The Latest News At The Düsseldorf Collection

Iceland - Sjonni Boys, download remix, new updates, album info, Fish day live version

Croatia - Celebrate 10 versions, updated. Early demo available
Denmark - 2012 EP release, Unite album and more updates, live album
Norway - Stella promo cds update, Afrikaans cover version
United Kingdom - 2013: Blue take a gamble, Roulette out now, European hit!, Afrikaans coverversion
Germany - Good News Platinum Edition, TBAS Cookieplanet cover
Many posts have been updated with additions and corrections (Januari 30, 2013). Massive thanks to Lior.
Hungary - Kati Wolf 2012 French version and remixes, Schlager cover version
Italy - Special edition remix, Blue Note re-issue CD 2012.
Albania - Feel The Passion, new version 2012
Ireland - 2012: Jedward don green capes for the kids on new Lipstick.
Azerbaijan - 2012 Estonian coverversion Kardan, Et Järsku Kaod
Sweden - Paparizou's Popular coverversion
Slovenia - Indigo, new Vanilija remix, CD info

Turkey- Turkish version, new album.

Moldova - New ZdZ album: Listen to Basta Mafia!

France - New Édition Collector for Amaury

Macedonia - Скопје CD info.

Spain - English demo update, Galician version

Bosnia - Herzegovina - Greatest Bits

Lithuania - Sašenko, Piaf and Piazzolla

The Netherlands - 3JS Never Alone, updates.

Israel - Ding Dong versions updated

Russia - Alexey Vorobyov, Alex Sparrow updated

Belgium - Witloof in Argentina & Estonia Baby!

San Marino - Stand By versions updates

Georgia - Ǝldrine in top 10, updated
Greece - Continues top 10 streak, updates

Austria - Finalist Nadine releases new album

Ukraine - Mika Newton and the sandlady, updated

Switzerland - Anna in the charts, finally!
Finland - Album success, Acoustic version

Official DVD and Blu-Ray out now
Estonia - Album out now.

Slovakiia - cds out now but no remix, charity version.

Romania - Change - HotelFM to the Final!

Let's Get Physical: Who's in the shops?

Recommended: Handbook for Düsseldorf

Cyprus - Christos Mylordos, promo updates

Belarus - Мая Беларусь, updates

Bulgaria - Poli Genova updates.

Latvia - Musiqq cdsingle out now, remix.

Serbia - Magical English version, To the final!

Poland - English version, promo updates

Malta - release details for One Life

Armenia - Emmy Boom Boom, new version

Portugal - Fighting talk, Download song.

Your Guide To The Düsseldorf Collection

Welcome to the the Düsseldorf Collection, the page for all release information on the songs of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.

Check back regularly for daily updates on the records and recordings of this years entrants.

If you have any news or Eurovision 2011 site drop me an e-mail here. Or feel free to leave a comment.

The latest news in each section is marked update.

Special thanks to all fans, artists, broadcasters and recordcompanies who provided information and material.

Charts:

First indications of download charts saw some success for the winners Eldar and Nigar, Swedens Eric Saade, our London Friend from Denmark and Lena from Germany. Hungarian Kati Wolf pops up in various charts too. But the entries with most hit power turned out be Lipstick by Irelands Hyper Jumpers Jedward and Blue's I Can.

Still, 2011 proved to be not a very good year for the charts. Many hits have disappeared from the charts after just one or two weeks.

The Swedish charts are also an indication: last year 12 Eurovision songs entered the week after the contest, this year it was only one (Jedward).

Raphael Gualazzi does well too and various charts also have picked up his album Reality And Fantasy. And if you check Jazz charts Gualazzi is all over them.

The official album with all the entries is also selling, scoring several #1 positions and even doing very well in Australia.

20 Iceland - Coming home - Sjonni's Friends

20 - 61 pts / 4 - 100 pts in semi 1
Aftur Heim (Back Home), the song written by Sigurjon (Sjonni) Brink and his wife Þórunn Erna Clausen, won the Icelandic national final.

Composer and singer Sjonni Brink died on january 17 at the age of 36, two weeks before he was to perform Aftur Heim in the semi-final.

