WTF You Just Watched: 'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga'

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What’s it all about?The story follows two ABBA-loving singers from Iceland whose childhood dream of appearing in the Eurovision Song Competition comes true.Sigrit Ericksdóttir and Lars Erickssong don’t exactly get in by merit - they luck out after some dodgy play by their country’s representatives.But that does not matter to our stars of course, who are delighted at their chance to represent their country.Of course the road to Eurovision is not that simple - expect plenty of romance,

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Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorDavid Dobkin had no idea the Eurovision Song Contest even existed until the script by Will Ferrell and Andrew Steele landed on his desk.

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Netflix the week of June 26-July 2.This week sees the triumphant return of one of America's favorite comedy stars, Will Ferrell, as he dons a Viking helmet and sings very funny original songs in Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, in which he teams up with Rachel McAdams to play an Icelandic pop music duo. The movie is topping the Netflix chart at the moment, and features a scene-stealing supporting performance from Dan Stevens.

 lacking in the trailer.In the words of Graham Norton in the film: ‘Okay, so not as bad as we expected.’Considering the amount of effort gone into capturing the Eurovision properly, we shouldn’t have doubted it would be done well but when it comes to Will Ferrell humour, it can be hit and miss.Thankfully, he is a fan of the song contest (his wife is Swedish and introduced him to it) and even attended the show on a number of occasions as ‘research’ for the film.The attention to detail he and

Eurovision plans – the first year since 1956 that the music contest won’t air – it isn’t entirely absent from 2020. Instead, it arrives in the form of Netflix’s original film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.Lars Erickssong (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdottir (Rachel McAdams) have dreamt of representing Iceland at Eurovision since they were little kids.

J. Kim Murphy editorThis weekend sees a trio of new comedies arriving to streaming and video-on-demand platforms, taking viewers to the disparate worlds of European songwriting competitions to the campaign trail to tactical espionage.Six years after his debut feature “Rosewater” released, Jon Stewart has re-emerged with his second film, “Irresistible,” and reunited with his “The Daily Show” correspondent Steve Carell.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorLike many Americans, David Dobkin had never heard of the Eurovision Song Contest. But when the script for “Eurovision: The Story of Fire Saga” from Will Ferrell and Andrew Steele landed on his lap, the director of “Wedding Crashers” immediately fell in love with the characters.

Demi Lovato makes sense of her loneliness in her new song for Netflix's new movie Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga, which both came out today (June 26).

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Dan Stevens can sing but that doesn’t mean it is his voice in “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga”.

Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams team up to play the ambitious, fame-thirsty Icelanders of the musical duo Fire Saga in Eurovision Song Contest. The comedy movie, which starts streaming on Netflix on Friday, sees Ferrell and McAdams battle it out with other musical acts to win the European competition.

Eurovision Song Contest is a fever dream like no other. A 50-ish-country competition to create the best tune, in past years it has featured scary horror masks, a Russian number saluting grandmas and a German ode to Genghis Khan.

Rachel McAdams is ready to bring the laughs and her musical talent to the new Netflix comedy “Eurovision Song Contest: The Story Of Fire Saga” opposite Will Ferrell. From her home in Los Angeles, the Canadian actress tells ET Canada’s Carlos Bustamante she’s been making the most of her time in isolation with her family ahead of the release of her new movie.

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