Sissal

Sissal Jóhanna Norðberg Niclasen, born in 1995 in Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands, is a Faroese singer and songwriter. She won a children's music competition on the Faroe Islands at the age of ten. In 2020, she moved to Copenhagen to further her music career and has since performed at various festivals. On February 6, 2025, Sissal releases her debut single "Hallucination", which she co-wrote with Chris Rohde-Frisk, Line Spangsberg, Linnea Deb, Malthe Johansen, Marcus Winther-John and Melanie Gabriella Hayrapetian. The song is produced by Chris Rohde-Frisk, Joy Deb and Malthe Johansen and is released under the labels The Arrangement and Virgin Music Group Denmark. Musically, the track is in the realm of EDM-inspired dance-pop. With "Hallucination", Sissal takes part in the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2025 and wins the competition with a combined jury and public vote. This makes her the second Faroese artist to represent Denmark at the Eurovision Song Contest. At ESC 2025 in Basel, she qualifies from the second semi-final and reaches 23rd place in the final with a total of 47 points. The song achieves chart positions in several countries: It reaches number 8 in the airplay charts in Denmark, number 8 in the Heatseeker charts in Sweden and number 54 in Lithuania.