Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson |
| Also known as | Eythor Ingi |
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29 May 1989 Iceland |
| Genres | Pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Associated acts | Todmobile |
Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson (born 29 May 1989 in Dalvík), transliterated/also known as Eythor Ingi, is an Icelandic singer who represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden with the song "Ég á líf" after winning Söngvakeppnin 2013.
At age 15, he played in the Icelandic version of the musical "Oliver!", and in 2008 won the TV talent show "Bandið hans Bubba". after previously having won a song contest for high school students 2007, in which he sang the Deep Purple song "Perfect Strangers". His musical influences are Jeff Buckley, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and David Bowie.
He is the founder of the band Eldberg. In 2010, joined reactivated band Todmobile with which released the album "7". In 2011, he was nominated for Gríman theatrical Awards for his role as Riff Raff in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and a year later appeared in "Les Misérables". In 2013, he was elected to represent Iceland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with the song "Ég á Líf". In 2013, along with a band Atómskáldin released album "Eyþór Ingi og Atómskáldin".
In 2011, he has also become the new lead singer of the Icelandic progressive rock supergroup Todmobile. The band had been formed as a trio in the early 1990s around Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, a renowned vocalist, guitarist, and record producer in Iceland and throughout the years had seen many changes in line-up and revivals and comebacks. Eyþór Ingi took over singing duties from rocker Eyþór Arnalds.
In 2014, he became part of the voice cast for the Icelandic dub for the DreamWorks film How to Train Your Dragon 2.
In July 2013, Eyþór Ingi married his longtime girlfriend Soffía Ósk Guðmundsdóttir. They have a daughter named Elva Marín together, in addition to Soffía's two daughters from a previous relationship. The couple met in 2008.
His parents are Gunnlaugur Antonsson, a fisherman, and Guðbjörg Stefánsdóttir, a housewife and student. He has two younger sisters, Ellen Ýr and Elísa Rún. He lists his grandfathers Anton Gunnlaugsson and Stefán Friðgeirsson, who were also musicians, as musical influences. His first idol was Elvis Presley, and he recalls imitating him in bad English as a child. He is a fan of Deep Purple
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