Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir
Encyclopedia
Hildur Vala Einarsdóttir (born February 6, 1982 in Reykjavík
, Iceland
) is a singer who rose to popularity after winning Idol Stjörnuleit 2
, the Iceland
ic version of Pop Idol
.
& The Bee Gees
Top 10: Dark End Of The Street by Andrew Strong
Top 9: I Love The Nightlife by Alicia Bridges
Top 8: Á Nýjum Stað by Sálin hans Jóns míns
Top 7: Er Hann Birtist by Hljómar
Top 6: Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams
Top 5: It's Only A Paper Moon by Bobby Darin
Top 4: You've Got A Friend by Carole King
Top 4: I Wish by Stevie Wonder
Top 3: Careless Whisper by George Michael
Top 3: Heart Of Glass by Blondie
Grand Final: Líf
Grand Final: Án Þín by Trúbrot
Grand Final: The Boy Who Giggled So Sweet by Emiliana Torrini
Singles
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland.Its latitude at 64°08' N makes it the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. It is located in southwestern Iceland, on the southern shore of Faxaflói Bay...
, Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
) is a singer who rose to popularity after winning Idol Stjörnuleit 2
Idol Stjörnuleit
Idol stjörnuleit is Iceland's version of the British reality series Pop Idol. The show allows the people of Iceland—through telephone voting—to select the winner of several televised singing contests, following the same format as Pop Idol...
, the Iceland
Iceland
Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...
ic version of Pop Idol
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British television series which debuted on ITV on 6 October 2001. The show was a talent contest to decide the best new young pop singer in the United Kingdom, based on viewer voting and participation. Two series were broadcast - one in 2001-02 and a second in 2003...
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Idol Stjörnuleit performances
Semi Finals: Immortality by Céline DionCeline Dion
Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
& The Bee Gees
Top 10: Dark End Of The Street by Andrew Strong
Andrew Strong
Andrew Strong is an Irish singer and the son of Irish musician and singing coach Robert Strong. He grew up in Naas, Co Kildare. He starred as Deco Cuffe in the 1991 cult film The Commitments, based on the book by Roddy Doyle, having been cast at only 16 years of age with a voice sounding much older...
Top 9: I Love The Nightlife by Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges
Alicia Bridges is an American singer who co-wrote and performed her international hit "I Love the Nightlife " in 1978.-Early years:...
Top 8: Á Nýjum Stað by Sálin hans Jóns míns
Top 7: Er Hann Birtist by Hljómar
Top 6: Everything I Do (I Do It For You) by Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...
Top 5: It's Only A Paper Moon by Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin
Bobby Darin , born Walden Robert Cassotto, was an American singer, actor and musician.Darin performed in a range of music genres, including pop, rock, jazz, folk and country...
Top 4: You've Got A Friend by Carole King
Carole King
Carole King is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. King and her former husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen chart hits for numerous artists during the 1960s, many of which have become standards. As a singer, King had an album, Tapestry, top the U.S...
Top 4: I Wish by Stevie Wonder
Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris , better known by his stage name Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and activist...
Top 3: Careless Whisper by George Michael
George Michael
George Michael is a British musician, singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame in the 1980s when he formed the pop duo Wham! with his school friend, Andrew Ridgeley...
Top 3: Heart Of Glass by Blondie
Blondie (band)
Blondie is an American rock band, founded by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. The band was a pioneer in the early American New Wave and punk scenes of the mid-1970s...
Grand Final: Líf
Grand Final: Án Þín by Trúbrot
Trúbrot
Trúbrot were an Icelandic psychedelic/progressive rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.-History:The band was formed in 1969 as an Icelandic supergroup composed of members of the bands Hljómar and Flowers...
Grand Final: The Boy Who Giggled So Sweet by Emiliana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini
Emilíana Torrini Davíðsdóttir is an Icelandic singer, best known for her 2009 single Jungle Drum, 1999 album Love in the Time of Science and for performing "Gollum's Song" for Peter Jackson's film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.-Early life:Torrini grew up in Kópavogur, where, at the age of...
Discography
Albums- Hildur Vala (2005)
- Lalala (2006)
Singles
- LífLIFLIF, LiF or Lif may stand for:* Leukemia inhibitory factor, a cytokine that affects cell growth and development* Laser-induced fluorescence, a spectroscopic method* Low insertion force sockets* Leirvík ÍF a Faroese football club...
- The Boy Who Giggled So Sweet
- Gleðileg Jól (2005)
Compilations
- Svona Er Sumarið 2005 (Singing Songbird)
- Pottþétt 38 (Singing Í Fylgsnum Hjartans)
- Óskalögin 9 (Singing Lif)
- Uppáhalds Ljóðin Okkar (Singing Krókódíllinn Grætur)