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Regína Ósk
Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir (born 21 December 1977, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic singer. She has participated for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001, 2003, and 2005 as a backing vocal, and in 2008 as a member of Eurobandið with the song " This Is My Life". Alongside Friðrik Ómar, Regína achieved the 14th place in the final, resulting in Iceland's best showing since the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Career Early career Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on 21 December 1977. She has been singing and performing all her life. Regína won two song competitions in her early teens, sang solo with her school choir, and studied classical singing for a period in The Reykjavík Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts, before taking some lessons in jazz vocals. Her first band was a girl group when she was 16years old and then sung in different bands and took part in lots of shows. Solo work In 1999, Regína Ósk sang in the musical ''Little Shop of Horrors'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friðrik Ómar
Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson (born 4 October 1981) is an Icelandic singer best known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as part of Eurobandið as lead vocals. Career Friðrik Ómar was born in Akureyri. He began playing drums at the age of five but was later asked to sing at a festival for his school, his first performance with an audience other than his mother. Impressing the crowd, he then went on to win many competitions in his hometown and made the decision to be a singer. He has worked with some of most successful artists in Iceland. In 2006, he released his debut solo album ''Annan dag'' and was nominated as "singer of the year" at the Icelandic Music Awards. In March 2006, he joined forces with fellow Icelandic singer Regína Ósk to form the band Eurobandið. During 2007 Friðrik Ómar came second in the Icelandic finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 performing his song "Eldur". In Belgrade, Serbia at Eurovision Song Contest 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Í Djúpum Dal
Í, í (i-acute accent, acute) is a letter in the Faroese language, Faroese, Hungarian language, Hungarian, Icelandic language, Icelandic, Karakalpak language, Karakalpak, Dobrujan Tatar, Czech language, Czech, and Slovak languages, where it often indicates a long /i/ vowel (''ee'' in English word ''feel''). This form also appears in Catalan language, Catalan, Irish language, Irish, Italian language, Italian, Occitan language, Occitan, Portuguese language, Portuguese, Spanish language, Spanish, Aragonese language, Aragonese, Galician language, Galician, Leonese language, Leonese, Navajo language, Navajo, and Vietnamese language as a variant of the letter "i". In Latin, the long i is used instead of for a long i-vowel. Usage in various languages Chinese In Chinese pinyin í is the ''yángpíng'' tone (阳平, high-rising tone) of “i”. Dobrujan Tatar Í is the 12th letter of the Dobrujan Tatar alphabet, represents the hight unrounded half-advanced ATR or soft vowel /ɨ/ as i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1977 Births
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 23 – Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Is It True? (Yohanna Song)
"Is It True?" is a song by Icelandic singer Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, Yohanna, the entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow, Russia. The song was composed by Óskar Páll Sveinsson and won second place in the contest. The song was also recorded in Spanish language, Spanish ("Si te vas"), German language, German ("War es nur"), Russian language, Russian ("" / "Ya ne splyu") and French language, French ("Si tu sais"). Yohanna performed the song in the first semi-final on 12 May 2009, where it came in first place with 174 points, qualifying for the final. In the final, the song came in second place overall with 218 points. That made it the most successful Icelandic song entry to the Eurovision contest since Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, 1999, when Selma Björnsdóttir, Selma placed second with the song ''All Out of Luck''. "Is It True?" reached No. 1 in the Icelandic Singles Chart. It became a Top 10 hit in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Greece, Switzerlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song " Is It True?", placing as the runner-up. This tied for the best result Iceland had ever achieved in the contest. Following the success at Eurovision, she released the studio album '' Butterflies and Elvis'' (2009). Following Eurovision 2009, Yohanna has since attempted to represent Iceland again on two occasions. In 2011, she reached the finals of '' Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011'' with the song "Nótt", and later won the OGAE Second Chance Contest 2011 as well, while she failed to reach the finals in '' Söngvakeppnin 2013'' with the song "Þú". Early life Yohanna was born in Copenhagen to Icelandic parents Jón Sverrir Sverrison, an electrical engineer, and Margrét Steinþórsdóttir, a nurse. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentine Lost
Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Valentine Lost", written by Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson and Peter Fenner, and performed by Eiríkur Hauksson. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, (RÚV), selected its entry through . The selection consisted of three semi-finals and a final, held on 20 January, 27 January, 3 February, and 17 February 2007, respectively. Eight songs competed in each semi-final with the top three as selected by a public televote advancing to the final. In the final, "" performed by Eiríkur Hauksson emerged as the winner exclusively through public televoting. Hauksson previously represented as part of the group ICY and as part of the group Just 4 Fun, placing sixteenth and seventeenth with the songs "Gleðibankinn" and "Mrs. Thompson", respectively. The song was later translated from Icelandic to English for the Eurovision Song Contest and was titled "Valentine Lost". Iceland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eiríkur Hauksson
Eiríkur Hauksson (born 4 July 1959) is an Icelandic heavy metal vocalist. He represented Iceland at Eurovision in 1986 and in 2007. Career Eiríkur's career as a vocalist began in earnest when the song "Sekur" he wrote and performed with the Icelandic rock group Start was voted the Icelandic song of the year in 1981. In 1984 Eiríkur's metal group Drýsill, released the album "Welcome to the show" which was released in 1000 copies. In 1985 Eiríkur recorded two songs, "Gaggó Vest" and "Gull", written by Gunnar Þórðarson that both became popular in Iceland. Although his interest went with the heavy metal genre, he participated in the pop music scene in Iceland, participating in many group efforts in the 1980s. In 1988 Eiríkur moved to Østfold in Norway to become the vocalist of the power metal group Artch. As their vocalist he's known as Eric Hawk. Their first album, released in 1988, Another return (to Church Hill) received much acclaim by magazines such as Kerrang (5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "This Is My Life", written by Örlygur Smári, Paul Oscar, and Peter Fenner, and performed by the duo Eurobandið, Euroband. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, (RÚV), selected its entry through . The selection consisted of eleven heats, a Second Chance round, four semi-finals and a final, held between 6 October 2007 and 23 February 2008. Eight songs ultimately competed in the final, where "This Is My Life" performed by Eurobandið emerged as the winner exclusively through public televoting. The duo was renamed as Euroband for the Eurovision Song Contest. Songwriter Paul Oscar represented with the song "" where he placed twentieth in the competition. Iceland was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 22 May 2008. Performing as the opening entry for the show in position 12, "This Is My Life" was announced among the 10 qualifying entries of the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland In The Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "If I Had Your Love", written by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Vignir Snær Vigfússon, Linda Thompson, and Selma Björnsdóttir, and performed by Selma herself. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, (RÚV), internally selected its entry for the contest. Selma had represented . The song, "If I Had Your Love", was presented to the public on 19 March 2005 during the television programme . Iceland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing during the show in position 10, "If I Had Your Love" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Iceland placed sixteenth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 52 points. Background Prior to the 2005 Contest, (RÚV) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Iceland se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Um Gleðileg Jól
Um or UM may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Air Zimbabwe (IATA:UM) * Union for the Mediterranean, an intergovernmental body * United Methodist Church * United Motors Company, an American automotive parts supplier * Universal McCann, a global advertising and media agency * Universal Medicine, an Australian cult Language * "Um", a filler in spoken English and some other languages * Um (cuneiform), a prehistoric alphabetic sign Science and technology * Micrometre (μm), sometimes written as "um" in limited character sets * Ultrarapid metabolizer, a term used in pharmacogenomics to refer to individuals with substantially increased metabolic activity * .um, the Internet domain for the US Minor Outlying Islands * Um interface, the air interface for the GSM mobile telephone standard * Unified Model, a global numerical weather prediction model * User manual, a document or manual intended to give assistance to people using a particular system * Utilization management, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
