Norðurljósastjarna Þorsteins

Norðurljósastjarna Þorsteins (Thorsteinn's Star of the Northern Lights) is the national final format organised by RÚV in order to select Iceland's entry for Nedas' & Rob's Earthvision Song Contest 05.

Format
The competition consisted of four songs, all performed by Thorsteinn Einarsson, who was previously selected by RÚV to represent the country in the 05 contest. The show will take place on 26 June 2022. The winning song will be determined by a 50/50 combination of votes from a jury panel and a public voting, the latter which included options for pre-show and live voting. In case of a tie, the public vote will prevail.

Competing songs
Each song was revealed to the public daily from 21 June 2022 to 24 June 2022. "Runaway" written by Ningyuan Jiang, Samuel Dick, Scott Quinn & Thorsteinn Einarsson, was released on 21 June 2022. "Shackles" written by Flatmate, Thorsteinn Einarsson & Tiina Vainikainen, was released on 22 June 2022. The other two remaining songs will be released on 23 and 24 June 2022.

{| class="sortable wikitable" !Draw !Song !Songwriters ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 1 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 3 ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 4
 * "Runaway"
 * Ningyuan Jiang, Samuel Dick, Scott Quinn & Thorsteinn Einarsson
 * "Shackles"
 * Flatmate, Thorsteinn Einarsson & Tiina Vainikainen
 * colspan="2"; style="background: #ddddff; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align:center;" | TBA 23 June
 * colspan="2"; style="background: #ddddff; color: black; vertical-align: middle; text-align:center;" | TBA 24 June