Rúnar Freyr Gíslason

Rúnar Freyr Gíslason is the managing director of Söngvakeppnin, the Icelandic song competition, where he recently addressed allegations of plagiarism against the winners, the band Væb. He emphasized the legitimacy of the winners and their upcoming participation in the Eurovision Song Contest while stating that they would monitor the situation following a formal complaint from Israeli songwriter Ofir Cohen regarding similarities between the winning song and his own composition.