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Never Forget (Greta Salóme And Jónsi Song)
Iceland was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 with the song "Never Forget" written by Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir. The song was performed by Greta Salóme and Jónsi. Jónsi previously represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, where he placed nineteenth in the final of the competition with the song "Heaven". The Icelandic entry for the 2012 contest in Baku, Azerbaijan was selected through the national final ''Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2012'', organised by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV). The selection consisted of three semi-finals and a final, held on 14 January, 21 January, 28 January and 11 February 2012, respectively. Five songs competed in each semi-final with the top two as selected by a public televote alongside a jury wildcard advancing to the final. In the final, "Mundu eftir mér" performed by Greta Salóme and Jónsi emerged as the winner through a 50/50 combination of jury voting and public televoting. The song was l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpa (concert Hall)
Harpa (, English: Harp) is a concert hall and conference centre in Reykjavík, Iceland. The opening concert was held on 4 May 2011. The building features a distinctive colored glass façade inspired by the basalt landscape of Iceland. History Harpa was designed by the Danish firm Henning Larsen Architects in co-operation with Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson. The structure consists of a steel framework clad with geometric shaped glass panels of different colours. The building was part of a redevelopment of the Austurhöfn area dubbed World Trade Center Reykjavík, which was temporarily abandoned during the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. The development included a 400-room hotel, luxury apartments, retail units, restaurants, a car park and the new headquarters of Icelandic bank Landsbanki. Construction started in 2007 but was halted due to the 2008–2011 Icelandic financial crisis. The completion of the structure was uncertain until the government decided in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magni Ásgeirsson
Guðmundur Magni Ásgeirsson (born 1 December 1978 in Egilsstaðir, Iceland), known professionally as Magni Ásgeirsson, is a singer, songwriter, and musician. He is also currently the frontman for the Icelandic pop band Á Móti Sól. Outside of Iceland, he is most famous for being a contestant on the CBS reality show '' Rock Star: Supernova''. Biography The third of four children, Magni was born in a small town in eastern Iceland. He lived on a farm in the village of Borgarfjörður Eystri. He was infatuated with music and performing at an early age, and started a band with his friends and cousins at the age of 11. By the time he was 15 years old, he was already performing on stage. As a teenager at Menntaskólin á Egilsstöðum, he used the school's musical facilities to hone his skills as a musician. During his years at the school he participated twice at the ''Icelandic High School Music Competition''. Later, he joined the banSHAPE which stands for "Supreme Headquarters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Þórunn Erna Clausen
Þórunn Erna Clausen (born 12 September 1975) is an Icelandic actress and songwriter. Clausen is the daughter of Olympic athlete and dentist Haukur Clausen. She studied drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London and graduated in 2001. In 2004, Clausen won an Edda Award for her supporting role in the Icelandic film, ''Dís''. Clausen was married to the musician Sjonni Brink who together composed "Coming Home (Sjonni's Friends song), Coming Home", Iceland's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Brink died before his first performance in the third semi-final of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011. Clausen has also written entries for Iceland's selections in Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, 2012, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, 2014, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, 2016, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, 2017 and Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, 2018, with her song, "Our Choice (song), Our Choice", sun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson
Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson (born 24 December 1976 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic songwriter, music producer, and medical doctor, best known for having composed two Eurovision Song Contest entries for Iceland, "Heaven" by Jónsi in 2004 and " Valentine Lost" by Eiríkur Hauksson in 2007. He has also composed music for Chinese action film ''Wings Over Everest''. Personal life Sveinn resides in Sweden and Norway, and also works partly in Moscow, Russia. He holds a doctorate in medicine and in stock trading, and is fluent in the Icelandic, English, Russian, and Hungarian languages. Career Sveinn has studied piano under Ferenc Utassy, Jon Sigurdsson, Pavel Manazek and since the age of 16 has composed music in styles ranging from classical music to folk, pop, rock and EDM. His first involvement with Eurovision came with his first participation in the Icelandic national final, Söngvakeppnin, in 2003. He composed the song "Með þér" by Guðrún Árný Karlsdóttir and Díse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingólfur Þórarinsson
