Euroband - This Is My Life (Iceland) Live 2008 Eurovision Song Contest

[@luisdireito]

You know an ESC song is good and iconic when even after all these years you still remember the lyrics and sing along. After all this time, I've come to realize this is probably the most perfect and impressive vocal performance I have ever seen in ESC. It's literally flawless, as if you're listening to a studio edited version, except you're not. This is true talent.

[@lorofcb3]

Let’s face it it’s Eurovision perfection and their vocals were fucking on point!!!

[@marinac7676]

And stage,and song,and voices,and rytm,all is great!

[@paulhancock3957]

2023..and this is miles better than any of this years entries...have never forgotten how underrated this incredible vocal performance was from Iceland 🇮🇸 ❤❤❤

[@kare-n]

Iceland is so underrated in the ESC.

[@EREJones]

I spot another SatW fan

[@ilovemusic5557]

True

[@LV.0904]

Karen Y true I never thought about iceland

[@FanSchalke04]

Like Spain

[@revolverrobinson9790]

Not this year!

[@GergoMarosvari]

I am so glad that i lived my childhood years in this type of music. 2000's music is the best!

[@melinasotiriadou7099]

2024 still listening to it… That means a lot… winner in my heart❤

[@AlexandreSalesThamaro]

Not only the music, but the camera work is damn good as well!

[@marinac7676]

Yes!

[@sashaj80]

Thanks to Sven Stojanović, ESC Belgrade director

[@gemelo83]

Except for the camera shade being on their faces at the end!!!

[@dimitrispvoice133]

It would be if the camera crane's shadow wasn't all over them in the end

[@adamtorok5825]

This is honestly one of my all-time favourite songs ever from Eurovision! Amazing!

[@andredermondbar1137]

Same here :P

[@MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV]

@@andredermondbar1137 Same!!!

[@miguelramos3269]

Same!

[@damienriddick35]

Hera Björk on the back vocal too...

[@flavius9722]

The best icelandic entry and probably the real winner of 2008.

[@IzayoiArwena]

Flavius 97 i agree

[@stevebbuk]

Yes I liked the song, but his funky chicken dance at the beginning did him no favours..

[@wolfa.brutting125]

Flavius 97 iceland 12 points from Germany ♥

[@markdowd1]

The "real winner" every year is the song that gets the most points. In Russia ..that song was Russia.

[@harut93]

What a year. .Amazing songs and memories

[@jamilchihneh2258]

2008

[@valacchiromaniitaliani8855]

Belgrade 2008,,one of the best esc ever

[@degoele]

Those voices... This is what they call a 'powerhouse' (x2)!

[@hothotchickenroll]

Sounds exactly like the studio version, so dammm goood.

[@thesnesgeek]

I hope one day Eurodisco will make a real comeback in Eurovision, this is such a bop with excellent lyrics.

[@luisdireito]

You have Austria 2024 ;) This one is much better, though

[@Definitely_not_pi]

​@@luisdireito Austria this year was nothing compared to this

[@benaston1295]

This is my favourite Eurovision song EVER. Iceland should have won with this. I think I need to Holiday more in Iceland.

[@Neo-mv7cn]

Eurovision 2008...what an interesting year! 11 years later and not a single year was even close to it. From interesting songs, to guilty plasures (I see you all my beloved Pirates of the Sea), to underrated songs. 2008 will remain forever a strong year in the ESC archive. So yeah...I'm kinda nostalgic! And now, straight to the point. I love this song, and I love all the performances because all of the singers were having so much fun and joy to sing for all the people around the world! Now...ESC is just like a machine...without substance and soul! GOOD JOB to ESC class of 2008! 🤗🤗🤗 PS: Take care all of you amazing people around the world!

[@romaniachannel115]

Flawless performance, CD vocal material. Awesome till this day

[@trastofer]

Wow. Bravo, 13 years later and sounds still perfect. So well sung, a perfect combination of all voices. Fantastic!

[@fabb4i2]

Eurodance was not exactly a popular genre in 2008 so 14th seems to be a decent result, but they deserved more than they got.

[@Euroviking86]

Well, Örlygur Smári generally can't write a good song to save his life, but the lyrics and the performance were exceptional.

