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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Regína.
Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir
Regína with Friðrik Ómar as Eurobandið.
Regína with Friðrik Ómar as Eurobandið.
Background information
Birth nameRegína Ósk Óskarsdóttir
Born (1977-12-21) December 21, 1977 (age 46)
Reykjavík, Iceland
GenresEurodance, Dance, Pop, Jazz
Occupation(s)Singer, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, piano
Years active1999—present
Websitehttp://www.regina.is/

Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir (born December 21, 1977, in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic singer. She has participated for Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2001, 2003, and 2005 as a backing vocal, and in 2008 as a member of Eurobandið with the song "This Is My Life". Alongside Friðrik Ómar, Regína achieved the 14th place in the final, resulting in Iceland's best showing since the Eurovision Song Contest 2003.

Career

Early career

Regína Ósk Óskarsdóttir was born in Reykjavík on December 21, 1977. Like her Eurobandið band mate Friðrik Ómar, more or less started singing before she could talk.[1] Regína won two song competitions in her early teens, sang solo with her school choir, and studied classical singing for a period in The Reykjavík Academy of Singing and Vocal Arts, before taking some lessons in jazz vocals. Her first band was the girl group Söngsystur, which later evolved into an octet 8-villt, but more recently has been performing with the band Nova.[2]

Solo work

In 1999, Regína Ósk sang in the musical Little Shop of Horrors, where she met Selma Björnsdottir, who represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999,[3] and the two worked together for some time after that. Regína sang backing vocals in Eurovision Song Contest in 2001, 2003, and 2005, and has done a lot of studio session work. She recorded an eponymous solo album in 2005; the second album Í djúpum dal was released in 2006 and her third album, Ef væri ég..., appeared in 2007.[4]

In January 2015, it was announced that Ósk would compete in Söngvakeppnin 2015, with the song "Aldrei of seint" (Never too late)

Discography

Albums

Singles

  • 2012: "Hjartað brennur"
  • 2015: "Aldrei of seint"

See also

References

  1. ^ Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  2. ^ Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  3. ^ Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
  4. ^ Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Preceded by Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
2008
(as par of Euroband) 		Succeeded by
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