During the lock down in Europe over the Eurovision period in May, many Eurovision singers did home videos of other Eurovision artists songs. In the wake of ESC COVERS COVER2COVER singing competition, we will feature some of these so South African artists in particular can get an idea how it is done. Nor Bert of EuroVisionMusic picked the ones as he followed the whole series.
The eighth video is HERA BJORK from ICELAND (who represented her country at the 2010 Eurovision song contest with JE NE SAIS QUOI, covering the Eurovision entry from SPAIN 1973– ERES TU of MOCEDADES.
During the lock down in Europe over the Eurovision period in May, many Eurovision singers did home videos of other Eurovision artists songs. In the wake of ESC COVERS COVER2COVER singing competition, we will feature some of these so South African artists in particular can get an idea how it is done. Nor Bert of EuroVisionMusic picked the ones as he followed the whole series.
The second video is DADI FREYR from the ICELAND ( who would have taken part in Eurovision 2020 with THINK ABOUT THINGS had it not been cancelled), covering the Eurovision entry from CYPRUS 2018 – FUEGO of ELENI FOUREIRA.
Greta Salóme sang in English in 2012 and 2016 when she represented ICELAND at the Eurovision song contest. She has now released a new song in her native, Icelandic language, called Án þín (Without you).
Daði Freyr & Gagnamagnið have made it in to the Official UK Top 40 Singles Chart with Think About Things. It currently stands at Number 34 in the listings.
It is unusual in recent years that a Eurovision song makes it in the UK charts so this is a great achievement. Think About Things was one of the big favourites that might have won the 2020 Eurovision for Iceland if it had taken place.
Let’s hope Think About Things goes on to be a big summer hit throughout Europe and the world.
You can see the official video clip for Think About Things below.
Daði Freyr has released a brand new song entitled Where We Wanna Be. It is an electro sound with a powerful beat and production. A great follow up to Think About Things!
Where We Wanna Be is composed by Daði Freyr and mixed by Daði with Styrmir Hauksson. The mastering is by Styrmir Hauksson. The song is available to purchase or stream via most digital stores.
Daði Freyr & Gagnamagnið were selected to represent Iceland at the 2020 Eurovision with Think About Things and was one of the big favourites if the competition had taken place.
You can see the music video for Where We Wanna Be below.
Daði & Gagnamagnið have won the Söngvakeppnin national selection with Gagnamagnið (Think About Things) and will represent Iceland at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest.
Ari Ólafsson, who represented ICELAND at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, has a brand new song and video out. It is called Too Good.
Now known as just, ARI, the new song shows a complete change of style from Our Choice. It is an r’n’b pop song and he even looks very different from 2018.
The techno rock band Hatari will represent Iceland at the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest with Hatrið Mun Sigra (Hate will prevail) after winning the Söngvakeppnin,
The five finalists –
Friðrik Ómar – Hvað ef ér get ekki elskað – Super Finalist
Kristina Bærendsen – Mama Said
Tara Mobee – Fighting For Love
Hera Björk – Moving On
Hatari – Hatrið mun sigra – Super Finalist
Hatari won the ticket for Israel and you can see their performance below.
