Friðrik Ómar – Eurovision Ireland

Iceland : RÚV remove the gender quota from their Eurovision 2015 selection – Are they right?

By eurovisionireland on October 7, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

Iceland (like Sweden) had introduced a gender quota of male and female songwriter equality in their Eurovision national selection for 2015. The new rule came under scrutiny from Icelandic 2008 representative Friðrik Ómar and others. It has now been announced that they rule of where 50% of shortlisted songs […]

“Whether your entry advances in a song contest or not should not be dependant upon your gender”, says Friðrik Ómar

By eurovisionireland on October 1, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

“Whether your entry advances in a song contest or not should not be dependant upon your gender”, says Friðrik Ómar. The Icelandic Eurovision singer was speaking on radio regarding the new rule by RÚV where 50% of the selected songs in the country’s Eurovision selection must be composed […]