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Paul Oscar

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Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson (born 16 March 1970), known internationally as Páll Óskar and Paul Oscar, is an Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey. [1]

58 relations: All Out of Luck, Allt fyrir ástina, Anna Mjöll, As in Heaven, Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, Ballad, Bass (voice type), Burt Bacharach, Channel 4, Coming out, Danish literature, Diddú, Disc jockey, Disco, Drag queen, Easy listening, Esperanto, Eurotrash (TV series), Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1997, Fairy tale, Frequency modulation, Gay pride, Groupie, HAM (band), Harp, Heavy metal music, House music, Iceland, Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest, Iceland Review, Icelandic folk music, Icelandic name, Idol stjörnuleit, Jóhann Jóhannsson, List of Icelandic writers, Love song, Minn hinsti dans, New York City, Ole Lund Kirkegaard, Opera, Patronymic, Pop Idol, Pop music, Radio personality, Reykjavík, Samtökin '78, Selma Björnsdóttir, Sigurjón Kjartansson, Sjúbídú, ..., Songwriter, Surname, Talent show, Techno, The Hamrahlid Choir, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The X Factor, X Factor (Icelandic TV series). Expand index (8 more) »

All Out of Luck

"All Out of Luck" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English by Selma.

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Allt fyrir ástina

“Allt fyrir ástina” (All in the Name of Love) is an album by Icelandic pop singer and disc jockey Páll Óskar, released on November 7, 2007.

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Anna Mjöll

Anna Mjöll is an Icelandic jazz singer and songwriter.

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As in Heaven

As in Heaven (Svo á jörðu sem á himni) is a 1992 Icelandic drama film directed by Kristín Jóhannesdóttir.

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Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies

The Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (Stofnun Árna Magnússonar í íslenskum fræðum) is an institute of the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Iceland which conducts research in Icelandic and related academic studies, in particular the Icelandic language and Icelandic literature, to disseminate knowledge in those areas, and to protect and develop the collections that it possesses or those placed in its care.

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Ballad

A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music.

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Bass (voice type)

A bass is a type of classical male singing voice and has the lowest vocal range of all voice types.

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Burt Bacharach

Burt Freeman Bacharach (born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer, pianist, and singer who has composed hundreds of popular hit songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with popular lyricist Hal David.

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Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster that began transmission on 2 November 1982.

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Coming out

Coming out of the closet, or simply coming out, is a metaphor for LGBT people's self-disclosure of their sexual orientation or of their gender identity.

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Danish literature

Danish literature, a subset of Scandinavian literature, stretches back to the Middle Ages.

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Diddú

Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir (pronounced) (born 8 August 1955), better known as Diddú (pronounced), is an Icelandic soprano and songwriter.

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Disc jockey

A disc jockey, often abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays existing recorded music for a live audience.

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Disco

Disco is a musical style that emerged in the mid 1960s and early 1970s from America's urban nightlife scene, where it originated in house parties and makeshift discothèques, reaching its peak popularity between the mid-1970s and early 1980s.

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Drag queen

A drag queen is a person who usually dresses in hyper-feminized or gender non-conforming clothing, and often acts with exaggerated femininity and in feminine gender roles for the purpose of entertainment.

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Easy listening

Easy listening (sometimes known as mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to 1970s.

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Esperanto

Esperanto (or; Esperanto) is a constructed international auxiliary language.

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Eurotrash (TV series)

Eurotrash was a 30-minute magazine-format programme in English, presented by Antoine de Caunes and Jean-Paul Gaultier and produced by Rapido Television.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1997

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the 42nd edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Fairy tale

A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is folklore genre that takes the form of a short story that typically features entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments.

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Frequency modulation

In telecommunications and signal processing, frequency modulation (FM) is the encoding of information in a carrier wave by varying the instantaneous frequency of the wave.

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Gay pride

Gay pride or LGBT pride is the positive stance against discrimination and violence toward lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people to promote their self-affirmation, dignity, equality rights, increase their visibility as a social group, build community, and celebrate sexual diversity and gender variance.

