May 17th is Norway's 4th of July.This year Norwegians are celebrating more than independence as a nation. They're exploding over a Fairytale in 23-year-old Alexander Rybak – Norway's newest "Prince of Pop" who won last night's EuroVision Song Contest held in Moscow.
In the 54-year history of the best-viewed non-sporting contest in the world, no one has scored even close to Rybak's 387 points. Why?
Since winning the opportunity to represent Norway in February, Rybak has given scores of interviews and made appearances – which have been replayed hundreds-of-thousands, if not millions, of times on YouTube – each one reinforcing his charisma, humor, gratitude and humility. And he's done this in three languages: Norwegian, English and Russian – the language of his parents.
When Rybak was five years old, he immigrated with his parents from Minsk, USSR (now Belarus) to Norway. Soon after, Rybak began lessons on the instruments of his pianist mother and violinist father.
Years of musical training and the heartache of young love inspired Rybak to write, compose and perform his winning song that captures both his Norwegian and Russian heritage. Check it out and see if you're not stomping your feet by the end too!
Heia Norge! Gratulerer alle sammen! Spasiba Alexander!
To Norway: host of EuroVision 2010.
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