[@mongolidp]

This song has aged incredibly well imo. If they were hypotehtically to send it this year it would very likely finish top 10.

[@AlexJLancaster]

Basshunter was pretty big that year with ‘Now You’re Gone’ & ‘All I Ever Wanted’; Cascada were also very successful too, so Eurodance was still producing some big hits in 2008.

[@EscMike]

Amazing

[@juancarlosgarcia9002]

Esc Mike Iceland is perhaps the most underrated country in ESC

[@anetagrdelaj4921]

Esc Mike `

[@maraj8215]

This song should've been top 2. At the very least, top 3

[@christospanagiotidis6327]

MY ALL TIME FAVE ...I LOVE IT

[@AegisOfFreedom]

This has been one of my favourite songs since 2008 when I first heard.Still love it!

[@keistep8705]

Insane vocals!

[@idunnarnadottir2278]

Regina Osk and Friðrik Omar are so amazing singers, i love them❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@MrBjornov]

I do still play this song, and I love the Icelandic entries.

[@gaboltl]

2008 is by far my favorite Eurovision year

[@herrstrasser]

This song is one of the best dance songs, and very very underrated :-( One of my favourite ESC songs.

[@pedromm94]

WHAT A HUGE DANCE TECHNO MUSIC FROM ICELAND, WOW, I WAS AMAZING AT IT'S MOMENT BUT NOWADAYS, I MISS THIS SO MUCH =)

[@stix9221]

Still the best part from 2:20 till the end. After all these years I still love this song and remember lyrics

[@Hultis70]

Best song ever in the Eurovision. Without any competition at all🫡

[@BegueBackspinner88]

Every time I watch this I cannot believe they are actually singing this. Their voices are incredible together.

[@JackWalker12993]

One of the few entries from 2008 I still listen to regularly, 10 years later and it's still an energetic and futuristic banger! Iceland definitely bounced back into action here after 3 years of not qualifying, I remember being shocked they didn't finish Top 10 and it was clear bloc voting was a huge problem. Eurovision fandom also seemed more fun, friendly and chilled back then, if this song was an entry this year it'd get shredded for being 'dated' and not sounding 'cultural' where did all the depression and snobbery kick in?

[@Jimmys1995]

Jack Walker they reached the second place in 2009 with Yohanna and the song is it true. By the way this is my favourite Iceland entry ❤

[@JackWalker12993]

Τζιμης ofc I know that! Yohanna is my favourite ever Icelandic entrant ♥ Iceland have been pretty weak in recent years tbh 😔

[@sheriwoozidan]

seriously this song is so good, fridrik and regina's voices are so strong and i love hera bjork's backing vocals too. really deserved top 10 at least!

[@UnknownUnknown-ki6zb]

Still better than the winner🙆 And perfect vocals👌

[@anco8197]

damn they deserved at least top 10

[@Tinou1997]

15 years later I come back here to see all the 43 performances of 2008 edition to rank them and Iceland finishes way higher than what it really got back then. This song objectively was top 10 material and their voices matched so perfectly. Such a small country in term of population and yet so much talent discovered through the years! I hope Iceland will win soon enough 🇮🇸

[@raymond904]

I went absolutely mental for this song. Couldn't believe it didn't win.

[@Massiiiiiiii]

Icelands best entry!!! Still in love with this song😍 love from Italy🇮🇹

[@valkon_]

I miss this eurovision..

[@eyvazovferid3840]

Me too. No freaks, no drag queens or queers on the stage. Only pure-talented singers with their amazing songs and amazing voices❤ Bring back old Eurovision times!

[@logbia7k608]

THe more I listen the better its gets

[@freyapaz4007]

Denna text har gett mig stor inspiration. Det stämmer i varenda ord. Ta kommandot över ens liv, att fin a lycka i sig själv.

[@garymcewan868]

This is still probably one of the best songs from 2008. I think another things that’s missing as well is massive stages along with great sweeping jib camera shots. This performance along is full of great camera angles and sweeping shots.

[@freyapaz4007]

2022 lyssnar än. Bästa sång någonsin

[@jonathanhodgson1353]

Also that woah-woah bit is so reliant on Hera's backing! 👌🏻😍💁🏼

[@catskull4192]

This song is still just so damn powerful!

