Örlygur Smári

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a family name, but this person is properly referred to by the given name Örlygur.

Örlygur Smári (born 30 June 1971) is an Icelandic producer/composer.

Biography

Smári was born in Iceland, Europe.

Smári wrote Iceland's Eurovision Song Contest 2000 entry Tell Me!. He also wrote the song This Is My Life, which was the Icelandic entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.[1]

In 2010, Smári teamed up with Hera Björk to write the song Je ne sais quoi, which represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. The song performed in the first semifinal on 25 May 2010 and came in third with 123 points. In the Grand Final four days later, however, the song came in 19th place having received 41 points.

Örlygur Smári's brother is musician Bergþór Smári.

In 2013 he teamed with Hera Björk again to cowrite the song Because You Can which won the Viña del Mar International Song Festival for Iceland.

Entries in the Eurovision Song Contest

Entries in national Eurovision pre-selections

References

  1. ↑ "Iceland in 14th place in Eurovision Song Contest". Iceland Review. 26 May 2008. Retrieved 2011-02-13.


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