Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið will return at Eurovision 2021

Iceland: Daði & Gagnamagnið will return at Eurovision 2021
Friday, 23 October 2020

  • The Icelandic Eurovision 2020 hopefuls, Daði & Gagnamagnið will be returning to Eurovision 2021 in Rotterdam.

    One more ESC 2020 act will be returning in Eurovision 2021, as Daði Freyr confirmed today via his official twitter account that he will be representing Iceland at Eurovision 2021 along with Gagnamagnið. 

    Daði & Gagnamagnið won the Icelandic national final and were set to represent the nation with their entry “Think About Things”  which was the bookies' favorite to win the trophy. The covid-19 outbreak came up, the contest was cancelled but the Icelandic entry went viral across the continent topping several polls and voting of the alternative Eurovision shows that followed. 

    Dadi

    About Dadi Freyr

    Dadi Freyr is no stranger to the Eurovision world and the Icelandic national finals , as he had participated in Songvakkepnin 2017, when he finished 2nd. This year's entry was dedicated to his young daughter, aged only 10 months as he would like to know how she "Thinks about things" . The band was formed exclusively for the ESC 2020  national final and is made up by his wife behind the vocals, two friends on the bass and drums while his sister and one more friend complete the team.

    Iceland in Eurovision 

    The Nordic country, which debuted in Eurovision in 1986, was only absent at 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.

    This 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.