Ingólfur Þórarinsson (born 31 May 1986), commonly known as Ingó Veðurguð (''Ingó the Weather God''), is an Icelandic singer and songwriter and a former footballer. He plays with the band Ingó og Veðurguðirnir, best known for the 2008 hit song "Bahama" and the 2009 song "Gestalistinn". Football career Club career Ingólfur started his career with local club Selfoss before signing with Örgryte IS in September 2003. Things didn't work out in Sweden and he came back to Selfoss in March 2004. In February 2005 Ingólfur signed with Fram after attracting interest from clubs like Fylkir, ÍBV and Valur. Ingólfur only played 8 games for Fram and signed again for Selfoss in January 2007. Ingólfur was part of the Selfoss team who gained promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla for the first time in the club's history in 2009. In January 2011 Ingólfur signed for Víkingur but only managed to play 2 games there before signing once again with Selfoss in August later ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurobandið
Eurobandið (Euroband) is the name of Icelandic technopop and dance duo Friðrik Ómar and Regína Ósk, who together represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 in Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ..., Serbia. They performed the song " This Is My Life" in the second semi-final, on 22 May 2008 which won them a place in the final on 24 May. They finished 14th out of 25 in the final with 64 points. They have both, separately, established themselves as popular artists in Iceland and have tried to represent Iceland in Eurovision before as separate acts, but were unsuccessful. It was not until they joined that Iceland chose them as their representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. References Icelandic pop music groups Eurovisi ... [...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] |
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] |
Rás 2
Rás 2 (''Channel 2'') is an Icelandic radio station belonging to the National Icelandic Broadcasting Service, RÚV. Launched on 1 December 1983, it is currently the highest-rated radio station in Iceland, with a schedule composed chiefly of news, current affairs, and pop and rock music. Broadcasting Rás 2 is broadcast throughout the country from a network of 90 FM transmitters (99.9 MHz is the channel's main frequency in Reykjavík), via terrestrial DTV radio (DVB-T2) and is also streamed on the Internet. Rás 2 was also previously broadcast over longwave from 1999 to 2024 using an alternating schedule with Rás 1. Broadcasts were also available over digital satellite (DVB-S) on Thor 5 from 2007 to 2025. Logos File:Ras2logo.png, 1983 to 2011 Rás 2 (2011).png, 2011 to 2019 See also * Rás 1 * RÚV Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retro Stefson
Retro Stefson was an Icelandic alternative/pop-band formed in Reykjavík, active from 2006 to 2016. The band was signed to Vertigo-Berlin/Universal. Retro Stefson released their debut album ''Montaña'' exclusively in Iceland in October 2008 and their second album, '' Kimbabwe'', in October 2010 on Kimi Records. The album also became their European debut in May 2011 on the German subsidiary of Vertigo Records Vertigo Records is a British record company. It was a subsidiary of the Philips/Phonogram record label, launched in 1969 to specialise in progressive rock and other non-mainstream musical styles. Today, it is operated by Universal Music Group#B .... The band reunited for a concert in 2024. Members The band consisted of: *Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson (lead vocals and guitar) *Þórður Jörundsson (guitar) *Logi Pedro Stefánsson (bass guitar) *Jon Ingvi Seljeseth (keyboards) *Þorbjörg Roach Gunnarsdóttir (synthesizer) *Haraldur Ari Stefánsson (backing vocals and per ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Logi Pedro
Logi Pedro (born August 29, 1992) is an Icelandic-Angolan musician and record producer. He released his first solo album "Litlir svartir strákar" in 2018 to critical acclaim in Iceland. The lead single "Dúfan mín" received platinum status and was nominated as Song of the Year at the 2019 Icelandic Music Awards. Logi Pedro was a founding member of Icelandic band Retro Stefson. He has produced records for a number of international acts, such as GusGus, Loah and Emmsjé Gauti. Logi Pedro hosts the television show "Börn þjóða" on Stöð 2. Logi Pedro also co-wrote and starred in the documentary ''Stóra myndin: Covid og heimsbyggðin'' on RÚV. Awards and recognition At the 2017 Icelandic Music Awards The Icelandic Music Awards () are the official annual music awards given in Iceland to commemorate the musical achievements of the year. The award was established in 1993 with an annual rock award given by the Félag íslenskra hljómlistarmanna ..., Logi produced Pop Son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
