May 16, 20214 yr Romania and Malta are skipping the opening ceremony now as they are staying at the same hotel as Poland and Iceland. Honestly this turquoise carpet seems so unnecessary?
May 16, 20214 yr This carpet event... the mixing in such a small space, the lack of masks and distancing. EBU...
May 16, 20214 yr This carpet event... the mixing in such a small space, the lack of masks and distancing. EBU... Maybe Iceland, Romania and Malta were just lucky to miss it :lol:
May 16, 20214 yr So the icelandic delegation is confirmed to be fully vaccinated (assuming that includes the infected person) but they have to quarantine for a few days, probably until thursday which means they’ll miss the jury show and possibly live show too. Not sure what effect that may have but they said they’ll probably use their second rehearsal footage and hopefully they qualify and get to perform live on saturday!
May 19, 20214 yr Official statement from the EBU Following a positive test for COVID-19 amongst the Icelandic delegation on Sunday 16 May, the whole team has been in quarantine and undergone PCR testing (on 16 and 19 May). Today (Wednesday 19 May) a member of the Icelandic group Daði og Gagnamagnið also tested positive for COVID-19. The rest of the delegation has again tested negative for COVID-19. In close collaboration with the EBU and the host broadcaster, Daði og Gagnamagnið have taken the difficult decision to withdraw from performing in this year’s live Eurovision Song Contest shows, as they only want to perform together as a group. Their song will remain in the competition and we will broadcast their rehearsal performance, recorded on the stage on 13 May. The Icelandic delegation will remain in quarantine and be monitored by the Health Authorities. We wish them all the best and will provide further updates in due course. I'm so gutted for them :(
May 19, 20214 yr Author I guess we can forget being a winning contender then :( damn this sucks. OR, what an angle to sell for the televote?
May 19, 20214 yr Fingers crossed for some televote sympathy indeed (although I’m never sure how compassionate the televoters are, every time I see a difficult situation that I think viewers might reward - like Surie’s stage invasion or back stories like Sjonni’s Friends, it never really happens). It really sucks that they keep having their opportunity on the Eurovision stage snatched away from them :(
May 19, 20214 yr It honestly would be fitting after this messy last year for the winner to be someone who failed to participate due to a COVID infection but we'll see. It sucks they never got to show off their new costumes that they were saving for tonight.
May 19, 20214 yr Thats sad. Whether you like the song or not, you want everyone to be able to perform and give it their all
May 20, 20214 yr Well Duncan Laurence has tested positive and has mild symptoms so will no longer be appearing live at the Grand Final.
May 20, 20214 yr Argh :( So no handing over of the trophy to the new winner either. Unless the winner is Dadi after all anyway. So frustrating for all this to happen at the last minute, hopefully Duncan feels better quickly.
May 20, 20214 yr Aw. Hope Duncan doesn't get too sick! Argh :( So no handing over of the trophy to the new winner either. Unless the winner is Dadi after all anyway. So frustrating for all this to happen at the last minute, hopefully Duncan feels better quickly. Now I'm even more convinced Daði is the most fitting winner this year.
May 20, 20214 yr Duncan should bring the trophy to Jói's (the Gagnamagnið member who was infected) hotel room since both of them have covid and they could show it on zoom after the results. Problem solved.
May 20, 20214 yr Wait... the obvious negative of that picture aside... Why are they stood socially distanced apart if they're just going to shake hands anyway?! :lol:
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