Iceland Archives

Feb
15
2015

Iceland: María Fixes the Broken

Icelandic national selection competition Söngvakeppnin has concluded, with a contemporary pop song taking top spot. [caption id="attachment_2327" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Image credit: RUV[/caption] María ...

May
4
2014

The tail end of Eurovision Semi 2 (just before the toilet break)

Music, Society & Culture, Uncategorized

What a big show! Michael and the two Bretts judged the final eight Semi Final 2 songs, trying to choose ...

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Apr
30
2014

Pollapönk: Celebrating diversity

Music, Society & Culture

Michael had a chat to Iceland's version of The Wiggles, the colourful men of Pollapönk. Their entry for this year's Contest, ...

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Apr
12
2014

BAM goes half of Eurovision Semi 1!

Music, Society & Culture

Michael and B1 are joined by the lovely Andrew to attack the first eight songs of the first Eurovision Semi ...

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Feb
22
2014

The Icelandic Wiggles go to Copenhagen

National Finals, News

After whittling 297 entries down to six finalists, Iceland has chosen Pollapönk to perform Enga fordóma in Copenhagen. The four-man band scored ...

May
8
2013

Mick’s Picks: Semi 2

JOYEurovision: The Show, Musings, Uncategorized

Semi Final 2 is packed with a huge number of awesome songs, so picking my top 5 was quite an ...

Apr
28
2013

Eurovision 2013 Review Part 4

Uncategorized

In this review of the 2013 songs, Hikaru & Michael (aka The Bookends of HBBM) tackle: Croatia FYR Macedonia Georgia Hungary Iceland Lithuania Russia And remember JOYEurovision starts ...

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