Last time we saw Iceland in the final, was back in 2014. It’s been 5 years since then, and Iceland has just failed and failed and failed… hopefully they can finally turn their luck this year in Tel-Aviv! [AdSense-B] Söngvakeppnin 2019! It’s taken them a total of 10 songs, 2 semi-finals and one grand final, in order to decide, who …
[AdSense-B] Eagle eyed Eurovision fans and some local press in Iceland have picked up on a striking similarity between Friðrik Ómar entry for Söngvakeppnin 2019, “Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað?”, and a single from Rihanna’s last album. The Icelandic entry has some startling similarities to the track “Love on the Brain”, from Rihanna’s 2016 album “Anti”, including a near-identical chord …
[AdSense-B] There’s always one weekend in the Eurovision calendar that promises to deliver, and that special weekend is upon us – it’s Super Saturday 2019! And this year, it’s a whopper. No less than eleven selection shows are taking place across Europe to make it the busiest night by far of this year’s selection calendar. Tonight sees the return of …
[AdSense-B] Iceland’s second semi-final takes place on Saturday, with the final five entries presented to the Icelandic public and jury. Just two will go through to the final on March 2nd, but who should it be? James and Sean peruse the final five entries to be performed… Elli Grill, Skadi, Glymur – Jeijo, keyrum alla leid James – 0 – …
The Eurovision fever is currently spreading throughout all of Europe, and so it does on Iceland. The first Semi-final of Söngvakeppnin 2019 has just concluded. [AdSense-B] With only 10 songs competing in the Icelandic national final this year, you’d think that it might be easiest to hold one grand final with 10 songs, but no, Iceland wants the Eurovision fever to …
[AdSense-B] Iceland’s representative for Eurovision 1997, Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson, caused controversy yesterday when he made remarks considered to be anti-Semitic in an interview with radio station Rás 1. A leading voice in Iceland in the boycott of Iceland’s participation in Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, Hjálmtýsson, who performed as Paul Oscar with 20th placed “Minn histi dans” in 1997, made comments that …
It hasn’t really gone Iceland’s way these last couple of years, failing to qualify to the final every year since 2014, so hopefully these changes will change that. [AdSense-B] Broadcaster RÚV was set to present the 10 acts that would take part in this years edition of Söngvakeppnin 2019 later today, but due to a leak of the news we already …
Matt is reacting to all Icelandic songs, starting in 1986, all the way up to 2018. Let’s talk about Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest. Iceland first entered the contest in 1986 and has taken part a total of 31 times. That includes two second places but they are still waiting for their first win. Let’s stroll down memory lane …
[AdSense-B] We are now going back around the semi-finalists and we start at the top with the first five performances in semi-final 1. How did Azerbaijan, Iceland, Albania, Belgium and Czech Republic get on with this morning’s sessions? Check out our live stream reactions, as well as EBU-released footage and quick reviews of any changes below. Let us know what …
[AdSense-B] Bom dia! We are here! After a hectic morning (Eurovision never starts smoothly) we at #escYOUnited are in the press centre and ready to go! Today will be the first day of rehearsals from Azerbaijan, Iceland, Albania, Belgium, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Israel, Belarus, Estonia and Bulgaria and as I’m sure you agree there are already some big rehearsals so …
