There are several artists throughout Europe which I adore but have never participated in ESC - so I've decided to share my thoughts on them with you all. I'll be doing this throughout the summer and I hope you all enjoy reading these posts. Let's go...OK, next up is an Icelandic rock singer in the form of Magni Ásgeirsson - he's one of my favourite artists from Iceland. You may recognise him as he has actually participated in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins (the Icelandic national selection) five times and was even the runner-up in 2011. Back when he was younger, Magni was the lead singer Á Móti Sól - a group which have had quite a lot of fame in Iceland and in certian parts of Europe. Take a look at them here. In 2006, he participated in an American music TV show, "Rock Star: Supernova" - after this he was know as the "Ice Man" (because he's from Iceland...) and earned loads of American followers. He didn't win but came a very respectable fourth.
Magni has participated in the Icelandic selection on five occasions - in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012 and 2013. In 2006 he competed with a folk song entitled Flottur karl, Sæmi Rokk - it's not my favourite song of his but very nice nevertheless. A year later he teamed up with Birgitta Haukdal, the song was entitled Núna veit ég. It was very popular in Iceland back in 2007 but still failed to win the selection. He took a few years off and returned in 2011 with Ég trúi á betra líf and came second - losing out to the tribute band. I thought he was going to win last year, with Hugarró, this wasn't the case much to my disappointment. My favourite song from him is Ekki líta undan - that would have been a fantastic Icelandic representation in Malmo. He was awarded the wildcard after failing to qualify from his semi. Hopefully one year he will win and bring Eurovision to Iceland... it's possible!
This guy has so much talent - take a look at his cover of Creep...
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