All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. As our bus pulled up to its stop in Húsavík, Iceland, a mural between the local bookstore and coffee shop proudly displayed the lyrics to “My Hometown” from Eurovision Song …
We have officially crossed into the month of November, which means it’s time to recap all 112 of the new singles and albums that have been released in the last 31 days. The month has featured releases from all across the globe, with a number of artists releasing new music for the first time in months like Enzo (France JESC …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. “I’m in a weird mood,” Daði remarks at the start of the show, laughing a little. “Gonna be a weird gig.” It’s difficult to imagine it any other way. Daði …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Last weekend, Sigga, Beta and Elín and Stefán Óli advanced to the finals of Söngvakeppnin, Iceland’s Eurovision national final. In our personal rankings, we had the former advancing, with the …
All opinions expressed in this article are those of the person quoted and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the other team members or ESC United as a whole. Coming off of a strong 4th place finish in Rotterdam, based solely off of a recorded dress rehearsal run-through no less, Iceland is coming into the Eurovision 2022 season with …
Iceland was originally set to announce their Eurovision hopefuls for Söngvakeppnin in January, but COVID restrictions required RÚV to delay their announcement to today. The delay has also moved the show dates of Söngvakeppnin back a week so that the semi-finals are occurring on February 26th and March 5th, and the grand final happening on March 12th. Managing director Rúnar …
This morning, Icelandic broadcaster RÚV confirmed that one of the members of Gagnamagnið has been tested positive for Covid-19. This following in the news of this weekend that one of the Icelandic delegation was tested positive on the test. This means that they won’t rehearse today and perform at the live show tomorrow. Instead they are using a recording from …
Rotterdam, 09 May 2021 It feels like it has taken 10 years for Dadi Freyr to hit a Eurovision stage together with his Gagnamagnid gang. Time for a report on their first rehearsal! Country: Iceland (#ISL) Act: Daði og Gagnamagnið Song: “10 Years” Semifinal: Second (20/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 08/17 Daði og Gagnamagnið were one of the big favourites …
He’s the hero we need but don’t deserve – not only has Daði Freyr once again served Eurovision with another hit entry, the Icelandic synth king has returned to share his secrets with the world in a new dance tutorial for “10 Years” – a dance “perfect for you to get rid of monsters”! The humorous tutorial sees Daði take …
While the Eurovision 2021 season may have kicked off last month, many alumni have been releasing brand new music on Spotify and YouTube. In total we have 28 releases from around Europe – and we are excited to bring them to you! We selected a few at random to feature, but you’ll find the full list of songs in a …
