Egill "Gillz" Einarsson (born 13 May 1980) is an Icelandic television personality, radio show host, fitness coach, motivational speaker, DJ and singer.
His popularity increased as the host of his own TV show Kallarnir, and the author of the lifestyle book Beautiful People's Bible.
[19] Merzedes Club was put by composer and producer Barði Jóhannson in a bid to represent Iceland in the 2008 Eurovision Song Contest.
[21] A series of singles followed in 2008 notably with "Meira frelsi" which was adopted as a signature tune for publicity campaign for Síminn, (previously named Landssíminn), an Icelandic telecommunications company.
[27] After an interview discussing the rape allegations was broadcast, a user on Instagram made a post with a caption calling Einarsson a rapist.
[35][36] In 2020 Egill was criticized by human rights activist Sema Erla Serdar after a video from his 40th birthday party emerged on social media.
The video shows Egill laughing as his friend performs a slanted eye pose, gestures fellatio and pretends to be an Asian prostitute offering to "clean home" or "suck penis" in exchange for money in a thick accent.
[37][38] In 2007, Egill published an article listing well known female Icelandic politicians and journalists, all of whom were associated with feminist policies, who he said needed to be "silenced for good".