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RVK Newscast #103: New Cold War Meeting In Iceland And COVID At Eurovision
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Lavrov will meet American Secretary of State Anthony Blinken in Iceland on May 20th, for a kind of New Cold War summit. At least 22% of people in Iceland have now been vaccinated, and 28% of…
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Member Of Icelandic Eurovision Team Diagnosed With Covid
Yesterday, a member of the Icelandic Eurovision group was tested positive for COVID-19. The team has already traveled to Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where the competition takes place at the end of the week. Daði and Gagnamagnið are first competing in the…
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Molly Sandén Performs Húsavík At Oscars Pre Show
When a song named after a little village is nominated for an Oscar, it only makes sense that the audience should be able to see the place the song is about. Last night at the Oscars, Molly Sandén blew everyone away with…
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Húsavík, My Boomtown: Eurovision Lifts The North
Húsavík is currently hibernating. Even though yesterday was the official start of the Icelandic summer and the weather is gradually improving, cold COVID winds are still keeping the commercial climate chilly in the Icelandic north. Depleted visitor numbers mean that the town’s…
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Daði & Gagnamagnið’s ’10 Years’ Music Video Released Today
Daði and Gagnamagnið have released the music video for their Eurovision song “10 Years”. The video was heavily inspired by the old Power Rangers TV show, except with far more smooth dance moves. The story of the video Daði & Gagnamagnið taking…
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Húsavík Nominated For An Oscar
The song ‘Húsavík’ from the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is nominated for the award in the category of Best Original Song. Residents of Húsavík are excited for their little town to gain global attention again after it…
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The Art Of Taking A Stand: Hatari Show Strength In ‘A Song Called Hate’
If you live in Iceland the chances are that you’ll know Hatari—at least by reputation. If not, they may well have gatecrashed your consciousness in 2019 when they represented Iceland at Eurovision in Israel—and lobbed a cheeky agitprop grenade right into the…
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“Husavik” Shortlisted For The Best Original Song At 93rd Oscars
“Husavik”, from the film ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’, has the possibility of being nominated for the best original song at this years Oscars. The shortlists for nine categories were announced yesterday. Other categories, such as best documentary feature,…
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2020 In Culture: Joker, Please Perform “Ja Ja Ding Dong”
2020 was pretty heavy on very serious political news. Not naming any names, of course, especially not one whose name bears an eerie resemblance to the author of the 8 AD narrative poem ‘Metamorphoses’. No sir. That doesn’t mean though that there…
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Daði Freyr On Time Magazine’s Top Songs List
Daði Freyr and his band, Gagnamagn, have made it onto Time Magazine’s coveted list of the ten best songs of the year, with their song Think About Things. RUV reports. The list, which highlights the most played songs of 2020, also includes…
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Daði Freyr Will Represent Iceland In 2021 Eurovision
Daði Freyr will represent Iceland at the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next May, mbl reports. The song ‘Think About Things’ was originally chosen to be the song that represented Iceland in 2020, but, due to COVID-19, the contest, which was…
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Happening TONIGHT! Crapapella Live With Jono Duffy And Kimi Tayler
For one night and one night only, the good people of Reykjavik will be treated to a musical extravaganza from two greats of the Capital’s queer comedy scene, Jono Duffy and Kimi Tayler. We’re talking two hours of live covers, terrible costumes,…
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Ma! They Made A Movie About Us!: The Long-Awaited Grapevine Review Of ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’
Years back I had a Croatian girlfriend and flatmate. In our exploration of the two national psyches, we found that we shared certain affectations typical of smaller European nations, namely handball—a sport larger countries overlook, making it easier for us to succeed…
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Last Words: Iceland In The Spotlight
Icelanders are basking in the joy of Will Ferrell’s new comedy ‘Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga’, which beautifully captures the spirit of this campy contest and Iceland’s curious passion for it. The Netflix film, which has been trending in…
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RVK Newscast #12: A Border Bonanza With Added Earthquakes
There’s some big changes coming when it comes to COVID-19 travel restrictions – 14 new countries will be allowed to enter the country and nationals from 4 countries will be exempt from screening entirely. Plus we talk earthquakes and Húsavík, a small…
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Reykjavik Newscast#11: The Kári Testing Drama Continues, Just Play Ja Ja Ding Dong Already
In today’s Newscast, we go over the Kári Stefánsson situation: the CEO of deCODE Genetics has now announced that the company will no longer participate in the border screening programme. We also discuss fears over possible mass unemployment this autumn and of…
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Will Ferrell Awards Italy 12 Points In Iceland’s Mock Eurovision Contest
Hollywood star Will Ferrell made a guest appearance on RÚV’s Eurovision Celebrationfai show last night to reveal that Iceland’s favourite contribution was ‘Fai Rumore’ sung by Italy’s Diadato. In response to the devastating cancellation of Eurovision 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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Conspiracy Theory Says Netflix Will Help Iceland Win Eurovision To Promote Will Ferrell Vehicle
A totally plausible and not at all trolling conspiracy theory puts forward that Netflix is deliberately trying to influence Eurovision to ensure an Iceland win in order to promote their Will Ferrell comedy, ‘Eurovision’, wherein the actor plays an Icelandic contestant. The…
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Music News: Maus’s New Album & Eurovision
Maus-‘In This Fraction of a Second I Am Floating’ Maus, the semi-punkish Icelandic answer to Pavement, has republished their second album, ‘Í þessi sekúndubrot sem ég flýt’ (‘In This Fraction of a Second I Am Floating’) for its 20th anniversary. The album…
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North Iceland Townsfolk Get Ready For Will Ferrell To Take Over
Residents of Húsavík are being encouraged to prepare for and welcome the arrival of Will Ferrell, as the North Iceland town will be one of the settings for a new movie about Eurovision that Ferrell is spearheading. The film in question, called…
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Icelandic Public Broadcasting Fined For Hatari’s Palestinian Flag Statement
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has decided to fine Icelandic public broadcasting (RÚV) €5,000 for Hatari’s displaying of the Palestinian flag during the live broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest last May, RÚV reports. RÚV has issued a statement objecting to the…
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The Magic Happens When You’re Playing: The Rise Of Ágústa Eva
“As I’m getting older, with more experience from life, I’m also getting more passionate about changing the world for the better,” Ágústa reflects as we sit in the empty dining room of Fjörukráin, the Viking hall in Hafnarfjörður that her father helped…
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What Are Icelanders Talking About?
As you might have guessed, of greatest prevalence on social media over the past two weeks has been Hatari at Eurovision. For those of you following along at home, if you think the international response has been contentious, boy do we have…