The song was performed by his friends in the semi and got a wildcard to the final.

Sigurjóns friends are Hreimur Örn Heimisson, Matthías Matthíasson (Matti Matt), Gunnar Ólason*, Vignir Snær Vigfússon**, Benedikt Brynleifsson *** and Pálmi Sigurhjartarson.
* Member of Two Tricky who represented Iceland with Angel in 2001.
** Co-composer of the 2005 Icelandic entry If I Had Your Love (Selma) and guitarist with Brigitta (Open your Heart) in 2003.
*** Member of Eiríkur Hauksons band: Valentine Lost in Eurovision 2007.

Listen to and/or watch Aftur Heim here at RÚV's Eurovision pages.

For Eurovision the song is performed in English as Coming Home.
A new website is now launched for the Icelandic 2011 entry. You can find backgrounds, video's and biographies here: http://www.sjonnibrink.is/

A collection of 13 songs including the Eurovision entry and its original Icelandic version is now available from itunes and other digital sources. It also has the instrumental version of Coming Home.
The same collection is issued as a limited edition CD.

Coming Home Website
Sjonni's Friends have recorded a coverversion of What's Another Year, Johnny Logans first winner (Ireland 1980). At the Coming Home website you can download the song and watch the videoclip.
And the Friends keep on being generous, now you can download a remix of Coming Home for free at their website.

The first promo cdsingle includes the English version by Sjonni's Friends, the Icelandic version by Sjonni Brink and 2010 preselection song Waterslide (see below).
A second promo cdsingle is a 1 track promo only including the Eurovovision track (pic right).
Coming Home is also released digitally at Tónlist.
The Dance mix was also issued as a 1-track promo (Hands Up music)

In 2020 a concert by various artists featured Aftur Heim by Matti Matt, one of Sjonni's friends. The concert was released as a digital album in 2020.

remix promo

versions:
Coming Home - Eurovision version in English
on all promos, Düsseldorf CD and SFs album
Aftur Heim - Original Icelandic by Sjonni Brink
on 3-track promo and SFs album
Coming Home For Clubs - Remix
on website and digital release
Coming Home - Instrumental
on SFs album only (CD and digital)
Coming Home - Karaoke
Digital release through official website only

Aftur Heim (live) - Matti Matt (one of the friends)

- digital VA album Fiskidagstónleikarnir 2014 (released in 2020)
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Sjonni's Friends have not recorded their Icelandic version which was only performed at the preselection in Iceland.

The album

Coming Home - The Album
An album was released in April 2011 with tracks by Sjonni Brink and Sjonni's Friends.
It includes the Eurovision version, Sjonni's Icelandic version and instrumental of Coming Home.

01 Coming Home - Sjonni’s Friends

02 Aftur heim - Sjonni Brink

03 Waterslide - Sjonni Brink and Friends

04 Reality - Sjonni Brink and Rokk

05 Love Is You - Sjonni Brink and Rokk

06 Coming Home (Instrumental version) - Sjonni’s Friends

07 Go Your Own Way - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors

08 I Lose My Head - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors

09 Empty - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors

10 Calm - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors

11 Here - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors

12 Free - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors

13 Sun - Sjonni Brink and the Flavors
You can still buy the CD at BeaRecords, they also still stock the 1-track promo (June 2016)

Special thanks to Felix Bergsson at RÚV.
Sjonni's Friends at BeaRecords

Sjonnie Brink already participated in the Icelandic final of 2005 (Hjartaþrá) 2007 (Áfram) and 2010 (Waterslide).
Another song, You Knocked Upon My Door was in the semi final of 2010.

RÚV's Eurovision pages are opened for 2011 with the songs from all semi finals.

You can listen to the 15 songs here.

Söngvakeppni album
The CD album Söngvakeppni Sjonvarpsins 2011 with all 15 songs is now available in the Icelandic shops, at BeaRecords and digital through Tónlist.

It features the original version of Aftur Heim as recorded by Sigürjon Brink.

also see Iceland in 2010 (Hera Björk) and 2009 (Yohanna)