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.
Basic income around the world citizen an unconditional basic income. Although the next parliamentary election in Iceland will not be held before April 2017, as of March 2016 the Icelandic Pirate Party has held an overall lead in opinion polls since April 2015. Currently the chief advocacy group is Basic Income Ireland, a member of BIEN. Social Justice Ireland has produced a fully costed proposal for 2012. Before that, the main advocate was CORI (Conference of Religious of Ireland), one of the social partners. Politically, the Green Party and Fianna Fail (the latter as of July 2015) favour a Basic Income. As part of the