Iceland ICELAND 2019 - Hatari - Hatrið mun sigra

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Maybe it is just me, but I thought their televoting scores do not seem to be as high as expected. I thought the icelandic people would vote like crazy for this, especially if you think about how lacklustre the other songs were in the icelandic selection.

So I started looking up the results of the semis from the last years (semis because of fresh first impression). Voting numbers are released since 2015 (sadly not for 2018). First I compared the total voting numbers for each semi to see if there are maybe huge differences:

2017 Semi 2: 36059 votes
2019 Semi 1: 31725 votes
2015 Semi 1: 28566 votes
2019 Semi 2: 27650 votes
2017 Semi 1: 26932 votes
2016 Semi 1: 22253 votes
2015 Semi 2: 22006 votes
2016 Semi 2: 20961 votes

All in all, those numbers seem to stay on a quite similar level, so it seems to be kind of comparable. After that I ranked all songs and made some kind of hall of fame:

2019 Friðrik Ómar "Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað?" 14968
2017 Svala Björgvinsdóttir "Ég veit það" 12789
2019 Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra" 12069
2017 Aron Hannes Emilsson "Nótt" 11399
2017 Aron Brink "Þú hefur dáleitt mig" 10315
2019 Hera Björk "Eitt andartak" 8408
2015 Friðrik Dór "Í síðasta skipti" 6970
2016 Alda Dís Arnardóttir "Augnablik" 6879
2015 Elín Sif Halldórsdóttir Í kvöld 6857
2015 Björn og félagar "Piltur og stúlka" 6616
2015 María Ólafsdóttir "Lítil skref" 6428
2016 Karlotta Sigurðardóttir Óstöðvandi 5943
2017 Daði Freyr Pétursson "Hvað með það?" 5005
2015 Cadem "Fyrir alla" 4953
2016 Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir & Guðmundur Snorri Sigurðarson "Spring yfir heiminn" 4909
2019 Kristina Skoubo Bærendsen "Ég á mig sjálf" 4779
2016 Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir & Hjörtur Traustason "Hugur minn er" 4536
2016 Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir "Raddirnar" 4534
2019 Þórdís Imsland "Nú og hér" 4271
2017 Rúnar Eff Rúnarsson "Mér við hlið" 4096
2017 Páll Rósinkranz & Kristina Bærendsen "Þú og ég" 3954
2019 Tara Mobee "Betri án þín" 3819
2019 Ívar Daníels "Þú bætir mig" 3519
2016 Ingólfur Þórarinsson "Fátækur námsmaður" 3474
2016 Elísabet Ormslev "Á ný" 3464
2017 Arnar Jónsson & Rakel Pálsdótir "Til mín" 3319
2017 Hildur "Bammbaramm" 3287
2015 Sunday "Fjaðrir" 3185
2017 Júlí Heiðar Halldórsson & Þórdís Birna Borgarsdóttir "Heim til þín" 3150
2015 Erna Hrönn Ólafsdóttir "Myrkrið hljótt" 2958
2015 Haukur Heiðar Hauksson "Milljón augnablik" 2899
2016 Erna Mist & Magnús Thorlacius "Ótöluð orð" 2847
2019 Heiðrún Anna Björnsdóttir "Helgi" 2772
2015 Hinemoa "Þú leitar líka að mér" 2738
2017 Sólveig Ásgeirsdóttir "Treystu á mig" 2588
2019 Elli Grill, Skaði, Glymur Jeijó, keyrum alla leið 2572
2015 Stefanía Svavarsdóttir "Augnablik" 2427
2015 Bjarni Lárus Hall Brotið gler 2351
2019 Daníel Óliver "Samt ekki" 2198
2015 Regína Ósk "Aldrei of seint" 2190
2016 Sigga Eyrún "Kreisí" 2167
2017 Erna Mist Pétursdóttir "Skuggamynd" 1681
2016 Pálmi Gunnarsson "Ég leiði þig heim" 1606
2016 EVA "Ég sé þig" 1599
2017 Linda Hartmanns "Ástfangin" 1408
2016 Helgi Valur Ásgeirsson "Óvær" 1256

(grey means it did not advance to the icelandic final)

 

[aef]

Guys I'm officially joining the hype train, I totally changed my mind about this one! I really start enjoying it right now. I'm upgrading to 8 points for now! And it's making a huge jump in my top 10

 

[Mrm]

Hatari in Serbian press:

https://www.blic.rs/slobodno-vreme/...-veliki-favoriti-da-osvoje-evroviziju/gkxyv1s



In our press till now were:
Iceland (Hatari)
France (Bilal Hasani)
Croatia (Roko)
Macedonia (Tamara Todevska)

Very strange but Montenegro (D-moll) and Portugal (Conan Osiris) weren’t..

