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Kate Lally

Who is Dadi Freyr? Eurovision grand final performer had a viral hit during lockdown

Daði Freyr will finally take to the Eurovision stage to perform in the grand final for the Liverpool songbook, alongside Liverpool's Sonia.

As the frontman of Daði & Gagnamagnið, he was due to represent Iceland in the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest, being the bookies favourite to win that year with song Think About Things.

The song and its brilliant music video went viral during lockdown, and has now amassed some 45 million views on Youtube.

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With the 2020 contest cancelled due to covid, the group came back to represent Iceland in the 2021 competition. Unfortunately, on the night of the final, the group were unable to perform live due to coronavirus, and they finished in fourth place.

But they will forever remain in the Eurovision hall of fame.

Daði, 27, performed at Jimmy's bar in Liverpool on Wednesday. On Thursday, the popstar was in Williamson Square, handing out free ice creams to people from a van he had rented.

The video has amassed some 45 million views on Youtube (Youtube/Dadi and Gagnamagnid)

He told ECHO reporter Christopher Megrath: "It's been a while since I played in Iceland. I've played like 20 times in the UK since I last played in Iceland and they're great.

"I think it's time for me to actually see the competition when it's actually happening. You can expect me singing a song from Liverpool and I don't know how much I can say."

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