RUV has today confirmed Iceland will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 as Tel Aviv is confirmed as the host city. Iceland has confirmed that they will be participating in Eurovision 2019 thanks to Tel Aviv being announced as…
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Iceland: Israeli Consul Meets with RÚV Regarding Petition Against Eurovision 2019 Participation
The Israeli Consul to Iceland has met with the Icelandic national broadcaster RÚV to discuss the growing pressure for the broadcaster not to take part in Eurovision 2019. Representatives of RÚV, the Icelandic national broadcaster have met with Raphael Schutz, the Israeli…
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Iceland: RÚV Considers Withdrawing From Eurovision 2019
Following a petition which has garnered over 22,000 signatures, the Icelandic broadcaster is meeting to discuss the possibility of withdrawing from the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Israel. The Reykjavik Grapevine reports that the broadcaster had a meeting on Tuesday…
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Iceland: Daði Freyr Will Not Participate in 2019 Contest as Thousands Sign Petition For Eurovision Boycott
Daði Freyr the runner up in the Icelandic selection process for Eurovision 2017, will not participate in the 2019 contest as thousands of Icelanders call for boycott of next years contest. In just over 24 hours, nearly 10,000 Icelanders have called…
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Iceland: “We expect to take part next year”
The Head of Programming at the Icelandic national broadcaster has stated that they expect to take part in next years Eurovision Song Contest in Israel. Speaking to Iceland Monitor, Skarphéðinn Guðmundsson has stated that the Icelandic broadcaster expects to take part…
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Iceland: Jon Ola Sand Says Iceland “Will Host Eurovision One Day”
The Executive Supervisor of the Eurovision Song Contest expects that “one day” the contest will be held in Iceland. Speaking in an interview with the Icelandic broadcaster RUV, Jon Ola Sand said: “Portugal have never held the contest before this…
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Iceland: Ari Ólafsson Releases Remix of “Our Choice”
A remix of Icelandic Eurovision 2018 song “Our Choice” has been released. Icelandic Eurovision entrant Ari Ólafsson has released a remix of his song “Our Choice”. Yesterday the remix was posted on his official Facebook page with the caption “You’ve gotta…
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Iceland: Ari Ólafsson Performs As Salvador Sobral
Ari Ólafsson has performed as Salvador Sobral on Icelandic show Vikan med Gísla Marteini. Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest, Ari Ólafsson starred in Vikan med Gísla Marteini, in which he dressed up as Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral and sang…
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Iceland: Benjamin Ingrosso Tops The Final Show of Alla leið
The fourth episode of the Icelandic preview show Alla leið, aired last night on RUV with Benjamin Ingrosso of Sweden topping the scoreboard. Head of Delegation Felix Bergsson presents the program and was joined by Friðrik Dór Jónsson (NF 2015) and…
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Iceland: Edda Sif Pálsdóttir Revealed as Spokesperson
Edda Sif Pálsdóttir has been announced as the Icelandic spokesperson for this years Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal. RÚV has announced that Edda Sif Pálsdóttir will be the Icelandic spokesperson for this years contest. Edda is a television presenter…
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