User:Eric82oslo

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The basics
Eric82oslo is the Wikipedestrian whose real name is Bjørn Erik Opheim. Grown up and still living in Oslo, the capital and largest city of Norway. Born on December 27th, 1982, I'm now 23 years old, of which I lived for a year in the city of Quillota, Chile, South America, thus speaking Spanish fluently. I travelled with the great multi-national organization AFS, serving today student exchanges in 75 countries world-wide. :) As I've been a major Eurovision fan since Carola won the contest for Sweden with the catchy song, brilliant dancing choreography and outstanding vocal performance of Fångad av en stormvind in 1991, most of my contributions so far on Wikipedia have been related to the Eurovision Song Contest; either concerning national finals (NFs), ESC and NF artists, or other Eurovision related stuff, like songs, composers and commentators. Thus, as you can see, I'm more than delighted that Carola is back in the contest this year, 15 years after her victory, with the really happy tune that is Invincible. I actually have a feeling she will win again, though I admit the competition is tough and strong - I think her strongest competitor will be the Finnish hard-rock band Lordi! :)

As can be seen throughout my user page, I'm also very interested in politics. Until the Chinese super power is fully surged in a few years, there are still mainly two super powers in the world for the time being; the United States and the European Union. I've already begun showing somewhat interest in the US presidential election of 2008, where it right now might seem very likely to be two women running against each other; Hillary Clinton for the Democrats - which already seems almost certain, and the current Afro-American Foreign Minister (or Secretary of State as it is called in the USA), Condoleezza Rice for the Republican Party, though facing tough competition against especially former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and popular politician John McCain. Though, if these predictions will come through, we might get both the first female and the first Afro-American president in the world's mightiest country - that would at least for me be something to celebrate! :) Although I would support the Democratic candidate in any case of course, I can't see Condoleeza mis-ruling the country and the rest of the world in the way George W. Bush has done!

Contributions
Among my major contributions so far, you will be able to find...

Eurovision Song Contest

Artists Composers Commentators Norwegian selections - MGP Swedish selections - Melodifestivalen Belgian selections
 * André
 * Christine Guldbrandsen
 * Dima Bilan
 * Geir Rönning
 * Fionnuala Sherry
 * Jahn Teigen
 * Jan Werner Danielsen
 * Nanne
 * Nora Brockstedt
 * Silje Vige
 * Thomas G:son
 * Gerard James Borg
 * Jostein Pedersen
 * Melodi Grand Prix
 * Trine Rein
 * Birgitte Einarsen
 * Good Evening, Europe!
 * Jorun Erdal
 * Melodi Grand Prix 2006
 * Queentastic
 * Melodi Grand Prix 2007
 * Jessica Folcker
 * LaGaylia Frazier
 * Rickard Engfors
 * Shirley Clamp
 * Eurosong '06

Other music

Music charts (of the 27 European Union nations)
 * List of European number-one hits of 2005
 * List of European number-one hits of 2006
 * List of European number-one hits of 2007

Statistics - urbanization & immigration

Scandinavian cities' population figures
 * List of cities in Scandinavia by population
 * 50 most populous cities of Scandinavia
 * List of cities in Norway by population
 * 30 most populous cities of Norway
 * List of cities in Sweden by population
 * 30 most populous cities of Sweden
 * List of cities in Denmark by population
 * 30 most populous cities of Denmark

World-wide immigration
 * List of countries by immigrant population

Recommended links
Multi-national, non-profit, student exchange organizations
 * AFS
 * Youth for Understanding
 * YFU Norway
 * Rotary Youth Exchange
 * Alliance of Norwegian Students Abroad

Eurovision Song Contest
 * Eurovision Song Contest
 * Eurovision Song Contest 2006 & Eurovision Song Contest 2007
 * Melodifestivalen
 * Melodifestivalen 2006 & Melodifestivalen 2007
 * Carola
 * The Ark
 * Verka Serduchka
 * Dancing Lasha Tumbai
 * Dmitry Koldun
 * Magdi Rúzsa
 * Sopho
 * Roger Cicero
 * Marija Šestić
 * Hanna Pakarinen
 * Karolina Gočeva
 * Mojot svet
 * Lordi
 * Hard Rock Hallelujah
 * Christine Guldbrandsen
 * Hari Varešanović
 * Kate Ryan
 * Silvia Night
 * Selma
 * Omar Naber
 * Shiri Maymon
 * Deen
 * Ruslana
 * Wild Dances
 * Željko Joksimović
 * Lisa Andreas
 * Beth
 * Anjeza Shahini
 * Lena Philipsson
 * Sertab Erener
 * Every Way That I Can
 * t.A.T.u.
 * Birgitta Haukdal
 * Natasha St-Pier
 * Brainstorm
 * Secret Garden
 * Edyta Górniak
 * Nína
 * Baccara
 * ABBA
 * Andreas Johnson
 * After Dark
 * Varvara
 * External links


