Daði og Gagnamagnið
Настоящее имя: Daði og Gagnamagnið
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Daði og Gagnamagnið is an Icelandic performance group founded and led by Daði Freyr Pétursson for his Söngvakeppnin and Eurovision contributions: 2017: "Hvað með það?" / "Is This Love?" (Söngvakeppnin second place). 2020: "Think About Things" / "Gagnamagnið" (Söngvakeppnin first place, but no Eurovision Song Contest participation since the contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2021: "10 Years" (Selected as the Icelandic representatives for the ESC by Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), the Icelandic national broadcaster). So far, the group has only appeared in stage performances in connection with the music competitions. Besides Daði Freyr Pétursson, the group consists of the background singers Sigrún Birna Pétursdóttir (Daði's younger sister) and Hulda Kristín Kolbrúnardóttir as well as the dancers Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir (Daði's wife), Stefán Hannesson, and Jóhann Sigurður Jóhannsson (both friends of Daði). Daði said in interviews that he founded the group mainly because six people are allowed on stage at Söngvakeppnin and he wanted to have some fun with his friends there.