Ari Ólafsson: “I had to make tough choices and overcome them with kindness”

He’s singing “Our Choice” in tomorrow night’s first semi-final. And following his first rehearsal, Iceland’s Ari Ólafsson caught up with our William.

“The rehearsal was great”, Ari says. “Coming from a crazy flight and it was early in the morning, but still you always need to up yourself”.

Ari is impressed:”This is unlike anything else. This is the huge stage. The arena is beautiful and so empowering”.

His outfit is designed to represent the complexity of life: “the red is the lava underneath and the rest (the white colour), the ice underneath. It represents like complicated pain: the stories that we have like pain, love and sorrow”.

“There have been difficult choices for me. Like keeping my emotions in, even righteous anger”.

Ari concludes with a classy Stevie Wonder cover.

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Daphne Dee, our Belgium correspondent, has been a Eurovision fan all her life. She has a appreciation for not-so-obvious entries, like rock and Indie pop songs in Eurovision. The biggest ESC screw up in her opinion? Iceland strangling ‘Mundu eftir mér’ by sending ‘Never forget’. Follow her on Twitter @DaphneWiwi and Instagram @wiwidaphne. You can also keep up-to-date with the latest Eurovision news and gossip by following the team on Twitter @wiwibloggs and by liking our Facebook page

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beccaboo1212
beccaboo1212
5 years ago

Which Stevie Wonder song did Ari sing at the end of the interview?

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fugu
fugu
5 years ago
Reply to  beccaboo1212

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

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Alex
Alex
5 years ago

He’s so nice… I think he would be good in Broadway or something.

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Davve
Davve
5 years ago

I like him. I like his song. But his presentation is weak. And his outfit is weird…

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