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Iceland ICELAND 2024 - Hera Björk - Scared of Heights
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Gwendal
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Oh, first post here! Iceland obviously confirmed its participation to Eurovision 2024 thanks to the usual format Söngvakeppnin. Ten songs selected, five finalists: no change here.
BUT: I really hope they'll gonna step up their game, as Söngvakeppnin lacked to excite me these recent years. We'll obviously not have Kaleo or Sigur Ros here, but it would be fun to catch FM Belfast, Patri!k, Emiliana Torrini (why not?) or - my ultimate goal - GusGus. Come on, Daniel Agust, you can come back despite your 1989 null point.
BUT: I really hope they'll gonna step up their game, as Söngvakeppnin lacked to excite me these recent years. We'll obviously not have Kaleo or Sigur Ros here, but it would be fun to catch FM Belfast, Patri!k, Emiliana Torrini (why not?) or - my ultimate goal - GusGus. Come on, Daniel Agust, you can come back despite your 1989 null point.
Marcos C
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The following is the schedule for Söngvakeppnin 2024.
SF 1: February 17
SF 2: February 24
Final: March 2
www.ruv.is
SF 1: February 17
SF 2: February 24
Final: March 2
Söngvakeppnin back in Laugardalshöll - RÚV.is
Söngvakeppnin will take place in February and March next year. The artistic directors of the competition are in place. The final will see a return to Laugardalshöllin.
www.ruv.is
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R.U.V. ask to EBU more information in Malmoe
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ESC94
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This headline is really misleading, not the broadcaster threatens to pull out but this association wants them to retire.
And in the end
will participate.
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Marcos C
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Here's an article about the protest, which had only 50 participants.
eurovisionfun.com
Iceland: Protest against Israel's participation at Eurovision 2024 outside the Public Broadcaster offices! - Eurovision News | Music | Fun
Earlier today, protesters gathered in front of the offices of the Icelandic Public Broadcaster RUV, calling for the disqualification of Israel from Eurovision 2024 due to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Around 50 people assembled in Reykjavik, in support of Gaza and with one of their main demands to...
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ESC94
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Here's an article about the protest, which had only 50 participants.
Iceland: Protest against Israel's participation at Eurovision 2024 outside the Public Broadcaster offices! - Eurovision News | Music | Fun
Earlier today, protesters gathered in front of the offices of the Icelandic Public Broadcaster RUV, calling for the disqualification of Israel from Eurovision 2024 due to the Israel-Gaza conflict. Around 50 people assembled in Reykjavik, in support of Gaza and with one of their main demands to...
Back in 2019 more than 22000 signed a petition to boycott ESC, so only having 9500 this time seems like a big flop.
SpiritofKeiino
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Always amazes me that a country of 350000 people provides a credible entry nearly every year, while others struggle
Iceland’s participation is now officially ‘in doubt’ as RÚV confirm they will only go if the winner of Söngvakeppnin wants to…
They cite Israel’s participation as the reason.
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They cite Israel’s participation as the reason.
🇮🇸 Iceland: Eurovision 2024 Participation Uncertain - Eurovoix
Iceland is now no longer certain to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.
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ESC94
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Iceland’s participation is now officially ‘in doubt’ as RÚV confirm they will only go if the winner of Söngvakeppnin wants to…
They cite Israel’s participation as the reason.
🇮🇸 Iceland: Eurovision 2024 Participation Uncertain - Eurovoix
Iceland is now no longer certain to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden.
Maybe in case the winner refuses someone else will go??
I don't think they want to participate anymore in light of the situation with Israel and Gaza so I think they'll just take the word of the winner - who will probably say no or be pressured to say it at least.
Maybe in case the winner refuses someone else will go??
ESC94
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Well, the article says they "...intend to participate without any changes, but we don´t know what the furture holds." If they didn´t wanna do it at all anymore they would´ve announced their retirement already.
But I still think this will be a storm in a teacup in the end.
They have to be careful because they've probably already paid or at least agreed to pay their participation fee, which for a country like Iceland would probably be a lot of money for them - however their own population want them to boycott now...
ESC94
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Still think they´ll participate in the end.
Perhaps, we'll see
I actually think the opposite. The broadcaster mainly got pushed into this position because artists and songwriters were vocal about their stances. Now should the winner of the NF still decide to go, they would get a looot of scorn and pushback from their peers and I don't think anyone would really want that.
ESC94
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If people really have a dream they´ll do that, so I´m not so sure about that.
It will most likely depend on the situation in March.
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A boycott doesn't mean anything if it's ''weeeeell weee might, we don't know how we feel yet''. That's not making a statement, it's just pathetic. Either you do it with full force or not