Sigurjón Brink also known as Sjonni, was an Icelandic musician and singer. He is one of the founders of the Icelandic theatre group Vesturport, which received the honorable European theatre award in St. Petersburg.

Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins

Brink was a household name in Iceland and participated in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland has entered the Eurovision Song Contest 24 times since their debut in 1986. Iceland did not enter in 1998 and 2002 when prevented due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years....

 in 2006

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006

Iceland selected its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in a national final on 18 February in Reykjavík. They chose the fictional character Silvía Night to represent the nation in Athens with the song Til hamingju Ísland , however the song was performed in its English version at Eurovision...

, 2007

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Iceland selected their participant using their national final, known as Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2007. Eiríkur Hauksson represented Iceland at Eurovision with the song "Valentine Lost" . Before the final, there were three semi-finals, comprising 24 songs in total, leading up to the final in...

 and 2010

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Iceland will select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 through the Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins contest, with the 2010 contest set to be held over January and February 2010, organised by Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið ....

, the Icelandic national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

.

Brink would have also participated in Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Düsseldorf, Germany, selecting their entry through the national final Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011, organised by Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið .-Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2011:...

, with "Aftur Heim

Coming Home (Sigurjón's Friends song)

"Coming Home" is the Icelandic entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. It will be performed by the tribute band Sigurjón's Friends. The original singer, Sigurjón Brink died days before the Icelandic national selection for the contest, after which his musician friends decided to form Sigurjón's...

", but died before the first performance in the third semi-final. Sigurjón's family decided, on reflection that they would like for the song to remain in the competition, that it should be performed by Sigurjón's friends

Sigurjón's Friends

Sigurjón's Friends are an Icelandic tribute band. The band formed in early 2011 when the Icelandic singer Sigurjón Brink died days before he was to perform his entry "Aftur heim" in the Icelandic national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2011. The band members were all friends of Sigurjón...

 a tribute band consisting of Brinks real life musician friends.

The group made it past the third semi-final into the final, where the group won the right to represent Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

, to be held in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 in May 2011.

Death

During the evening of 17 January, Sigurjón was found dead at his home in Garðabær

Garðabær

Garðabær is a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík area of Iceland.As of January 2011, its population was 10,909....

in Iceland, after suffering a stroke. He leaves behind his wife and four children.