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Alexander Rybak is a Belarusian-born Norwegian singer who came to fame in 2005 as a participant on the Norwegian syndication of the Idol franchise, making it all the way to the semi-finals. To date, he has released five studio albums.

He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Fairytale", giving the country its third and making him the youngest solo male winner of the Contest and the only Belarusian-born winner to date. This was also the highest-scoring winning entry in the Contest until 2016 when a new scoring system was introduced.

He returned to represent his country for the second time at the 2018 Contest in Lisbon with the song "That's How You Write a Song", which won the second semi-final but finished in 15th place with 144 points in the final.

He appeared as himself in a sing-a-long scene in the 2020 Will Ferrell film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga and later made an appearance at the Luxembourg national final for the 2024 Contest to perform his winning entry in a medley which also included fellow winners Ruslana, Charlotte Perrelli and Katrina Leskanich.

Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
Lys AssiaCorry BrokkenAndré ClaveauTeddy ScholtenJacqueline BoyerJean-Claude PascalIsabelle AubretGrethe & Jørgen IngmannGigliola CinquettiFrance GallUdo JürgensSandie ShawMassielSaloméLuluLenny KuhrFrida BoccaraDanaSéverineVicky LeandrosAnne-Marie DavidABBATeach-InBrotherhood of ManMarie MyriamIzhar Cohen & AlphabetaMilk & HoneyJohnny LoganBucks FizzNicoleCorinne HermèsHerreysBobbysocks!Sandra KimJohnny LoganCéline DionRivaToto CutugnoCarolaLinda MartinNiamh KavanaghPaul Harrington & Charlie McGettiganSecret GardenEimear QuinnKatrina and the WavesDana InternationalCharlotte NilssonOlsen BrothersTanel Padar & Dave Benton with 2XLMarie NSertab ErenerRuslanaHelena PaparizouLordiMarija ŠerifovićDima BilanAlexander RybakLenaEli & NikkiLoreenEmmelie de ForestConchita WurstMåns ZelmerlöwJamalaSalvador SobralNettaDuncan LaurenceMåneskinKalush OrchestraLoreenNemoJJ
Winning Songs
RefrainNet als toenDors, mon amourEen beetjeTom PillibiNous les amoureuxUn premier amourDanseviseNon ho l'etàPoupée de cire, poupée de sonMerci, chériePuppet on a StringLa, la, laVivo cantandoBoom Bang-a-BangDe troubadourUn jour, un enfantAll Kinds of EverythingUn banc, un arbre, une rueAprès toiTu te reconnaîtrasWaterlooDing-a-DongSave Your Kisses for MeL'oiseau et l'enfantA-Ba-Ni-BiHallelujahWhat's Another YearMaking Your Mind UpEin bißchen FriedenSi la vie est cadeauDiggi-Loo Diggi-LeyLa det swingeJ'aime la vieHold Me NowNe partez pas sans moiRock MeInsieme: 1992Fångad av en stormvindWhy Me?In Your EyesRock 'n' Roll KidsNocturneThe VoiceLove Shine a LightDivaTake Me to Your HeavenFly on the Wings of LoveEverybodyI WannaEvery Way That I CanWild DancesMy Number OneHard Rock HallelujahMolitvaBelieveFairytaleSatelliteRunning ScaredEuphoriaOnly TeardropsRise Like a PhoenixHeroes1944Amar pelos doisToyArcadeZitti e buoniStefaniaTattooThe CodeWasted Love
Contests
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Countries
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Miscellaneous
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Eurovision Song Contest 2009
Songs
Final
"Fairytale" • "Is It True?" • "Always" • "Düm Tek Tek" • "It's My Time" • "Rändajad" • "This Is Our Night" • "Et s'il fallait le faire" • "Bista voda" • "Jan Jan" • "Mamo" • "Be My Valentine! (Anti-Crisis Girl)" • "Believe Again" • "Hora din Moldova" • "Todas as ruas do amor" • "There Must Be Another Way" • "Carry Me in Your Dreams" • "Lijepa Tena" • "The Balkan Girls" • "Miss Kiss Kiss Bang" • "La voix" • "What If We" • "Love" • "La noche es para mí" • "Lose Control"
Semi Final 1
"Nešto što kje ostane" • "Just Get Out of My Life" • "Eyes That Never Lie" • "The Highest Heights" • "La teva decisió (Get a Life)" • "Illusion" • "Copycat" • "Aven Romale"
Semi Final 2
"Cipeta" • "Et Cetera" • "I Don't Wanna Leave" • "Firefly" • "Dance with Me" • "Love Symphony" • "Shine" • "Leť tmou" • "Probka"
Participants
Final
Alexander RybakYohannaAySel & ArashHadiseJade EwenUrban SymphonySakis RouvasPatricia KaasReginaInga & AnushAnastasiya PrikhodkoSvetlana LobodaNiels BrinckNelly CiobanuFlor-de-LisNoa & Mira AwadKejsi TolaIgor Cukrov feat. AndreaElenaAlex Swings Oscar Sings!Malena ErnmanChiaraSasha SonSoraya ArnelasWaldo's People
Semi Final 1
Next TimeAndrea DemirovićPetr ElfimovLovebugsSusanne GeorgiKrassimir AvramovCopycatGipsy.cz
Semi Final 2
Marko Kon & MilaanSinéad Mulvey & Black DaisyLidia KopaniaChristina MetaxaZoli ÁdokQuartissimo feat. MartinaThe ToppersKamil Mikulčík & Nela PociskováIntars Busulis
Eurovision Song Contest 2018
Songs
Final
"Toy" • "Fuego" • "Nobody but You" • "You Let Me Walk Alone" • "Non mi avete fatto niente" • "Lie to Me" • "Dance You Off" • "La forza" • "Higher Ground" • "My Lucky Day" • "Mall" • "When We're Old" • "Mercy" • "Bones" • "That's How You Write a Song" • "Together" • "Under the Ladder" • "Outlaw in 'Em" • "Nova deca" • "We Got Love" • "Viszlát nyár" • "Hvala, ne!" • "Tu canción" • "Storm" • "Monsters" • "O jardim"
Semi Final 1
"X My Heart" • "A Matter of Time" • "Stones" • "Óneiró mou" • "Qami" • "Forever" • "Crazy" • "Lost and Found" • "Our Choice"
Semi Final 2
"Goodbye" • "Funny Girl" • "Taboo" • "Light Me Up" • "I Won't Break" • "Inje" • "Who We Are" • "Sheni gulistvis"
Participants
Final
Netta BarzilaiEleni FoureiraCesár SampsonMichael SchulteErmal Meta & Fabrizio MoroMikolas JosefBenjamin IngrossoElina NechayevaRasmussenDoReDoSEugent BushpepaIeva ZasimauskaitėMadame MonsieurEquinoxAlexander RybakRyan O'ShaughnessyMÉLOVINWaylonSanja Ilić & BalkanikaJessica MauboyAWSLea SirkAmaia & AlfredSuRieSaara AaltoCláudia Pascoal
Semi Final 1
AiselSennekZiBBZYianna TerziSevak KhanagyanALEKSEEVFranka BatelićEye CueAri Ólafsson
Semi Final 2
The HumansLaura RizzottoChristabelleGromee feat. Lukas MeijerJulia SamoylovaVanja RadovanovićJessika feat. Jenifer BreningEthno Jazz Band Iriao