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4	'''Alexander Igoryevich Rybak''' (or ''Alyaksandr Iharavich Rybak'', born 13 May 1986 in Minsk, Belarus) is a Belarusian-Norwegian violinist, pianist, composer, writer and actor.
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6	Rybak is best known for his participation in the Series/EurovisionSongContest, winning the 2009 edition with "Fairytale". His final score of 387 points was record-breaking at the time, and it remained unbeaten until a new voting system (which allowed for higher overall scores) was implemented in 2016.
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8	Nearly a decade after his victory, Rybak was once again selected to represent Norway at Eurovision, returning to the competition with "That's How You Write A Song" in 2018.
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10	In addition to his music career, Rybak is also an actor, most notably providing the Norwegian and Russian dubs of Hiccup in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' and [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2 its sequel]].
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12	Rybak has written a childrens' book, [[{{Literature/Trolle}} Trolle og den Magiske Fela]] (Trolle and the magic violin) which was recently adapted for the stage.
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14	He also appeared on ''Let's Dance'' (the Swedish version of ''Series/DancingWithTheStars''), as well as the third season of ''Odin v Odin'' (the Russian version of ''Your Face Sounds Familiar''), in which he placed second.
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16	!! Bibliography:
17	* [[{{Literature/Trolle}} Trolle og den Magiske Fela]] (2015)
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19	!! Discography:
20	* ''Fairytales'' (2009)
21	* ''No Boundaries'' (2010)
22	* ''Visa vid vindens ängar'' [[note]](English: ''Show at the meadows of the wind'')[[/note]] (2011)
23	* ''[[ChristmasSongs Christmas-tales]]'' (2012)
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25	!! Filmography:
26	* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' (Norwegian and Russian voice of Hiccup)
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28	!! Alexander Rybak provides examples of:
29	* AmbiguouslyBi: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0zfvbdu0h4 When talking about his cameo]] in ''Film/EurovisionSongContestTheStoryOfFireSaga'', Alex joked that his goal in the movie was to flirt with Creator/WillFerrell.
30	* MultipleLanguagesSameVoiceActor: He voiced Hiccup in both the Norwegian and Russian dubs of the ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series.
31	* MrFanservice: Very much.
32	* GenreBusting: Website/TheOtherWiki describes his music as pop, classical and folk, among others.
33	* OlderThanTheyLook: He was born in 1986.
34	* {{Omniglot}} - He speaks and sings in Norwegian, English, French and Russian, and is also competent in Swedish.
35	* TranslatedCoverVersion - Several of his singles have Russian versions. He also covered "Fairytale" [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench in French]].
36	* {{Yandere}}: "Leave Me Alone" is the perspective of a victim of an insane StalkerWithACrush. This is actually based off a real event that happened to Alexander. He was stalked by an Israeli girl who called and texted him several times a day. He ended up taking serious measures to get away from her because she was causing him to suffer so much.

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