Winners of Hafnarfjörður´s Singing Competition 2025

Winners of the song contest

Sara Karabin from the Youth Centre Mosinn in Hraunvallaskóli and Karólína Bríet Arelakis from Setrið in Setbergsskóli won Hafnarfjörður´s Youth Centre Song Contest, which was held in Bæjarbíó on March the 5th.

Thirteen young individuals from seven different community centers participated in the Singing Competition this year. This annual event is one of the biggest and coolest youth center events of the year.

The contestants received professional guidance during the dress rehearsal for the competition from sound engineer Friðrik Helgason and actress and musician Rakel Björk Björnsdóttir. It takes a lot of courage to perform in front of a full hall of people.

The two winning acts will be featured in the Samfés Singing Competition, which will take place in Laugardalshöll in the beginning of May. The competition will be broadcast live on RÚV.

The evening’s presenters were Hulda Karen Bergmann and Rebekkah Chelsea. They kept up the fun in the hall and led the audience through a true music feast.

The competitors were:

• Andrea Laxdal (Verið)
• Anna Aðalsteinsdóttir og Arney Sif Zomers (Hraunið),
• Hjörleifur Daði Oddson og Birna Lára Sigurðardóttir (Hraunið)
• Karen Hrönn Guðjónsdóttir (Ásinn)
• Karólína Bríet Arelakis (Setrið)
• Sara Karabin (Mosinn)
• Eva Dís Heiðarsdóttir (Nú)
• Sara María Sigþórsdóttir (Setrið)
• Sonia Laura Krasko (Mosinn), Sólrún Eva Hannesdóttir (Vitinn)
• Styrmir Snær Árnason (Ásinn)

No one envied the jury of having to choose between these talented young acts. The jury consisted of Rebekka Sif Stefánsdóttir; songwriter, singer and singing instructor, Steingrímur Daði Kristjánsson; songwriter and singer, and Fjóla Sigrún Sigurðardóttir; head of the recreation center in Skarðshlíðarskóli.

And what were the acts like?

• Sara performed the song “Ashes” by Celine Dion and Karólina the song “From the Start” by Laufey.
• In second place were Hjörleifur Daði Oddson and Birna Lára Sigurðardóttir from Hraunið in Víðistaðaskóli with the song “Million Dreams” from The Greatest Showman.
• In third place was Sólrún Eva Hannesdóttir from Vitinn in Lækjarskóli with the song “This is the Life” by Amy Macdonald.

We can truly be proud of our wonderful teenagers who did a great job on the big stage! We look forward to seeing more individuals flourish in the Song Contest next year.