Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 compete with at the Eurovision Song Contest. "Lífið kviknar á ný" was performed in English as "Up and Away", while "Enga fordóma" was performed in a mix of Icelandic and English. Televoting solely selected "Enga fordóma" performed by Pollapönk as the winner in the second round. As winners of the competition, Pollapönk won a monetary prize of 1 million Icelandic króna and the right to represent Iceland in Copenhagen. During the semi-final allocation draw on 20 January 2014 at the Copenhagen City Hall, Iceland was drawn to compete in the first half of the first semi-final on 6 May 2014.
History of Iceland stop to that when the war began in September. Iceland demanded Britain allow it to trade with Germany, to no avail. The occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany began on 9 April 1940, severing communications between Iceland and Denmark. As a result, on 10 April, the Parliament of Iceland took temporary control of foreign affairs (setting up what would be the forerunner of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs) and the Coast Guard. Parliament also elected a provisional governor, Sveinn Björnsson, who later became the Republic's first president. Iceland became "de facto" fully sovereign with these actions. At the time, Icelanders