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Groupie

The term Groupie is a slang word in reference to a fan of a particular musician, celebrity, or musical group who follows this person or band around while they're on tour or who attends as many of their public appearances as possible, usually in hopes of getting to know them more.

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HAM (band)

HAM is an Icelandic rock band formed in 1988.

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Harp

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers.

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Heavy metal music

Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom.

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House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music created by club DJs and music producers in Chicago in the early 1980s.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 31 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when prevented from competing due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years.

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Iceland Review

Iceland Review is the oldest English-language magazine about Iceland, having originally been published in August, 1963.

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Icelandic folk music

Icelandic folk music includes a number of styles that are together a prominent part of the music of Iceland.

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Icelandic name

Icelandic names differ from most current Western family name systems by being patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) of the child and not the historic family lineage.

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Idol stjörnuleit

Idol stjörnuleit (English: Idol Starsearch) is Iceland's version of the British reality series Pop Idol.

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Jóhann Jóhannsson

Jóhann Gunnar Jóhannsson (19 September 1969 – 9 February 2018) was an Icelandic composer who wrote music for a wide array of media including theatre, dance, television and films.

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List of Icelandic writers

Iceland has a rich literary history, which has carried on into the modern period.

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Love song

A love song is a song about romantic love, falling in love, heartbreak after a breakup, and the feelings that these experiences bring.

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Minn hinsti dans

"Minn hinsti dans" (English translation: "My Final Dance") was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Icelandic by Paul Oscar, a former drag queen (although the song was performed by Paul merely wearing some eyeliner) who raised many eyebrows in Iceland with his artistic creations before.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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Ole Lund Kirkegaard

Ole Lund Kirkegaard (29 July 1940, Aarhus — 24 March 1979) was a Danish writer of children's literature and youth literature and a teacher.

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Opera

Opera (English plural: operas; Italian plural: opere) is a form of theatre in which music has a leading role and the parts are taken by singers.

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Patronymic

A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (i.e., an avonymic), or an even earlier male ancestor.

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Pop Idol

Pop Idol is a British television music competition created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003.

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Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

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Radio personality

A radio personality (American English) or radio presenter (British English), commonly referred to as a "disc jockey" or "DJ" for short, is a person who has an on-air position in radio broadcasting.

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Samtökin '78

Samtökin '78 - The National Queer Organization of Iceland is an NGO dedicated to the interest and rights of lesbian, homosexual, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, transgender and intersex people in Iceland.

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Selma Björnsdóttir

Selma Björnsdóttir, also known as simply Selma, is an Icelandic actress and singer born on 13 June 1974 in Reykjavík, best known internationally for representing her country in the Eurovision Song Contest.

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Sigurjón Kjartansson

Sigurjón Kjartansson (born 20 September 1968) is an Icelandic writer and producer.

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Sjúbídú

Sjúbídú (Shoobe-Doo) was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, performed in Icelandic by Anna Mjöll.

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Songwriter

A songwriter is a professional who is paid to write lyrics for singers and melodies for songs, typically for a popular music genre such as rock or country music.

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Surname

A surname, family name, or last name is the portion of a personal name that indicates a person's family (or tribe or community, depending on the culture).

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Talent show

A talent show is an event where participants perform talents of singing, dancing, lip-syncing, acting, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, or other activities to showcase skills.

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Techno

Techno is a form of electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States during the mid-to-late 1980s.

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The Hamrahlid Choir

The Hamrahlid Choir or Hamrahlíðarkórinn as it is called in Icelandic was founded in 1982 by Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir, who remains its conductor.

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The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 musical science-fiction horror-comedy film by 20th Century Fox produced by Lou Adler and Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman.

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The X Factor

The X Factor is a television music competition franchise created by British producer Simon Cowell and his company SYCOtv.

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X Factor (Icelandic TV series)

X Factor was the Icelandic version of the popular British television show The X Factor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Oscar

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