#BIRTHDAY: Halla Margrét from Iceland it 56 today Back in the 1980s our favourite TV show was bumping along nicely. Lots of entries every year Lots of interesting languages. And lots of interesting results. Take Iceland for example. They débuted in 1986 and finished 16th. Oddly enough, in […]
BIRTHDAY: Bo Halldórsson from Iceland is 69 today Eurovision occasionally attracts dynasties. That is, members of the same family all clamouring to take part in our favourite TV show. We’ve had siblings, twins and the mother-and-daughter combo in the past. Today’s birthday Björgvin Helgi ‘Bo’ Halldórsson is an […]
Welcome back to the brand new Eurovision Ireland series, Review In Two – also known as #ReVu2! Over the course of this series, Eurovision Ireland regular James will take a look at all the songs heading to Rotterdam for Eurovision 2020 and give you his thoughts in just […]
On Saturday night, the Final of Söngvakeppnin 2020 took place. Ten artists from across two semi finals were narrowed down to the one who Iceland wish to represent them in Rotterdam. Daði & Gagnamagnið was chosen with the entry “Gagnamagnið (Think About Things)”. You can watch it below: […]
ICELAND: Two finalists for Söngvakeppnin 2020 The first semi-final of Söngvakeppnin has finished, and two songs have made it through to the final on 29 February. They performed in Icelandic tonight, but have free rein in three weeks time. The lucky finalists are Isold & Helga with “Klukkan […]
As an unexpected gift (let’s not say it leak), the ten acts and their songs taking part in this year’s Icelandic Söngvakeppnin 2020, have been revealed ahead of the official announcement this evening on a Spotify playlist. Currently, the tracks are not available to listen to but should […]
BIRTHDAY: Birgitta from Iceland is 40 today Opening a contest is always daunting. Closing it is probably worse, because being on first means to can take advantage of the free bar in the Green Room for longer. Back in 2003 we were in sunny Rīga, which was a […]
Hatari, this year’s Icelandic entry at the Eurovision Song Contest, will be touring Scandinavia and Western Europe in 2020 – including three UK dates. The tagline of the tour is “Europe Will Crumble”. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (19th July), however we don’t have a link […]
BIRTHDAY: Eiríkur Hauksson from Iceland is 60 today Today we’ve got one of those performers who keeps coming back. Once isn’t enough. Neither is twice. So maybe third time lucky is the way to go. Today’s birthday boy Eiríkur Hauksson has tries three times to win the big […]
If you haven’t heard yet about Alexandro Kröger Degerfeldt, you are about to be amazed now. The 26 year old Eurovision fan from Umeå, Sweden, has an unique hobby – he builds Eurovision stages with legos! This year he amazed yet again the Eurovision community by reimagining the […]