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Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007
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 (band), ICY and as part of the group Just 4 Fun (band), 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 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country. RÚV operates an Online newspaper, online news service, which is the fourth most visited website in Iceland. In 2016, 88% of Icelanders consumed RÚV content every week. The service broadcasts an assortment of general programming to a wide national audience via two broadcast radio stations: Rás 1 and Rás 2; and one full-time RÚV (TV channel), television channel of the same name, RÚV. A supplementary, part-time TV channel, RÚV 2 is also broadcast for special events. It also distributes online-only channels and content for children and the elderly. RÚV is funded by a flat Earmark (politics), earmarked government tax collected from every income tax payer, as well as from on-air Television advertisement, advertising. All of RÚV's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthías Matthíasson
Matthías Matthíasson (born 1975), also known as Matti Matt, is an Icelandic musician who was a member of the bands and Reggae on Ice. He took part in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 as the vocalist of the tribute band Sjonni's Friends and was the singing voice of Sportacus in the children's television series ''LazyTown''. Life and career Matthías was born in and grew up in Dalvík in northern Iceland. In his youth, he performed in several musicals, such as ''Hair (musical), Hair'', and ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', where he played Peter. He was nominated for an Icelandic Music Award for "Best Newcomer" in 1995 for his acting in ''Jesus Christ Superstar''. In 1996, he was recruited by athlete Magnus Scheving to be the singing voice of Sportacus () in the original Icelandic ''LazyTown'' plays, ''Áfram Latibær!'' and ''Glanni Glæpur í Latabæ''. Matthías continued this role in the ''LazyTown'' television series, where he sang Sportacus' vocals in both the English and Ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland In The Eurovision Song Contest
Iceland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut in , missing only two contests since then, in and , when prevented from competing due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years. The country's best result is second place, which it achieved with "All Out of Luck" by Selma in and " Is It True?" by Yohanna in . The Icelandic participating broadcaster in the contest is Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), which select its entrant with the national competition Söngvakeppnin. Iceland has achieved a total of seven top ten placements, with the others being "" by Stjórnin finishing fourth (), "" by Heart 2 Heart seventh (), " Open Your Heart" by Birgitta eighth (), "" by Hatari tenth (), and " 10 Years" by Daði og Gagnamagnið fourth (). Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Iceland has failed to qualify for the final nine times, including four years consecutively (2015–18). To date, Iceland is the only Nordic cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedikt Brynleifsson
Sjonni's Friends () were an Icelandic tribute band also known at times as Sigurjón's Friends. The band formed in early 2011 when the Icelandic singer Sjonni Brink (real name Sigurjón Brink) died just days before he was to perform his entry " Aftur heim" at Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins, the Icelandic national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011 On 12 February 2011, the group won the Icelandic national selection; ''Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011'' with the song " Aftur heim". The original artist was meant to be Sigurjón Brink himself, however on 17 January 2011 before he was set to compete in the third semi-final, Sigurjón unexpectedly died, due to natural causes, at his home in Garðabær. Sigurjón's family decided upon reflection that they would like for the song to remain in the competition, and that it should be performed by a tribute band, formed after his death, consisting of Sigurjón's musician friends. The group made it past ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RÚV (television Channel)
Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country. RÚV operates an online news service, which is the fourth most visited website in Iceland. In 2016, 88% of Icelanders consumed RÚV content every week. The service broadcasts an assortment of general programming to a wide national audience via two broadcast radio stations: Rás 1 and Rás 2; and one full-time television channel of the same name, RÚV. A supplementary, part-time TV channel, RÚV 2 is also broadcast for special events. It also distributes online-only channels and content for children and the elderly. RÚV is funded by a flat earmarked government tax collected from every income tax payer, as well as from on-air advertising. All of RÚV's content is free-to-air and open in Iceland. History The Icelandic National Broadcasting Service com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Four (Eurovision)
The Eurovision Song Contest (), often known simply as Eurovision, is an international Music competition, song competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) among its members since 1956. Each participating broadcaster submits an original song representing its country to be performed and broadcast live to all of them via the Eurovision (network), Eurovision and Euroradio networks, and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine a winner. The contest was inspired by and based on the Italian Sanremo Music Festival, held in the Italian Riviera since 1951. Eurovision has been held annually since 1956 (except for due to the COVID-19 pandemic), making it the longest-running international music competition on television and one of the world's longest-running television programmes. Active members of the EBU and invited associate members are eligible to compete; broadcasters from List of countries in the Eurovision Song Contest, 52 countries hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESC 2007 Iceland - Eirikur Hauksson - Valentine Lost
ESC may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Eurovision Song Contest, an annual international song competition * The Electric Swing Circus, a British band * Extreme Sports Channel, a television channel Science and engineering Computing * Esc key on a keyboard * Escape character in the C0 control code set * Escape sequence * Extended static checking Concepts and technologies * Einstein summation convention * Electronic speed control * Electronic stability control * Embryonic stem cell * Environmental stress cracking Organizations * Electrical Safety Council, now Electrical Safety First, a British charity * European Society of Cardiology * European Society of Criminology Education * Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, a type of French business school * Edison State College, now Florida SouthWestern State College * Empire State College of the State University of New York * English Subject Centre, a British English-language educational organization * European School, Culham, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
