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Örlygur Smári (born ) is an Icelandic producer/composer.


Biography

Smári was born in
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,
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. Smári wrote Iceland's
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entry Tell Me!. He also wrote the song This Is My Life, which was the Icelandic entry for the
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. In 2010, Smári teamed up with
Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer. She is known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Je ne sais quoi" and her participation at Viña del Mar International Song Fe ...
to write the song
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, which represented Iceland in the
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. The song performed in the first semifinal on 25 May 2010 and came in third with 123 points. In the Grand Final four days later, however, the song came in 19th place having received 41 points. Örlygur Smári's brother is musician Beggi Smári. In 2013 he teamed with
Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer. She is known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Je ne sais quoi" and her participation at Viña del Mar International Song Fe ...
again to cowrite the song "Because You Can" which won the
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for
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.


Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

*" Tell Me!" by August & Telma, Iceland, (
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), 12th place *" This Is My Life" by Euroband, Iceland, (
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), 14th place *"
Je ne sais quoi Many words in the English vocabulary are of French origin, most coming from the Anglo-Norman language, Anglo-Norman spoken by the upper classes in England for several hundred years after the Norman conquest of England, Norman Conquest, before ...
" by
Hera Björk Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer. She is known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song " Je ne sais quoi" and her participation at Viña del Mar International Song Fe ...
, Iceland, (
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), 19th place *" Ég á líf" by
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (born 29 May 1989 in Dalvík), transliterated/also known as Eythor Ingi, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and musician, known for solo material bands called Eldberg, Todmobile and Rock Paper Sist ...
, Iceland, (
Eurovision Song Contest 2013 The Eurovision Song Contest 2013 was the 58th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Malmö, Sweden, following the country's victory at the with the song "Euphoria" by Loreen. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EB ...
), 17th place


Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

*"Got No Love" by Elektra ( Iceland 2009), 3rd place


References

1971 births Orlygur Smari Orlygur Smari Living people {{Iceland-composer-stub