Artist - Sigurjón's Friends
Song - Coming Home
Draw - Semi-Final 1, Place 14
Sigurjón's friends are made up of Gunnar Ólafsson, Vignir Snær Vigfússon, Pálmi Sigurhjartarson, Matthías Matthíasson, Hreimur Örn Heimisson and Benedikt Brynleifsson. Sadly at the beginning of 2011, Sigurjón Brink passed away, whilst he was only in his early 30s. He was due to perform a song he composed, "Aftur Heim" at the Icelandic National Selection, but due to his death, it was decided by his family that his friends should perform the song in his place. They made it through to the final, and eventually won, beating the strong favourite of the show, Yohanna. 
At Eurovision, the group will perform the song in english, under the title "Coming Home". The song was written by Thorunn Clausen and Sigurjón Brink, and composed by Sigurjón Brink. Aftur Heim reached number one in the Icelandic charts. My Prediction - The song clearly has a touching story, yet I don't think that will help carry it through to the final........
Gangi þér vel!Later today we shall be looking at the Austrian entry!!
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