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Rybak later went on to win the Eurovision final, with a landslide vote including all participating countries (except Norway). Finishing with a grand total of 387 points, 169 points more than runner up [[Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009|Iceland]], breaking the previous record of 292 points scored by [[Lordi]] in 2006.
Rybak later went on to win the Eurovision final, with a landslide vote including all participating countries (except Norway). Finishing with a grand total of 387 points, 169 points more than runner up [[Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009|Iceland]], breaking the previous record of 292 points scored by [[Lordi]] in 2006.

===Rumours about homophobia===
The British internet site LowCulture reported that Rybak refused to have his picture taken with gay fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lowculture.co.uk/index.php/2009/05/12/dont-vote-for-norway/|title= Don't vote for Norway| |date=12 May 2009|publisher=LowCulture.co.uk|accessdate=2009-05-21}}</ref> The article was updated four days later, saying that in the meantime he had posed for pictures with gay fans, so Rybak may have been unaware of this incident.


==Discography==
==Discography==

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Alexander Rybak

Alexander Rybak (Belarusian: Аляксандр Рыбак, born May 13, 1986 in Minsk, Soviet Union) is a Norwegian violinist, singer, composer and actor. Rybak represented Norway in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, in Moscow, Russia. Rybak won the contest, with 387 points—the highest a country has achieved in the history of Eurovision—with a song he has written and composed, "Fairytale". "Fairytale" is one of the songs from Rybak's debut album, Fairytales.

Biography

Early life

Rybak was born in Minsk, which at the time was in the Belarusian SSR, in the Soviet Union. At the age of five, Rybak began to play the piano and violin. When he was six years old, he and his family moved to Norway.[1] He says his favourite instrument at that time was the violin. Rybak said, "It's the violin that has made 20 years of my life exciting."[1] Rybak has been playing instruments since the age of five, and he now plays both violin and piano. His parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a classical pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performs alongside Pinchas Zukerman.[2] Alexander Rybak has stated "I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation".[3] He lives in Nesodden outside of the Norwegian capital Oslo.

Professional life

Rybak has been a student at the Barratt Due Institute of Music in Oslo since age 10 and is currently taking a break from his Bachelor studies at the institute due to the success from his winning the Eurovision Song Contest.[4][5] Rybak was awarded the Anders Jahre Culture Prize in 2004.[6] He entered the Norwegian version of Idol, where he later reached the semifinal. In 2006 Rybak won the talent competition, Kjempesjansen. The competition was hosted by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), with his own made song, Foolin'.[3] Alexander Rybak has collaborated with artists such as, a-ha's lead singer Morten Harket, and Arve Tellefsen. As of 2007, Rybak played the fiddler in Oslo Nye Teater's production of Fiddler on the Roof. For this role he won the Hedda Award.[3] He stars as Levi in the film Yohan directed by Grete Salomonsen.[7]

Eurovision 2009

Main article: Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Alexander Rybak at the Eurovision

Rybak won (with a record 387 points) the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Russia 2009, singing "Fairytale",[8] a song inspired by Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written by Rybak himself.[9] The song was performed with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song has received good reviews with a 6 out of 6 from Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet.[3] In an ESCtoday poll he was the lead in a poll with 71.3% to get into the final from the semi he was in.[10]

In the Norwegian preselection Rybak achieved a clean sweep, gaining the top score of all nine voting districts, ending with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, whereas the runner up Tone Damli Aaberge received a combined score of merely 121,856.[11]

The song competed in the second semi-final and won a place in the Eurovision final.

Rybak later went on to win the Eurovision final, with a landslide vote including all participating countries (except Norway). Finishing with a grand total of 387 points, 169 points more than runner up Iceland, breaking the previous record of 292 points scored by Lordi in 2006.

Rumours about homophobia

The British internet site LowCulture reported that Rybak refused to have his picture taken with gay fans.[12] The article was updated four days later, saying that in the meantime he had posed for pictures with gay fans, so Rybak may have been unaware of this incident.

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak chart positions
NOR SWE
2009 Fairytales - -

Singles

Year Single Chart positions[13] Album
NOR SWE FIN GRE RUS
2009 "Fairytale" 1 1 2 1 166 Fairytales
"Funny Little World" 2 — — — —

References

  1. ^ a b "www.nrk.no/programmer/tv/kjempesjansen/1.1087124".
  2. ^ Biografie: April 2009Alexander Rybak, EMI Music, Germany
  3. ^ a b c d Espen Hansen, Tom (9 Feb 2009). "'Being a big favourite makes me nervous' esctoday.com met with Alexander Rybak". esctoday.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  4. ^ "Alexander Rybak Main Stage". The Norwegian Opera and Ballet. Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  5. ^ Pedersen, Pål Fredrik (May 14, 2009). "Rybak ble stor stjerne" (in Norwegian). Norway: TV 2 (Norway). Archived from the original on May 21, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.
  6. ^ "Anders Jahres kulturpris 2004 til Ingvar Ambjørnsen og Geir Kjetsaa" (in Norwegian). ajhs.no. 30 June 04. Retrieved 2009-02-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ "Alexander til filmen" (in Norwegian). yohan.no. 28 July. Retrieved 2009-02-13. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Klier, Marcus (21 Feb 2009). "Norway: Alexander Rybak to Eurovision". ESCtoday. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
  9. ^ Schacht, Andreas (7 Feb 2009). "Norway: Alexander Rybak and Ovi to final!". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
  10. ^ Klier, Marcus (7 Feb 2009). "Third semi final results Norway: Another two acts chosen for the national final". escfans.com. Retrieved 2009-02-13.
  11. ^ "www.esctoday.com/news/read/13325".
  12. ^ "Don't vote for Norway". LowCulture.co.uk. 12 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-21. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  13. ^ "acharts.us/performer/alexander_rybak".
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