{"id":125683,"date":"2021-05-19T17:15:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=125683"},"modified":"2021-05-19T17:15:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T17:15:28","slug":"band-member-of-icelandic-eurovision-entry-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/band-member-of-icelandic-eurovision-entry-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Band member of Icelandic Eurovision entry tests positive for Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Covid hits Eurovision: Icelandic entry is forced to miss live event with a recorded video of them performing used instead after &#8216;shocked&#8217; band member tests positive for coronavirus<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Icelandic group Dadi &amp; Gagnamagnid will miss out on on Saturday&#8217;s final<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Instead, footage from an earlier performance of &#8217;10 years&#8217; will be broadcast<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The six-piece band are tipped as one of the favourites to win this year&#8217;s contest<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The final will take place in the Dutch city of Rotterdam after being cancelled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A member of Iceland&#8217;s Eurovision Song Contest entry has tested positive for coronavirus, meaning they will not be able to perform live at the final on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Icelandic group Dadi &amp; Gagnamagnid, one of the favourites to win the competition, will also miss Wednesday&#8217;s live rehearsal, and Thursday&#8217;s semi-final.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, footage of the band performing their song &#8217;10 years&#8217; in an earlier rehearsal will be used at the event in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The news is a blow to organisers of the competition in the Dutch port city, which was cancelled last year due to Covid-19 and is going ahead this year with strict health measures in place.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We have all been extremely careful the whole trip so this comes as a huge surprise,&#8217; tweeted singer Dadi, who like the rest of the band performs in a green tracksuit with an emoji of his face on the front.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We are very happy with the performance and super excited for you all to see it! Thank you for all the love.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/19\/16\/43184319-9596671-image-a-1_1621438706997.jpg\" height=\"450\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dadi &amp; Gagnamagnid\u00a0from Iceland perform the song &#8217;10 Years&#8217; a rehearsal for the Second Semi-Final of the 65th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam, May 13, 2021. A member of the band tested positive for Covid-19, and the group &#8211; one of the competition favourites &#8211; will not be able to perform live at Saturday&#8217;s final<\/p>\n<p>The European Broadcasting Union said in a statement that a member of the Icelandic group tested positive on Wednesday as did a member of the Icelandic delegation on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Dadi og Gagnamagnid have taken the difficult decision to withdraw from performing in this year&#8217;s live Eurovision Song Contest shows, as they only want to perform together as a group,&#8217; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Their song will remain in the competition and we will broadcast their rehearsal performance, recorded on the stage on 13 May.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Icelandic delegation would remain in quarantine as it had been since the initial positive test on Sunday, the EBU said.<\/p>\n<p>A member of the Polish delegation also tested positive on Sunday while teams from Romania and Malta missed Sunday&#8217;s opening ceremony as a precaution as they had been staying in the same hotel.<\/p>\n<p>The 65th edition of the song contest is underway in Rotterdam amid strict testing and hygiene protocols in an attempt to prevent the spread of the virus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/19\/17\/43186723-9596671-image-a-13_1621440430103.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dadi og Gagnamagnid from Iceland perform via video link during rehearsals at the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Wednesday, May 19, 2021<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/19\/16\/43185069-9596671-image-a-3_1621438765855.jpg\" height=\"415\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The news is a blow to organisers of the competition in the Dutch port city, which was cancelled last year due to Covid-19 and is going ahead this year with strict health measures in place<\/p>\n<p>Up to 3,500 fans are allowed to attend dress rehearsals, the semi-finals and Saturday&#8217;s final if they have tested negative for the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Ten performers from each of Tuesday&#8217;s and Thursday&#8217;s semi-finals at the Ahoy Arena progress on to Saturday&#8217;s grand final, where they will join the so-called big five of Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom, along with the host nation, the Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, voters chose singers or groups from Norway, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Malta, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sweden, Belgium and Ukraine to go on to the final.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Dadi &amp; Gagnamagnid were originally set to perform their song &#8216;Think About Things&#8217; at Eurovision 2020, before it was postponed until 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Joining a number of other countries, Iceland opted to go with their 2020 entry for this year&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2021\/05\/19\/16\/43185479-9596671-image-m-12_1621439591785.jpg\" height=\"342\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Iceland&#8217;s quest for glory at the Eurovision Song Contest was fictionalised in a comedy movie last year called &#8216;Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Sage,&#8217; starring Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrel (pictured right and left respectively)<\/p>\n<p>The band is made up of six singers, including their 6ft 9in front-man\u00a0Da\u00f0i Freyr P\u00e9tursson, \u00c1rn\u00fd Fj\u00f3la \u00c1smundsd\u00f3ttir, Stef\u00e1n Hannesson, J\u00f3hann Sigur\u00f0ur J\u00f3hannsson, Sigr\u00fan Birna P\u00e9tursd\u00f3ttir and Hulda Krist\u00edn Kolbr\u00fanard\u00f3ttir.<\/p>\n<p>Da\u00f0i and\u00a0\u00c1rn\u00fd Fj\u00f3la are married, having met when they were 16 years old, and share a young daughter together.\u00a0Their family ties have made them a popular entry into Eurovision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iceland&#8217;s quest for glory at the Eurovision Song Contest was fictionalised in a comedy movie last year called &#8216;Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Sage,&#8217; starring Rachel McAdams and Will Ferrel.<\/p>\n<p>The film received mixed reviews, but its song &#8216;Husavik&#8217; (My Hometown) was nominated for an Oscar at this years&#8217; academy awards for best original song, missing out to &#8216;Fight For You&#8217;\u00a0from the movie &#8216;Judas and the Black Messiah&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-9596671\/Icelandic-entry-forced-miss-live-event-band-member-tests-positive-coronavirus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Covid hits Eurovision: Icelandic entry is 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