Daði og Gagnamagnið return with ’10 Years’

The wait is over – last year’s fan favourites have returned with their new song. Iceland’s representatives Daði og Gagnamagnið have released their competing Eurovision entry titled ’10 Years’. After last year’s song featuring around his daughter, this year Daði turned to his wife Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir as the inspiration for 10 Years. Speaking about…

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Eurovision Union’s July Playlist!

Throughout 2017, we enjoyed creating weekly playlists featuring songs from Eurovision and national final stars, new and old. This year, instead of (im)patiently waiting for artists to release new music each week, we’ve decided to focus on new music on a monthly basis. We’ve selected songs that have been released on Spotify this month, and…

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Eurovision Union’s Ultimate Summer Playlist!

It may be in the depths of winter here in Australia, but for Europe, the home of Eurovision, things are heating up! For those on summer holidays, there’s nothing better than sitting back, relaxing and listening to some tunes, so we’ve come up with the ultimate (definitely no bias here!) summer playlist! We’ve got over…

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Eurovision Union’s Weekly Playlist (11/52)

Every week, we’re dedicated to bring you a specially curated playlist featuring songs from all our favourite Eurovision and National final stars, old and new! This week we’ve got national final songs from this year and the years previous, we’ve got new Eurovision tracks for 2017, and new songs from former Eurovision stars. Plenty of…

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Svala to Represent Iceland with Paper!

Over the past two weeks, Iceland has held two semi-finals for their Eurovision national selection Söngvakeppnin, and last night was the final, where one act would be chosen with a mix of jury and televoting. A total of eight acts performed tonight, and as you may recall, in the semi-finals, the artists all performed in…

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Iceland: The finalists are chosen, plus one lucky wildcard!

This weekend, the second semi-final of Iceland’s national final Söngvakeppnin took place, with the last three spots in the final up for grabs. Additionally, there was one wildcard qualification to an act who didn’t make it through from either of the semi-finals. The full line-up of last night’s show was: Linda Hartmanns – Ástfangin Daði Freyr…

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Iceland Reveals plans for Söngvakeppnin 2017

Icelandic broadcaster RÚV has released more details about their national selection, which will begin on the 25th of February, and continue on the following two Saturday nights. Out of over 200 submitted entries, the broadcaster has reduced the number to twelve songs who will compete for the right to represent Iceland at Eurovision in Kyiv.…

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