[@neurotoxique3181]

One of the best of all time

[@MichalBergseth-AmitopiaTV]

This is the BEST Eurovision song Ever! 12 Points!

[@lpmuse294]

This is one of my favourite entries 💙💙💙💙 from Greece

[@marinac7676]

So underrated song!One of the best ever. 16.01.2021.

[@RAimotion]

me being form the 79's this is just the kind of music we went to the discos to enjoy all night long. So for me this entry was amazing! Ohh and their vocal performance is just outta this world.

[@maraj8215]

Someone explain to me why this song didn't make it to the top 3

[@DaninaPetroskova]

Mara J I don’t know. I voted for them.

[@vahe579]

I still listen to this amazing song , Love Euroband ❤❤❤

[@jonathanhodgson1353]

Incredibly cheesy naughties pop but it is performed with conviction and they have stellar vocals which makes it so enjoyable to watch and listen to! 👌🏻

[@Euroviking86]

Great analysis. The singers are out of this world, and Páll Óskar's lyrics excellent. But Örlygur Smári can't write a good song to save his life.

[@Pooperplex]

Jonathan Hodgson this is trance not pop

[@renatopereira810]

@@Pooperplex It's eurodance

[@sashaj80]

One of the best performances at ESC ever

[@freyapaz4007]

Si esta canción es la más hermosa q he escuchado. Me encanta el texto la pura verdad, y los dos en él escenario son la combinación perfecta 🤩

[@renatopereira810]

we don't have enough eurodance tracks in ESC history and that's weird because the genre was so popular in the 90s and early 2000s

[@lexezlao]

the 90s was oddly filled with ballads, idk why eurodance slept on it they started showing up in the early 2000s but not only does no one like the early 2000s but they quickly fell out of fashion

[@regisalexandregay]

A letra dessa música é perfeita auto ajuda

[@bertopstaele6552]

One of the best tracks on eurovision forever grts belgium

[@campanula9019]

Iceland have had so many great entries but this is probably my favourite! Love it

[@charlietowler3416]

Love how Hera Bjork was one of the background singers 🥰 my 2010 Winner ! And she supported my 2009 Winner Yohanna!🤗

[@erikbe75]

This deserved so much better! ❤

[@hericvzla]

In 2024 this is still EPIC!!!

[@alessandrogabrielli5641]

He is Barney Stinson being a lesbian in How I Met Your Mother. Greetings from the republic of Myanmar!!

[@arnau6712]

What the hell is the republic of Myanmar

[@manishshetty7189]

@@arnau6712 It is a country in Asia surrounded by India Bangladesh China and Thailand

[@lucydecastro1986]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ultimatecow.]

I cant unsee it

[@markohuber2325]

great, great great Performance, so underrated … really catchy song and even in 2019 impressive… timeless 12 Points from Austria

[@gemelo83]

Still listening to this song in 2022💪🏽 They’ve set that stage on fireeeeee 🔥

[@greenhermit6037]

This could be the main song for the movie Eurovision Song Contest: the story of Fire Saga!

[@chichomur]

These song was amazing, I still like it.

[@pepdu42]

It was my favourite this year !

[@plexx365]

God I love this song! It was my favorite that year and it's way too good for Eurovision.

[@oziverson]

2017 still in love with this

[@RAimotion]

2022 still banging :)

[@pelleplutt75]

This was one of my favourites this year... lovely song..

[@MrsKoldun]

It feels like Iceland has only 6 singers and they just swap positions ever year 😂

[@Euroviking86]

Believe me, that impression is not that unfounded.

[@jamie-ee4]

If Greta and Jonsi went out clubbing: Euroband

[@Kris217imsc]

I agree! it seems to be in the icelandic culture to support each other

[@TomMy-et8hr]

Lane Moje Well, this a bit to be expected with a population of about 340.000 people ;D

[@roentgen571]

I was going to say, the whole country has a population about the size of a middling city in Europe or the US/Canada... lol

[@chiriladorin-alexandru2776]

14 years ago. amazing song. belgrade 2008.

[@GalaxyNokiaGames]

one of the members is doing the jury points of Iceland this year, and one of the backing singers appeared in the 1st semifinal for her song *Scared of Heights*

[@Tytypi4658]

Я обожаю их. Самая лучшая группа!!! Это песня,которую единственную я запомнила на Евровидение!!! Браво,ребята, люблю Вас, вы должны были выигрывать!!! Люблю!

