jónsi”, while Eurovision party organisers might draw inspiration from the fact that Microsoft Word insists on correcting the name of his duet partner to “Great Salami”. Themed party snacks, omm nom nom.

As a footnote, chat regular DylanUK kindly archived the votes of the #esc chatroom. As it turns out, our gang preferred the in-your-face Regína Ósk’s “Hjartað brennur” and the bloke-rock equivalent of linedancing otherwise known as “Hugarró”. Our marks were high across the board, though – for all “Mundu eftir mér” only placed 4th in our vote, it still gained an average score of 7.38 points. Whether this bodes well for May remains to be seen!