Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Greta Salóme.

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Stefánsdóttir in 2016
Background information
Also known as	Greta Salóme
Born	(1986-11-11) 11 November 1986 Mosfellsbær, Iceland
Genres	Pop soul folk indie pop
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter violinist
Instruments	Vocals violin
Labels	Hands Up Music
Associated acts	Jónsi

Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (born 11 November 1986), known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Icelandic Symphony Orchestra. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a duet with singer Jónsi with the song "Never Forget".^[1] They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points. She will represent Iceland again, this time as a soloist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Hear Them Calling".^[2]

Career

Greta released her first album, titled In the Silence, on 16 November 2012. The album contains her Eurovision song "Never Forget", in both the English and the Icelandic version ("Mundu Eftir Mér"). In August 2012 she released Everything Around Me. It was announced that Greta was among the list of participants in Iceland's selection for Eurovision 2016 with the song "Raddirnar".^[3] She qualified from the first semi-final to participate in the final of the selection process. Her song was changed to English for the final, under the title "Hear Them Calling"; she won the national final.

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Details
In The Silence	Released: 16 November 2012 Label: Hands Up Music Format: Digital download, CD

Singles

Year	Title	Peak chart positions		Album
Year	Title	ICE	BEL (Vl) ^[4]	Album
2012	"Never Forget" (with Jónsi)	2	80 ^[A]	In The Silence
2015	"Fleyið"	—	—	Non-album singles
2016	"Hear Them Calling"	1	—	Non-album singles
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.

References

Notes

A ^ "Never Forget" did not appear on the official Belgian Ultratop 50 chart, but rather on Ultratip chart, which combines "Airplay and Sales".

Sources

↑ Webb, Glen (11 February 2012). "Victory for Gréta Salóme & Jónsi in Iceland". eurovision.tv. EBU.
↑ Escudero, Victor M. (20 February 2016). "Greta Salome to represent Iceland again!". eurovision.tv. EBU.
↑ Weaver, Jessica (11 December 2015). "Iceland: Söngvakeppnin 2016 acts unveiled". esctoday.com. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

External links

Gréta's Facebook page

Preceded by Sigurjón's Friends with "Coming Home"	Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest (with Jónsi) 2012	Succeeded by Eythor Ingi with "Ég á líf"
Preceded by María Ólafsdóttir with "Unbroken"	Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Participation

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 ~~1998~~ 1999 2000 2001 ~~2002~~ 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Artists

1980s	ICY Halla Margrét Beathoven Daníel Ágúst

1990s	Stjórnin Stefán & Eyfi Heart 2 Heart Inga Sigga Bo Halldórsson Anna Mjöll Paul Oscar ~~1998~~ Selma

2000s	August & Telma Two Tricky ~~2002~~ Birgitta Jónsi Selma Silvia Night Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Yohanna

2010s	Hera Björk Sigurjón's Friends Gréta Salóme & Jónsi Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Pollapönk María Ólafsdóttir Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

Songs

1980s	"Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Það sem enginn sér"

1990s	"Eitt lag enn" "Draumur um Nínu" "Nei eða já" "Þá veistu svarið" "Nætur" "Núna" "Sjúbídú" "Minn hinsti dans" ~~1998~~ "All Out of Luck"

2000s	"Tell Me!" "Angel" ~~2002~~ "Open Your Heart" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Congratulations" "Valentine Lost" "This Is My Life" "Is It True?"

2010s	"Je ne sais quoi" "Coming Home" "Never Forget" "Ég á líf" "No Prejudice" "Unbroken" "Hear Them Calling"

(Note : Entries scored out are when Iceland did not compete)

Eurovision Song Contest 2012

Countries

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Austria Belgium Finland Israel Latvia Montenegro San Marino Switzerland

Semi-final 2	Belarus Bulgaria Croatia Georgia Netherlands Portugal Slovakia Slovenia

Withdrawn

Armenia

Artists

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	Anmary Iris Izabo Pernilla Karlsson Rambo Amadeus Sinplus Trackshittaz Valentina Monetta

Semi-final 2	Anri Jokhadze Eva Boto Filipa Sousa Joan Franka Litesound Max Jason Mai Nina Badrić Sofi Marinova

Withdrawn

Alyona Lanskaya (Belarus)

Songs

Final
(by final results)

Semi-final only
(in alphabetical order)

Semi-final 1	"Beautiful Song" "Euro Neuro" "När jag blundar" "The Social Network Song" "Time" "Unbreakable" "Woki mit deim Popo" "Would You?"

Semi-final 2	"Don't Close Your Eyes" "I'm a Joker" "Love Unlimited" "Nebo" "Verjamem" "Vida minha" "We Are the Heroes" "You and Me"

Withdrawn

"All My Life" (Belarus)
"Per sempre" (Italy)

(Note : "Withdrawn" refers to entries that withdrew after applying to enter)

Eurovision Song Contest 2016

Countries

Finalists	France Germany Italy Spain Sweden United Kingdom

Semi-final 1	Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Estonia Finland Greece Hungary Iceland Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Russia San Marino

Semi-final 2	Albania Australia Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Denmark Georgia Ireland Israel Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Norway Poland Serbia Slovenia Switzerland Ukraine

Withdrawn	Romania

Artists

Finalists	Amir Barei Francesca Michielin Frans Jamie-Lee Kriewitz Joe and Jake

Semi-final 1	Argo Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner & Jala Douwe Bob Freddie Gabriela Gunčíková Greta Salóme Highway Ira Losco Iveta Mukuchyan Jüri Pootsmann Lidia Isac Minus One Nina Kraljić Samra Sandhja Sergey Lazarev Serhat Zoë

Semi-final 2	Agnete Dami Im Donny Montell Eneda Tarifa Hovi Star Ivan Jamala Justs Kaliopi Laura Tesoro Lighthouse X ManuElla Michał Szpak Nicky Byrne Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz Poli Genova Rykka Sanja Vučić ZAA

Withdrawn	Xavier Naidoo Ovidiu Anton

Songs

Finalists	"Ghost" "If I Were Sorry" "J'ai cherché" "No Degree of Separation" "Say Yay!" "You're Not Alone"

Semi-final 1	"Alter Ego" "Falling Stars" "Hear Them Calling" "I Didn't Know" "I Stand" "Lighthouse" "Ljubav je" "Loin d'ici" "LoveWave" "Miracle" "Pioneer" "Play" "Sing It Away" "Slow Down" "The Real Thing" "Utopian Land" "Walk on Water" "You Are the Only One"

Semi-final 2	"1944" "Blue and Red" "Color of Your Life" "Dona" "Fairytale" "Goodbye (Shelter)" "Heartbeat" "Help You Fly" "Icebreaker" "I've Been Waiting for This Night" "If Love Was a Crime" "Made of Stars" "Midnight Gold" "Soldiers of Love" "Sound of Silence" "Sunlight" "The Last of Our Kind" "What's the Pressure"

Withdrawn	"Chameleon" "Moment of Silence"

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