Eurovision 2016: Spotlight on Greta Salóme (Iceland)

Iceland – This year is seeing a lot of Eurovision comebacks and Iceland are one of these countries sending a veteran to represent them in Stockholm. Greta Salóme, who represented them in 2012 will be singing her song “Hear Them Calling” in the first semi final

Song: “Hear Them Calling”
Music By: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Lyrics By: Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir

About Greta:
Greta Salóme is a 29 year old singer and song writer from Reykjavík, Iceland. As well as singing and song writing, Greta has been playing the Violin since she was 4 years old. She has a Bachelor Degree in Violin Performance and a Masters Degree in Music and found a name for herself after representing Iceland in 2012.
She represented Iceland with fellow Icelandic singer Jonsi in Baku when they sang their song “Never Forget”. The pair succeeded in qualifying for the final and finished 20th place.
Greta released her first album “In The Silence” that year and “Hear Them Calling” has been #1 in the Icelandic charts since it’s selection in February.

Greta won her ticket to Stockholm by beating five other acts in the Final of the Icelandic Selection Söngvakeppnin. Overall in the final she came 2nd place to Alda Dís but was able to defeat her competition on the shows Super Final at the end of the show. She won with 14,696 more votes than the runner up. In the betting, Iceland are currently 21st favourite to win

Lyrics:
(Taken from Eurovision.tv)

Can you hear them calling?
Oh, they’re calling out tonight
Now the skies are burning
Oh, they burn so bright
We shiver as we step into the cold, cold night
Then we’re running, we are running now

I hear them calling me, I hear them whispering
They’re singing: “Now we are coming home”
I hear them calling me, I hear them howling
Singing: “Now we are coming home”
Oh… oh…

See the shadows dancing
Oh, they dance for us tonight
And as I’m tossing and I’m turning
Oh, they come alive
We shiver as we step into the cold, cold night
Then we’re running, we are running now

I hear them calling me, I hear them whispering
They’re singing: “Now we are coming home”
I hear them calling me, I hear them howling
Singing: “Now we are coming home”
Oh… oh…

Can you hear them? I hear them calling me, oh…
Can you hear them? I hear them calling me, oh…

I hear them calling me, I hear them whispering
I hear them calling me, we’re coming home
I hear them calling me, I hear them whispering
I hear them calling me, now we’re coming home
I hear them calling me, I hear them whispering
I hear them calling me, I hear them whispering

They’re singing: “Now we are coming home”
(I hear them calling me, I hear them howling)
Singing: “Now we are coming home”

Greta on Social Media:
Facebook: Greta Salóme
Instagram: @gretasalome

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Belgium	Iceland	Netherlands
Ireland	Greece	Slovenia
Czech Republic	Lithuania	Bulgaria
Latvia	United Kingdom	Norway
Australia	San Marino	Romania
Finland	Denmark	Armenia
Croatia	Switzerland	Israel
Cyprus	Azerbaijan	Hungary
Poland	FYI Macedonia	Russia
Malta	Spain	Belarus
Austria	Montenegro	Sweden
Germany	Moldova	Serbia
Estonia	Italy	Bosnia & Herzigovina
Ukraine	Albania
France	Georgia