 * Lordi's music video Hard Rock Hallelujah
 * Lordi's winning performance at the Eurovision 2006 final
 * Dima Bilan singing parts of his Eurovision 2006 entry Never Let You Go acapella
 * Dima Bilan's runner up performance for Russia at the Eurovision 2006 final
 * Hari Varešanović giving Bosnia Herzegovina it's best results ever, coming third with the beautiful Željko Joksimović ballad Lejla at the Eurovision 2006 final
 * Carola's winning performance of Invincible in Melodifestivalen 2006
 * Carola's 1991 winning performance of Fångad av en stormvind
 * Christine Guldbrandsen's winning performance of Alvedansen in Melodi Grand Prix 2006
 * Anjeza Shahini's first performance of an Albanian entry ever in the contest, The Image of You, in 2004
 * Deen's priceless performance of the Bosnian entry In The Disco in Eurovision 2004
 * Ruslana's winning performance of Wild Dances in Eurovision 2004
 * Probably the most amazing music video I've ever seen, the one of Ruslana's Wild Dances
 * Birgitta Haukdal's super-cute and stylish performance of the Icelandic entry Open Your Heart in Eurovision 2003
 * Sertab Erener's epoque-changing performance of Every Way That I Can in Eurovision 2003
 * The mind-blowing video of Sertab Erener's 2003 winning entry Every Way That I Can
 * Natasha St-Pier's powerful performance of the beautiful French ballad Je n'ai que mon âme in Eurovision 2001
 * Anabel Conde's brilliant performance of Spain's Vuelve conmigo in Eurovision 1995
 * Anna Sahlene's ground-breaking performance of This Woman in Melodifestivalen 2006
 * Gudrun Árny Karlsdóttir's stunningly beautiful song Andvaka in the Icelandic Eurovision selections of 2006
 * Shirley Clamp performing one of the best MF songs ever, Att älska dig, in Melodifestivalen 2005
 * After Dark performing their Dolce vita in Melodifestivalen 2004, which in my opinion should've won

Idols - music
 * Ace of Base
 * Aerosmith
 * Alejandro Sanz
 * Alicia Keys
 * Bertine Zetlitz
 * Beyoncé
 * Björk
 * Blümchen
 * Carrie Underwood
 * Chemical Brothers
 * Christina Aguilera
 * Coldplay
 * Darren Hayes / Savage Garden
 * Delta Goodrem
 * DJ Sammy
 * Elton John
 * Enigma
 * Enrique Iglesias
 * Enya
 * Eric Clapton
 * Erlend Bratland
 * Espen Lind
 * Eurythmics
 * Faith Hill
 * Garbage
 * Guns N' Roses
 * Gåte
 * Jason Mraz
 * Josh Groban
 * Juan Luis Guerra
 * Katie Melua
 * Kelly Clarkson
 * Kent
 * Kings of Convenience
 * Kurt Nilsen
 * Kylie Minogue
 * La Oreja de van Gogh
 * Lara Fabian
 * Laura Pausini
 * Lene Marlin
 * Madonna
 * Madrugada
 * Maná
 * Manic Street Preachers
 * Maria Mena
 * Mariah Carey
 * Massive Attack
 * Mew
 * Mika
 * Miri Mesika
 * Nathalie Nordnes
 * Norah Jones
 * Pet Shop Boys
 * Queen
 * Radiohead
 * Richard Marx
 * Rihanna
 * Robert Miles
 * Roxette
 * Röyksopp
 * Santana
 * Sanjaya Malakar
 * Savage Garden
 * Sigur Rós
 * Silje Nergaard
 * Shakira
 * Smashing Pumpkins
 * Sondre Lerche
 * Sting
 * Swan Lee
 * The Bangles
 * The Cardigans
 * The Corrs
 * The Darkness
 * Westlife
 * Whitney Houston

Idols - movies
 * Adrien Brody
 * Audrey Tautou
 * Baz Luhrmann
 * Charlie Chaplin
 * Denzel Washington
 * Djimon Hounsou
 * Don Cheadle
 * Gregg Araki
 * Halle Berry
 * Helen Hunt
 * Jack Nicholsen
 * Jeffrey Licon
 * Jim Carrey
 * Joseph Gordon-Levitt
 * Leonardo DiCaprio
 * Mia Farrow
 * Morgan Freeman
 * Nicole Kidman
 * Pedro Almodóvar
 * Roman Polanski
 * Stanley Kubrick
 * Tom Cruise

Ideological heroes
 * Mohandas K. the Mahatma Gandhi (anti-violent pacifist)
 * Paul David Hewson a.k.a. Bono (poverty fighter & activist for Africa)

Other idols
 * Antoni Gaudi (architect)

Politics
 * Opinion polling for the 2008 United States presidential election
 * United States presidential election, 2008
 * Unity08
 * ONE Campaign
 * Bono
 * Democratic Presidential Debates, 2008
 * Hillary Clinton
 * Barack Obama
 * Oprah Winfrey
 * Oprah endorses Barack on Larry King Live (YouTube)
 * John Edwards
 * Al Gore
 * An Inconvenient Truth
 * Live Earth
 * The Assault on Reason
 * Bill Richardson