 

[BorisBubbles]

Makes sense that Conan is somewhat glossed over because Hatari are more shock-inducing than he is (I love Conan to bits but he's merely weird as opposed to outright provocative) and they were chosen on the same evening. I don't think that wrecks Conan's chances though, but it could be indicative that Hatari could do a lot of better than most people expect them to. (as in: top three)

And the fewer things said about D-moll the better tbh.

 

[Mrm]

Makes sense that Conan is somewhat glossed over because Hatari are more provocative than he is and they were chosen of the same evening. I don't think that wrecks Conan's chances though, but it could be indicative that Hatari could do a lot of better than most people expect them to. (as in: top three)

And the fewer things said about D-moll the better tbh.

Jacques Houdek was a guest at our NF, but really strange he didn't arrange with RTS to promote Roko with his entry, to perform at Beovizija, instead of him..he is greedy..
Roko is popular here..
D-moll is totally unknown..
Tamara Todevska is popular here..

 

[DenizESC]

I'm not going to lie, you heard it here first from me.

This will win

 

[mauve]

I'm not going to lie, you heard it here first from me.

This will win

And I would be more than fine with it …

 

[popavapeur]

Am I winning something? I put in the ESC bold prediction thread that Iceland will win this year, that was like some weeks ago.

If this actually win, I want a special something around my nickname or a gold layer shining on my pp

 

[carl1]

Iceland won't win because
1) Juries will never let this win, yes I know they won the jury in the shockingly low-quality national final, but 2 jurors still put him last. It will be very, very easy for esc jurors to put this dead last. And the juries look for songs with hit potential, I don't think a lot of people would like to hear this on the radio
2) The vocal will be very off-putting to a lot of people
3) the whole BDSM theme. At the end of the day, eurovision is a family show. I don't think it will do as well with the televoters as a lot of people think

This will qualify, of course, but I'd expect a place between 8-20.

 

[litliper]

Taken backstage:

https://twitter.com/gummiatli/status/1103040860357300227?s=21

 

[Clinty]

hatrid mun sigra is LEGENDARY everyone should stan this amazing performance
STAN STAN STANNNNNNNNFNDFNS

 

[Milos-BC]

Absolutely amazing, it might be my first favorite right now Finally something very fresh and unique on the ESC stage. This song will push the boundaries of what is an ESC song and what isn't (if such thing even exists). If they get the chance to win, I hope they will use it, we need something like this


12 points.

 

[Carian]

Change of heart. From solid 10 on first go, it has gone to straight 12. Lyrics helped a lot, but even without the lyrics, the song is hellava captivating. I really wouldn't mind if Iceland finally takes it home with this song. It would be totally deserved. And the black hair guy is gorgeous! x12s

 

[mauve]

And the black hair guy is gorgeous! x12s

Do you mean his singing or baking skills?

 

[Carian]

Do you mean his singing or baking skills?

I'd allow him to bake me anytime.

Well, his posture, body, voice, and that outfit... Come on, he is insanely hot on stage. He oozes pure sex-appeal!

 

[mauve]

I'd allow him to bake me anytime.

Well, his posture, body, voice, and that outfit... Come on, he is insanely hot on stage. He oozes pure sex-appeal!

Oh yes … he could seduce with a wooden spoon in his hand an apron around his hip.

 

[Lindon]

Calm down. I think it's his makeup:

 

[mauve]

Calm down. I think it's his makeup:

Well, since I grew up with Heavy Metal, I have a weak spot for long-haired guys.

 

[Alaska49]

OH so we are allowed to openly thrist over them now? great!!!! i want matthias to manhandle me like the dancer in the performance the end

 

[RainyWoods]

How old are the Hatari guys? They look so young which kind of makes their aesthetic lose some of it's appeal for me. They're cute and for sure good looking, but just ever so baby faced. Now if it was Oto Nemsadze strutting around wearing just a couple of belts telling me that hatred will prevail..... Mmmmm it probably would.