Iceland: Daði Freyr sheds some light on his Eurovision 2021 preparations

Iceland: Daði Freyr sheds some light on his Eurovision 2021 preparations
Tuesday, 10 November 2020

  • The Icelandic Eurovision 2021 hopeful Daði Freyr has shed some light on his current preparations regarding his potential entry for Rotterdam. 

    Iceland's ESC 2021 representative Daði Freyr during his interview to nme.com shared some information on his plans that have to do with his Eurovision entry preparations. 

    According to what he stated Dadi is preparing 11 demos from which he will make the final pick for the competition in Rotterdam. Specifically he said: 

    “Right now, I’m trying to get the Eurovision track done. I’m making around 11 rough demos and ideas, then I’ll pick one and focus on that.

    While regarding his future plans he states: 

     

    I want to release an EP somewhere around Eurovision, but I’m not going to promise anything because I have to go on tour and do a bunch of stuff for Eurovision. Competing in Eurovision is so much more than just writing the song and doing the performance.”

     

    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. 

     

    News Source: Eurovoix/nme.com