eurovision 2019

Hatari

Hatari represented Iceland at Eurovision 2019 in Tel Aviv with “Hatrið mun sigra”, finishing 10th of 26.

what
Icelandic band and performance art group
formed
2015, Iceland
contest
2019
best result
10th, 2019
music
techno, synth-punk
active
since 2015
sang for
Iceland

Biography

Hatari are an Icelandic band and performance art group from Reykjavík, playing techno, industrial and punk rock behind an anti-capitalist stage persona. “Hatrið mun sigra” finished tenth for Iceland in Tel Aviv in 2019.

Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Hatari (band)”.

At Eurovision

One song, and what became of it.

  1. 2019 Tel Aviv

    Iceland

    “Hatrið mun sigra”

    10th of 26 Finished 10th of 26 in the final, with 232 points.

    Sung in
    Icelandic
    Written by
    Hatari
    Running order
    17th of 26 in the final
    Semi-final
    3rd of 17, 221 points
    Won that year
    Netherlands: Duncan Laurence, “Arcade”

    The story of Eurovision 2019: Tel Aviv: boycott calls, Madonna, and a result that had to be corrected

Away from Eurovision

Awards

  • Icelandic Music Awards

As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.

In the drama file

The scene from our index of scandals, mishaps and lore that Hatari is part of.

In our contest stories

What we wrote about Hatari, year by year. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 2019 Madonna, and Iceland

    There was a second gesture. While the public's points were being read out, the cameras cut to Iceland's band, Hatari, in the green room. They held up banners bearing the Palestinian flag. Iceland's broadcaster was later fined.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. Biographical details from Wikidata. The photo is from Wikimedia Commons and is credited beside it. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we'll fix it.