Björgvin Halldórsson

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Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (born on April 16, 1951) is a famous Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður. Björgvin came to his fame singing with bands such as Bendix, Ævintýri, Flowers and Brimkló. He is respected for his professionalism, consistently giving an inspired performance.

Björgvin represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1995 with the song Núna, coming in 15th place with 31 points.

Björgvin has worked as an announcer for the television broadcasting company Stöð 2 since the early days of the company. He has been dubbed "Hin gullna rödd Stöðvar 2" (The golden voice of Stöð 2). His announcements are audio only and commonly of the following form: "Farið ekki langt því næst á dagskrá er…" (Don't go far because coming up is…).

Björgvin is also famous for his arrogant comments and replies, some of which are classics of the modern Icelandic oral tradition. One of these is the following reply which Björgvin allegedly gave when he was charged for a taxi ride (in some tellings a pizza delivery): "Myndirðu rukka Elvis?" (Would you charge Elvis?).

Another comment Björgvin allegedly said, quoted from a former roadie, when he was asked to hurry up on stage because the crowd was waiting for him: "Það er ekki gó fyrr en Bó segir gó" (It's not go 'till Bo says go).

He also has a reputation for making sarcastic remarks about other people, especially other musicians. For example, he allegedly called Eiríkur Hauksson "the best red-haired heavy metal vocalist in Iceland today" some time in the 1980's. (A sincere compliment on Eiríkur's performance would not have required such a narrow classification.)