I haven't done any Road To Oslo style features this year as all Eurocovering favorites who had their discographies featured at Eurocovers seemed to fail miserably (see
Eurocovers, A Jinx?)
But now I'm very happy to congratulate
Hera Björk with her victory in Iceland. Her song
Je Ne Sais Quoi is the Icelandic entry for Oslo 2010.
Hera Björk was featured in this
Eurocovers post in 2007 and a bit in
this one in 2009.
Je Ne Sais Quoi is not dissimilar to the mighty
Eurobandiđ's This Is My Life but it's probably because both songs share songwriter Örlygur Smári (Öggi).
Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir entered the Icelandic preselection in 2007 (with
Mig Dreymdi) and in 2009 she ended 2nd (behind
Believe Again) in the Danish final with
Someday.
She also was a backing singer for the Icelandic entries of 2008 (Eurobandið) and 2009 (
Yohanna).
Composer Öggi previously co-wrote the Icelandic entries of 2000 (Tell me - Einar & Telma) and 2008.
Hera Björk released two albums: Christmas album
Ilmur Af Jólum in 2000 and
Hera Björk in 2006. The 2006 album features an Icelandic coverversion of
Alvedansen, the Norwegian 2006 entry.
In 2008 and 2009 Hera Björk was a part of
Frostrósir.
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Hera Björk MySpace
Hera Björk Website
Örlygur Smári MySpace
Hera Björk at 2010 The Oslo Collection
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For all your Eurovision 2010 needs like release info, details on recorded versions and charts you can check out The Oslo Collection.
13 year old French singer Aurore Kimberley has recorded a new gipsy tinged version of France's 1977 Eurovision winner l'Oiseau Et l'Enfant (original by Marie Myriam).
