Odd Einar Nordheim (born February 5, 1972, in

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) is a Norwegian musician and singer. He won the music talent competition ''Stjerner i sikte'' in 1996. He has released two albums under the name "OdD", ''Mind Your Head'' in 2001 and ''Not All Birds Fly with Ease'' in 2005. He was nominated for best pop solo performer under

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2001. His musical inspirations are

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and

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. Nordheim participated in ''

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'' in 2012. His mentor in the program was

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. By the end of August 2020, he was contestant in NRK's 9th season of ''Stjernekamp''. In the 6th episode he went out of the song competition. Nordheim is currently living in

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. He is married to Frid Nordheim whom he also competed with in ''Stjerner i sikte'' and later in '' The Voice - Norges beste stemme''. In November 2020 he released his first studio album in 15 years, written and performed in his native dialect Sognemål.

Discography

* 2001 – ''Mind Your Head'' * 2005 – ''Not All Birds Fly with Ease'' * 2020 – '' Mi Sognbok''

References

20th-century Norwegian male singers 20th-century Norwegian singers 1972 births Musicians from Årdal Living people 21st-century Norwegian male singers 21st-century Norwegian singers {{Norway-singer-stub