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Dadi Freyr representing Iceland at Eurovision Song Contest 2020 as selection show plagued by technical difficulties


Dadi Freyr will be representing Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, after a tense selection show.

The singer, and his band Gangamagnid, managed to make it through the finals in Rotterdam thanks to their absolute bop, Think About Things.

But the show was marred by technical difficulties when the music for their performance went too fast, meaning the whole thing had to be stopped.

After a lengthy delay, they smashed the song, and beat metal band DIMMA, Iva, Nina Dagbjört and Isold & Helga to the crown.

And fans were thrilled at the news, flocking to Twitter to celebrate.

‘I CANT BELIEVE HE DONE THAT. HE ACTUALLY SNATCHED OUR WIGS. HE REALLY DID THAT,’ a follower screamed.

Dadi Freyr is representing Iceland in Eurovision Song Contest 2020

‘In this house we stan Dadi Freyr,’ another said.

One posted: ‘DADI FREYR WON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ICELAND IS SNAPPING AGAIN!!!!!’

While many, many more tipped Dadi to win the entire competition.

Dadi Freyr already has some famous fans in the mix, with Russell Crowe raving about Think About Things on social media.

Rylan also got in on the action, sharing a video of the song on Twitter,

‘This could do well,’ he posted.

Well, he’s not wrong…

The Eurovision Song Contest this year will be held in Rotterdam, after Duncan Laurence won in Israel for The Netherlands last year.

James Newman is going to Rotterdam to represent the UK (Picture: PR)

The semi-finals will take place on 12 and 14 May, with the grand final taking place on 16 May.

Earlier this week it was confirmed that James Newman will be representing the UK this year.

He will be hoping to win – or at least get onto the left hand side of the leaderboard – with his song My Last Breath.

Speaking about the upcoming competition, he said: ‘It’s such an honour to be representing the United Kingdom this year at Eurovision – I still can’t quite believe it! I’m also so proud to be taking My Last Breath as the song.

‘I wrote it with some of my best friends, who are amazingly talented songwriters in their own right. I knew it was “the one” after first recording it.

‘I just loved the simplicity and universal message of the song.’

Bring it on.

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