Ultimate Eurovision 2.0 – Part 4!

You may remember our original Best of the Bunch series, which aimed to find the best Eurovision entry from each nation from the years 2006 to 2015. From that series, we created the ‘Ultimate Eurovision’ which featured the winners of each of the poll, which you can read here. Over the past year, we aimed…

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Best of the Bunch: The Trials – Iceland

Through our Best of the Bunch series, we gave a recap on the Eurovision entries from 2006 to 2015 and gave you the opportunity to choose your Best of the Bunch. As you may remember, the current Best of the Bunch winners were put into our ‘Ultimate Eurovision’ but it’s time to see which of…

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National Final Throwback: Alda Dís Arnardóttir – Now

Iceland holds one of the most interesting national finals, and out of these national finals comes out Eurovision successes, well, for the most part. Recently though, Iceland has been going through a bit of a slump. Since 2015, Iceland have failed to qualify to the final, despite sending songs we’ve loved, or at least found…

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Top 5 Non-Qualifiers of 2016!

The Eurovision semi-finals are a brutal fighting ground, where around 18 acts go in, and only 10 come out. Doesn’t sound too bad, considering the math, but it’s still always nerve-wracking to watch the votes come in and the final 10 being announced. I’m sure everyone has at least once felt the disappointment or shock…

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12 Days of Eurovision: Day 12

On the twelfth day of Eurovision… Back to Sweden we go for our last Day of Eurovision, and this time, the contest is held in the capital Stockholm. Måns Zelmerlöw took out the trophy in Vienna, and his Eurovision duties aren’t over yet, as he hosted the 2016 contest alongside Petra Mede, who hosted the…

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Greta Salóme releases Running Out of Time

Former Eurovision participant, and fan favourite Greta Salóme has released a new track titled Running out of Time. The Icelandic singer-songwriter, and violinist released the track which shows off the more mellow side, and comes after her previous single titled Row, which she filmed against the incredible Icelandic scenery. The video clip for Running out…

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2016 Reviews – Iceland – Greta Salome – Hear Them Calling

Another returning artist of this year comes from Iceland – Greta Salome is back, solo this time, with the song Hear Them Calling. Her last participation was with Jonsi back in 2012, but will she improve on her previous results, and bring Iceland a win? There is no doubt that this song is absolutely modern,…

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Iceland to send Greta Salome… again!

Last night at Reykjavik’s Laugardalsholl arena, it was Iceland’s choice to choose their representative for Eurovision. In total, six acts took to the stage, and this year it was more special for the island nation as it marks the 30th anniversary of their debut in Eurovision. The six acts to take the stage were as…

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