1st place: Agent Fresco
2nd place: Óskar Axel and Karen Páls
3rd place: Endless dark
The People’s Band: The Nellies
Best Keyboardist/Programmer: Þórður Sigurðsson from Blæti
Best Drummer: Hrafnkell Örn Guðjónsson from Agent Fresco
Best Bassist: Borgþór Jónsson from Agent Fresco
Best Guitarist: Þórarinn Gunnarsson from Agent Fresco
Best Singer/Rapper: Dagur Sigurðsson from Happy funeral
Recognition for Icelandic Songwriting: Óskar Axel Óskarsson and Karen Pálsdóttir
The following 50 bands competed: The Nellies, Man Ekki Hvað Þeir Heita, No Practice, Earendel, Pink Rosewood, Hinir, Yggdrasil, Spiral Groove, Nightriders, Spiral, Narfur, Proxima, Buxnaskjónar, Levenova, Finnur, Hughrif, Elect, Room 165, Sixth Grade Science, Electronic Playground, Knights Templar, DJ Flugvélar og Geimskip, Agent Fresco, Polyester, Tia, Fenjar, Diðrik, 7Figures, Papa de Boss, Johnny Computer, Swive, 15 Rauðar Rósir, Unchastity, Endless dark, Bisexualevening (4 boys and tulips), Elís, Sendibíll, Cult Pluto, NonSenZe, Happy Funeral, Judico Jeff, Catch, Wildberry, Óskar Axel og Karen Páls, Ástarkári, Bob gillan og Ztrandverðirnir, Winson, Brimrót, Acts of Oath, Shit, Nögl.
Did You Know?
- The finals were held at the Reykjavík Art Museum Hafnarhús.
- A new system was introduced where the audience and the nation would choose one band as the People’s Band through phone voting.
- Agent Fresco traveled with Hitt Húsið to southern France, where they played and collaborated on a song with a French and German band.
- The IME 2008 judges were: Árni Matthíasson from Morgunblaðið, Steinþór Helgi Arnsteinsson from Fréttablaðið, Ragnheiður Eiríksdóttir from 24 stundir, Hildur Maral Hamíðsdóttir from Monitor, Hildur Guðný Þórhallsdóttir from FÍH, Arnar Eggert Thoroddsen from Rás 2, Kristján Kristjánsson from Smekkleysa.
