Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið to perform "10 Years" at Eurovision 2021

Iceland: Daði og Gagnamagnið to perform
Wednesday, 24 February 2021

  • Iceland's Eurovision hopeful,  Daði Freyr has unveiled the title of his Eurovision 2021 entry called "10 years".

    Next May on Rotterdam Ahoy's stage we wil see Daði og Gagnamagnið perform the song "!0 year". The Icelandic act shared the news with fans urging them to presave the track when released on digital platforms.

    On the way to the song's release the Icelandic broadcaster will broadcast a two episode documentary, on February 27 and March 6, dedicated on Daði Freyr and Gagnamagnið  The documentary will spotlight the group’s second place in Söngvakeppnin 2017 with their song “Is This Love?” and the massive acceptabce  of “Think About Things” around the world.

    Daði Freyr song is set to go public on March 13. 

    10 years

    Iceland in Eurovision 

    The Nordic country, which debuted in Eurovision in 1986, was only absent in two editions of the contest, in 1998 and 2002, and that was due to low rankings that its entries received. It is the only country from the Scandinavic ones not to have won the contest, despite its best results  in 1999 with Selma and in 2009 with Yohana, when the country finished in the 2nd place

    In 2018 Iceland last year was represented by Ari Ólafsson and his entry Our Choice. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it to the grand final which was the consecutive  fourth time the country failed to qualify.In 2019 Söngvakeppnin 2019 winner, the group Hatari flew the flag in Tel Aviv and performed on stage Hatrið mun sigra, which qualified to the final where it came 10th with 232 points.

    Last year Daði & Gagnamagnið won the Icelandic national final, Söngvakeppnin 2020, and were set to represent the nation with their entry “Think About Things” . Although the contest was cancelled due to the covid-19 outbreak the Icelandic acts will have the chance to complete their Eurovision journey in 2021 with a new song. 

    News Source: RUV