María Ólafsdóttir

María Ólafs 2015

María Ólafsdóttir , also known under the name María Ólafs (born March 21, 1993 in Blönduós ) is an Icelandic singer and actress . She represented Iceland at the 2015 Eurovision Song Contest .

Eurovision Song Contest 2015

María Ólafs at the ESC 2015

María Ólafsdóttir was selected from over 200 submissions together with eleven others from the Icelandic television RÚV for the preliminary decision there for Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2015 . She reached the final show via the semi-finals, where she finally won.

The title Unbroken comes from the Icelandic production team StopWaitGo, consisting of Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson, Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson and Sæþór Kristjánsson.

During the competition she was accompanied on stage by Hera Björk , the Icelandic participant from 2010 , as a background singer.

You could not qualify for the final in the second semifinals. She appeared at the Icelandic preliminary round for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016.

Others

María Ólafsdóttir released two solo singles in 2016 called Hold My Hand and Baby Take The Wheel .

In 2018 she released a cover version of Germante's song Turn It Up in Icelandic under the name Hækka í botn .

Charts

year	single	space	album
		ISL
2015	"Unbroken"	2	Söngvakeppnin 2015

Web links

Commons : María Ólafsdóttir  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iceland: María Ólafsdóttir to Vienna!
2. ↑ http://www.eurovision.de/news/ESC-2015-Teilnehmer-Maria-Olafsdottir,island540.html
3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Icelandic single charts

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 .