Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson

Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

Ég á Líf   NL 84 05/25/2013 (1 week)   DE 75 05/31/2013 (1 week)   CH 46 06/02/2013 (1 week)

Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (born May 29, 1989 in Dalvík ) is an Icelandic pop singer .

Life

At the age of 15 he played in the successful musical Oliver! in Akureyri with. Other roles followed before he won the TV talent show Bandið hans Bubba in 2008 and henceforth worked as a professional musician .

With the title Ég á Líf ( I live ) he prevailed against six competitors in the final of the Icelandic preliminary decision show Söngvakeppnin and represented Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö . The song landed at number one on the Icelandic charts after winning the preliminary show. At the ESC final in Malmö, Eyþór reached 17th place. After Paul Oscar in 1997, he was the first participant in his country to sing his song in Icelandic again. Since the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 , a country no longer has to compete in its own national language.

He is married to Soffía Ósk Guðmundsdóttir; the couple has three children.

Web links

Commons : Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart sources: NL , DE CH
2. ↑ About Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson ( Memento of the original from March 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at eurovision.tv  
3. ↑ Eyþór hreppti stöðuna í Bandinu at mbl.is, April 18, 2008 (Icelandic)
4. ↑ Sonja Lenz (German-Icelandic Society): "Ég á líf" - unfortunately only 17th place with translation of the song (accessed on May 10, 2016)
5. ↑ Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson to represent Iceland! at eurovision.tv
6. ↑ Netlistinn viku 5, 2013 ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at tonlist.is (Icelandic)  
7. ↑ And twelve points go to… at eurovision.de
8. ↑ Iceland: Videoclip released - entry to be performed in Icelandic at esctoday.com
9. ↑ 1999: Eurovision Song Contest in Jerusalem at eurovision.de
10. ↑ Eyþór Ingi í það heilaga um helgina ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at dv.is (Icelandic) 

Note: Icelanders are referred to by their first name or first and last name, but not just their surname. Further information can be found under Icelandic personal name .