[@dogukan07tr]

Asla hakettiklerini değeri alamayan harika ötesi bir parça .. :(. I love Euroband !!!

[@Zehraa_99]

Kesinlikle.. Çok iyi bir parça🌱

[@dogukan07tr]

@@Zehraa_99 eurovision formatının halen house ve elektro pop tarzına hazır olmadığının en guzel kanıtıydı aslında. Gercı halen hazır değil .

[@KordisepsCK]

O yıl çok güçlü bir yıldı. Neredeyse tüm şarkılar güzeldi

[@MarcoAOlivares]

The original Fire Saga.

[@milosnikolic5780]

I remember that day i was child going with parients to watch eurovision in stark arena i think this songs is on top 5 that year.greetings from Serbia❤❤❤

[@lugo_jose]

this reminds me Fire Saga movie. First time I saw the movie, it made me think right away to this song

[@ariccua6101]

Double Trouble came into mind.

[@TheKommet77]

The greatest song of ESC 2008. Unfairly underrated.

[@neknarf1973]

One of my top favourits of all years

[@Jenettt]

2008 was a year full of fresh talents

[@standingfortruth4043]

Beautiful voices and smiles

[@karlb.9892]

2019,2020?Very underrated song that year!Love it,so catchy.

[@plebontheweb]

I thought the lady singing was Natalie from cascada for years 😂

[@jdeast8569]

How come they did not win? It's such a good song and great performance!!

[@994Milicica]

Listening to this absolute banger 15 years later❤ This year on ESC is absolute trash. Love from Serbia❤

[@Kantong5]

The woman at 2:33 on the left (one of the back up singers) competed in Eurovision for Iceland in 2010.

[@PeterNguyen-fo5hq]

and 2024 too

[@KlaudiaBara]

this and heras song ARE AMAZING!!! BOTH.....

[@tmkhmikita6673]

Friðrik Ómar should really try again Eurovision!!!

[@tommcfadden748]

Iceland have given us so many good songs in Eurovision. Aside from 2008, there is 1991,1997, 2021 and the best for me is 2009! Looking forward to when Iceland win the Grand Prix!!!

[@RAimotion]

ohh ya the 2009 was also focking amazing should have won that year if you ask me.

[@elifsuylmaz6930]

of bu şarkı aşırı underrated. ben çok seviyorum ve eurovisionda da sıralamada çok altlarda kaldı. I love this song. ıt deserves better. greetings from Turkey

[@mikimaus9964]

Ryan and Sharpay Evans

[@jalentannis3990]

Yess

[@jalentannis3990]

Of Iceland

[@PauloCesarLira5]

YES

[@rhymesrnb]

This song is amazing its still in my head after so many years

[@marco.valadao83]

This is amazing ❤

[@doremizontas]

The best song the latest 20 years by far

[@deeve23]

I love this song... So underrated

[@ziptoy077]

Still playing in 2021 october 🔊🔊🎶🎶🎶 my favourite Eurovision song😁😄

[@berkipekci5156]

Amazing performance. Mannnn , amazing amazing amazing ❤️❤️❤️ the best performance forever

[@danor7467]

Is clearly one of my top favorites of all time. I can also look at the music video of it with the "fan" for thousands of times, laugh me again and again and am infinitely enthusiastic about the song. And in fact I have heard the song (felt) a million times and never get tired of it. Still. The 14th place was really not deserved! The song would definitely have been in the top 5! And the live appearance at the ESC hardly differed from the studio version, was even better! Not everyone can do that either. I also found funny that the two singers a year later have participated as background singers at Yohanna's "Is it is true?" :) :) :)

[@michaelsellers9971]

If this song was entered a couple of years earlier it would've have been top 5 for sire, so underrated!

[@gregorybringanddedrumel7999]

14 years later and still a banger, one of my favorite Eurovision songs ever. I suggest you all to check the national final performance 'Eurobandið - Fullkomið líf'. Thank god they completely tweaked song for ESC as it was a huge disaster in the first place (but the talent was already there!)

[@penoulilini]

One of the most "eurovision" songs I have ever heard!