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Buy the CD now at http://www.nordicstore.net/icelandic_music_paul_oscar_1167_ctg.htm Icelandic TV station RUV chose Paul Oscar / Páll Óskar to represent Iceland in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin. The song was "Minn Hinsti Dans", written by Trausti Haraldsson and Paul Oscar. The following is a portion of an interview with Paul Oscar made by german travel magazine Spartacus: "It's ten years ago that you were singing for Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest, you finished 20th? Did you ever regret having participated? How did the Song Contest affect your career?"
I loved doing Eurovision and I don't give a shit about being 20th. The Dublin experience was the best 7 days of my life! Only good things came out of it. I'm making a lot of money because of it, even today. I met so many interesting people who are still my friends. I got to travel all over Europe, performing at gay clubs and Gay Pride festivals. I learned so much about the history of the Eurovision contest that made me love it even more. I'm still so proud of my performance, it turned out just the way I wanted and I'm so happy it inspired so many other people. I still sing the song "Minn Hinsti Dans" when I'm performing. It's a beautiful song, such an interesting mixture of melancholy and the power driven by dance beat. It has that tug-of-war that I'm especially interested in when it comes to music. That song changed my life, and through that I discovered my own Paul Oscar "sound", really. I look back and I wouldn't change a thing. The black bondage outfits looked absolutely gorgeous. Watching it today, I want to have sex with myself. - www.myspace.com/palloskar