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Country profile: Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest since 2008
Plenty of ups, plenty of downs
Does the selection date of Eurovision songs predict winners?
Is it better to be early or late?
List: 7 times when Iceland punched above their weight at Eurovision
Size isn’t everything
Better late than never: Another five tracks you may have missed
It’s all about the ladies
Eurovision curiosities: Happy birthday to Loreen, Jedward and Yohanna!
What are the odds?
Yohanna Goes Bluegrass with “Mamma þarf að djamma”
It may come as a surprise to many that bluegrass, which is a sub-genre of American country music, has made a resurgence in Iceland. Yeah, that’s right. Eurovision 2009 runner-up…
Editorial: Why Björk Could Win Eurovision for Iceland
Every year at Eurovision, at least one Scandinavian nation does really well—and from time to time one of them even wins the contest. But there is one Nordic country that…
Editorial: Should Artists Give Eurovision A Second (Or Third) Try?
May 2012. Fresh from defeat, the people behind San Marino’s entry meet in the Eurovision Bunker. San Marino needs a new song, producer and artist to take Eurovision glory and…
Poll: Who Should Advance from the Semi-Finals of Söngvakeppnin 2013?
Seriously, Yohanna, are you ever gonna give up? The runner-up from Eurovision 2009 in Moscow is once again vying for the chance to represent Iceland at ESC. But first she…
Iceland: Is Yohanna Staging a Eurovision Comeback in 2012?
Icelandic broadcaster RÚV announced today that a special jury has selected 15 songs for the national selection contest Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins. That’s out of 164 entries (roughly half of Iceland’s population).…
Stella Beats Lady Gaga on the Charts (Well, in Norway Anyway)
Of the 23 countries on the iTunes charts, Lady Gaga currently sits on top of 22 of them with “Born This Way.” Why no clean sweep? Because Stella Mwangi, the…
Who Should Win Iceland’s Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011? Vote Now!
Which Icelander will follow in the footsteps of Hera Bjork in 2011? After the sudden death of Icelandic Eurovision conestant Sigurjón Brink on January 17, the third semi-final of Söngvakeppni…
Who Should Represent Iceland at Eurovision 2010? Vote Now!
Last year Iceland stormed to second place with Scarlet Johansson look-a-like Yohanna Jonsdottir singing Is It True? Can Iceland move up one place to take the title this year? This…
Iceland’s Yohanna Wins ‘Eurovision’s Song of the Decade’
Wiwi’s friends at Eurovision Song Contest Today have selected Yohanna’s Is It True as Eurovision’s Song of the Decade. Yohanna, who narrowly escaped Wiwi’s Worst Dressed List at Eurovision this…
What Was Yohanna Wearing at Eurovision 2009?
Wiwi realizes that Eurovision’s Worst Dressed List was published weeks ago. But he still can’t get over the fact that Iceland’s Yohanna wasn’t on it. Seriously, she looks like an…