Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson

Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson

Person from Iceland

Genres: icelandic, pop, Eurovision, male vocalists, iceland

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About Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson

Eyþór Ingi was born in Dalvík. In 2004, at the age of fifteen, he won a part in the Icelandic version of the musical Oliver!, which turned out to be one of the most successful theatrical works ever staged in Akureyri, the capital of northern Iceland. This was only the beginning of his theatrical career as he was offered a part in Óvitar in 2007 as well as taking the leading role in a college staging of the musical Jesus Christ Superstar. Eyþór Ingi won the College Song Contest in the spring of 2007 and was selected to compete as a contestant in TV talent show Bandið hans Bubba. After winning the show in early 2008 he soon began working as a professional singer, musician and sound technician. Ingi founded the progressive rock group Eldberg and in 2010 joined the renowned Icelandic band Todmobile, contributing to their seventh album, which was also entitled 7. In 2011 Eyþór Ingi was nominated as best singer in the Gríman Theatrical Awards for his role as Riff Raff in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He reprented Iceland in Eurovision song contest 2013 in Sweden with the song "Ég á líf"

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