Hear Them Calling

"Hear Them Calling"
Eurovision Song Contest 2016 entry
Country	Iceland
Artist(s)	Greta Salóme
Language	English
Composer(s)	Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Lyricist(s)	Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Finals performance
Semi-final result	14th
Semi-final points	51
Appearance chronology
◄ "Unbroken" (2015)

"Hear Them Calling" is a song performed by Icelandic singer Greta Salóme. The song represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm, Sweden.^[1] It was originally performed in its Icelandic version "Raddirnar".^[2] Salóme represented Iceland performing in the first semi-final held on 10 May 2016, but failed to qualify to the 14 May final.

Charts

"Raddirnar"

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Iceland (Icelandic Singles Chart)^[3]	3

"Hear Them Calling"

Chart (2016)	Peak position
Iceland (Icelandic Singles Chart)^[4]	1

References

↑ Escudero, Victor M. (20 February 2016). "Greta Salome to represent Iceland!". eurovision.tv. EBU.
↑ Weaver, Jessica (11 December 2015). "Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2016 acts unveiled". esctoday.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ Tonlist Icelandic Singles Chart Netlistinn vikku 8, 2016
↑ Tonlist Icelandic Singles Chart Netlistinn vikku 8, 2016

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ~~1998~~ 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1980s	ICY Halla Margrét Beathoven Daníel Ágúst

1990s	Stjórnin Stefán & Eyfi Heart 2 Heart Inga Sigga Bo Halldórsson Anna Mjöll Paul Oscar ~~1998~~ Selma

2000s	August & Telma Two Tricky ~~2002~~ Birgitta Jónsi Selma Silvia Night Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Yohanna

2010s	Hera Björk Sigurjón's Friends Greta Salóme & Jónsi Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Pollapönk María Ólafsdóttir Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

Songs

1980s	"Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Það sem enginn sér"

1990s	"Eitt lag enn" "Draumur um Nínu" "Nei eða já" "Þá veistu svarið" "Nætur" "Núna" "Sjúbídú" "Minn hinsti dans" ~~1998~~ "All Out of Luck"

2000s	"Tell Me!" "Angel" ~~2002~~ "Open Your Heart" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Congratulations" "Valentine Lost" "This Is My Life" "Is It True?"

2010s	"Je ne sais quoi" "Coming Home" "Never Forget" "Ég á líf" "No Prejudice" "Unbroken" "Hear Them Calling"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Iceland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Countries

Finalists (by final results)	Ukraine (winner) Australia Russia Bulgaria Sweden France Armenia Poland Lithuania Belgium Netherlands Malta Austria Israel Latvia Italy Azerbaijan Serbia Hungary Georgia Cyprus Spain Croatia United Kingdom Czech Republic Germany

Semi-final 1	Bosnia and Herzegovina Estonia Finland Greece Iceland Moldova Montenegro San Marino

Semi-final 2	Albania Belarus Denmark Ireland Macedonia Norway Slovenia Switzerland

Withdrawn	Romania

Artists

Finalists (by final results)	Jamala Dami Im Sergey Lazarev Poli Genova Frans Amir Iveta Mukuchyan Michał Szpak Donny Montell Laura Tesoro Douwe Bob Ira Losco Zoë Hovi Star Justs Francesca Michielin Samra Sanja Vučić ZAA Freddie Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz Minus One Barei Nina Kraljić Joe and Jake Gabriela Gunčíková Jamie-Lee

Semi-final 1	Argo Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala Greta Salóme Highway Jüri Pootsmann Lidia Isac Sandhja Serhat

Semi-final 2	Agnete Eneda Tarifa Ivan Kaliopi Lighthouse X ManuElla Nicky Byrne Rykka

Withdrawn	Xavier Naidoo Ovidiu Anton

Songs

Finalists (by final results)	"1944" "Sound of Silence" "You Are the Only One" "If Love Was a Crime" "If I Were Sorry" "J'ai cherché" "LoveWave" "Color of Your Life" "I've Been Waiting for This Night" "What's the Pressure" "Slow Down" "Walk on Water" "Loin d'ici" "Made of Stars" "Heartbeat" "No Degree of Separation" "Miracle" "Goodbye (Shelter)" "Pioneer" "Midnight Gold" "Alter Ego" "Say Yay!" "Lighthouse" "You're Not Alone" "I Stand" "Ghost"

Semi-final 1	"Falling Stars" "Hear Them Calling" "I Didn't Know" "Ljubav je" "Play" "Sing It Away" "The Real Thing" "Utopian Land"

Semi-final 2	"Blue and Red" "Dona" "Fairytale" "Help You Fly" "Icebreaker" "Soldiers of Love" "Sunlight" "The Last of Our Kind"

Withdrawn	"Chameleon" "Moment of Silence"

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