It’s official: Iceland will be participating in next year’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest somewhere in Sweden! The announcement was made as part of a press release from RÚV on 30 May. We also learned about how Iceland will be choosing their song, and it will be through their national final process, Söngvakeppnin. Songs can be submitted starting 15 …
Liverpool, 10 May 2023 The dress rehearsals are finally upon us! Let’s go through all of them one by one and give you some more details about all of the performances! Buckle up and get through all of the 16 performances today!! Note: Images and videos will be added once they go online on the official channel. Country: Cyprus Act: …
With our attention now turning quickly to Liverpool it is time for me to look back at last weekend. Iceland’s Dilja kindly answered some of my questions before the London Eurovision Party on Sunday. Kind, bubbly and ready to perform is the best way to sum it all up. So, my biggest question — where do you get the energy …
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. Earlier this week, Austrian pop duo Teya & Salena asked the world a very important question: “Who the Hell is Edgar?” The ‘Edgar’ in question? Edgar Allan Poe, the 19th …
The second semi-final of Söngvakeppnin is rapidly approaching, which means it’s a good time to launch our interview with Silja Rós and Kjalar! Silja and Kjalar are competing in the Icelandic national final for the first time together, but during our conversation we learned that their song “Together We Grow” was actually not written as a duet until much later in …
It’s time to premiere another interview ahead of the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin, and today we’re proud to introduce you to the band Celebs! Celebs is a three member band made up of Hrafnkell Hugi Vernharðsson (Keli), Katla Vigdís Vernharðsdóttir, and Valgeir Skorri Vernharðss. The band released their first singles “Kannski Hann” and “Rökkrið Rænir Æðruleysi” back in 2020, and …
We’re happy to kick off our interviews ahead of the first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin with Kristin Sesselja! Kristin is described as a hyper-talented musical poet who uses her songs and lyrics to tell stories we can all relate to, stories of heartbreak and love. In her short career she has already gained steady success, even being nominated for Newcomer of …
Today we welcome Czech artist and now Icelandic resident Markéta Irglová back to ESCUnited for an interview! Fans of Eurovision will remember that Markéta competed last year in Iceland’s Songvakeppnin selection, but failed to qualify to the grand final. In 2007 Markéta won an Academy Award for her song Falling Slowly from the film Once, which went on to inspire a …
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) announced the newest crop of songs in Söngvakeppnin today in between the national finals currently taking place in Norway, Lithuania, and Moldova. The competition will compose of two semi-finals on 18 February and 25 February of five songs each, and all songs in the semi-finals will be performed in the Icelandic language. Songs that qualify to the final …
We continue our journey for another day through the daily release of the live on tape recordings, the videos that would’ve been used in case a participant was hindered in performing live in Turin, earlier this year. Yesterday, we only got two recordings, which came from Portugal and Croatia, but today we are back on track and got another three …
