A total of 132 songs have been submitted to Icelandic broadcaster RÚV, all hoping to compete in Söngvakeppnin 2019. RÚV has revealed that a total of 132 songs have been submitted to compete in Söngvakeppnin 2019. The deadline for song submissions closed…
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The dates for Iceland’s Eurovision selection show Songvakeppnin have been revealed. Icelandic broadcaster RÚV has revealed that the semi-finals of Songvakeppnin 2019 will take place on 9th and 16th of February, with the final taking place on March 2nd. Songs…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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