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Paul Oscar

Name:Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson
Born:16-3-1970
Nationality:Icelandic
   
National Finals:
ESC Entries:Minn hinsti dans (1997)
   
Website:facebook.com/palloskarhjalmtysson

Biography

Paul Oscar is an Icelandic singer, songwriter and disc jockey. Paul Oscar’s musical range spans traditional Icelandic songs, ballads, love songs, disco, house and techno. He released his first album, Stuð (Groove), in 1993 while in New York City, and also sang with Icelandic groups Milljónamæringarnir and Casino while establishing a career as a solo artist. His album “Palli”, was the best-selling Icelandic album of 1995. Paul Oscar came to international attention when he performed “Minn hinsti dans” (“My Final Dance”), Iceland’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1997. He released a total of 9 albums. In Reykjavík, Paul Oscar performs regularly as a disc jockey in clubs and appears on radio and TV shows.

Entries

Country:Iceland
Year:1997
Language:Icelandic
   
Artist:Paul Oscar
Song:Minn hinsti dans
Lyrics:Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson
Composer(s):Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson
Trausti Haraldsson
Conductor:Szymon Kuran
   
Backings:
Dancers:Helena Jónsdóttir
Ingibjörg Agnes Jónsdóttir
Guðrún Kaldal
Hlíf Þorgeirsdóttir
Results 
Points:18
Position:20
Running order:25