Saturday, May 16, 2009

The winner of "Eurovision 2009" Alexander Rybak from Norway


 The winner of "Eurovision" Alexander Rybak set a record for points
MOSCOW, May 17 - RIA Novosti. The winner of the first held in Russia International Music Contest "Eurovision-2009" on the night of Sunday, became the representative of Norway Alexander Rybak song Fairytale ( "Fairy Tale"), transmit RIA Novosti correspondents from Moscow SC "Olympic". 

The representative of Norway, in total during the audience voting and jury vote was 387 points. This record belonged to the previous Finnish group Lordi - 292 - and was established in 2006. The maximum number of points - 12 - Fisherman gave Russia, Spain, Belarus, Germany, Sweden, Iceland, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Poland, Holland, Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia, Hungary. 

The prize - a crystal microphone in retro style, the fisherman took from the hands of last year's winner Dima Bilan and Lys Assia of Switzerland, which in 1956 became the first winner in the history of the competition. 

Second place was Icelandic singer Johanna (218 points), third - Azeri duo Aysel and Arash (207 points). 

Betting offices, from the very beginning of the contest was called the Norwegian artist's favorite for "Eurovision-2009". 

The song, which the fisherman won the contest in Moscow, on his own admission, was written by accident: the first love as a musician started playing some uncertain tone, making mention of his beloved. Thus was born Fairytale ( "Fairy Tale"). 

Alexander Rybak was born May 13, 1986 in Minsk in a family of musicians. When he was five years old, his parents moved to a suburb of Oslo, and since then he has never visited the home. He plays the violin for five years. Served with a well-known musicians from the group A-Ha and the famous violinist Pinchas Tsukermanom. 

Alexander reached the semifinals in the Norwegian version of "Star Factory" and participated in talent shows Kjempesjansen, which has won singing a song of their own compositions Foolin. Now he is busy filming in the Norwegian film Yohan - Child Wanderer, which will be released in August 2009.

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