Norðurljósastjarna Þorsteins

Norðurljósastjarna Þorsteins (Thorsteinn's Star of the Northern Lights) was 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. "Bridges Burn" Tobias Kuhn, Nico Santos, Scott Quinn & Thorsteinn Einarsson, was released on 23 June 2022. "Miracle" written by Tamara Olorga, Thorsteinn Einarsson & Tim Tautorat, was released on 24 June 2022 finishing the line-up.

The final took place on 26 June 2022 and featured four songs by Thorsteinn Einarsson that was up for the juries and public to decide. In addition to the competing songs, the show was opened by Katla with "Þaðan af". Moreover, Daughters of Reykjavík, who placed second in Söngvakeppnin 2022, performed as an interval act.

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Draw !Song !Songwriters !Jury !Public !Total !Place ! 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
 * + Final – 26 June 2022
 * "Runaway"
 * Ningyuan Jiang, Samuel Dick, Scott Quinn & Thorsteinn Einarsson
 * style="text-align:center" | 112
 * style="text-align:center" | 107
 * style="text-align:center" | 219
 * style="text-align:center" | 3
 * "Shackles"
 * Flatmate, Thorsteinn Einarsson & Tiina Vainikainen
 * style="text-align:center" | 90
 * style="text-align:center" | 63
 * style="text-align:center" | 153
 * style="text-align:center" | 4
 * "Bridges Burn"
 * Tobias Kuhn, Nico Santos, Scott Quinn & Thorsteinn Einarsson
 * style="text-align:center" | 108
 * style="text-align:center" | 122
 * style="text-align:center" | 230
 * style="text-align:center" | 2
 * - style="font-weight:bold; background:gold;"
 * "Miracle"
 * Tamara Olorga, Thorsteinn Einarsson & Tim Tautorat
 * style="text-align:center" | 110
 * style="text-align:center" | 127
 * style="text-align:center" | 237
 * style="text-align:center" | 1