Friðrik Ómar

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Friðrik Ómar.
Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson
Friðrik Ómar in 2009
Friðrik Ómar in 2009
Background information
Born (1981-10-04) 4 October 1981 (age 42)
Akureyri, Iceland
Occupation(s)Singer
Instrument(s)Vocals

Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson (born 4 October 1981) is an Icelandic singer best known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 as part of Eurobandið as lead vocals.[1][2]

Career

Friðrik Ómar was born in

This Is My Life". They came in 8th place in the semi-finals and 14th in the finals, providing Iceland's best result since Eurovision Song Contest 2003. Friðrik Ómar once again participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 as a backing-vocalist in the Icelandic entry performed by Yohanna which placed 2nd. In 2019, he once again came second in the Icelandic finals of the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað?".[3][4]

Discography

Guðrún Gunnars og Friðrik Ómar

  • Ég skemmti mér (2005)
  • Ég skemmti mér í sumar (2006)
  • Ég skemmti mér um jólin (2007)

Solo

  • Jólasalat (1997)
  • Hegg ekki af mér Hælinn (1998)
  • Annan dag (2006)
  • Í minningu Vilhjálms Vilhjálmssonar (2008)
  • ELVIS (2010)
  • Outside The Ring (2012)
  • Kveðja (2013)
  • Heima um jólin (2015)
  • Hvað ef ég get ekki elskað? (2019)

Eurobandið

  • This Is My Life
     (2008)

Collaborations
Preceded by
Valentine Lost
"
 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008
(as part of Euroband) 		Succeeded by
Yohanna
with "Is It True?
"

References

  1. ^ "Euroband - Iceland — Belgrade 2008". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  2. ^ "Söngvakeppnin 2019: Friðrik Ómar to open the final". ESCXTRA.com. 2019-02-23. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  3. ^ "Two songs in Icelandic in the Söngvakeppnin final!". ESCXTRA.com. 2019-02-19. Retrieved 2020-06-29.
  4. ^ "Iceland: Here are the songs & artists for Söngvakeppnin 2019". Eurovisionworld. 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2020-06-29.

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