Erik Solbakken

Erik Solbakken (born 17 November 1984[1] in Hemsedal, Norway) is a Norwegian television presenter. Solbakken hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 together with Haddy Jatou N'jie and Nadia Hasnaoui.

Erik Solbakken
Solbakken in May 2014
Born	(1984-11-17) 17 November 1984 Hemsedal, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Television presenter
Years active	2005–present

Career

Solbakken trained as a journalist at Volda University College and has worked for the state-owned Norwegian broadcaster NRK, hosting multiple children's shows including Barne-tv, Julemorgen, Krem Nasjonal, and Superkviss, as well as Barnetimen for de minste on NRK P2.[1]

In 2011, Solbakken hosted the prestigious sports award show Idrettsgallaen with Haddy N'jie from Hamar Olympic Amphitheatre which was broadcast live on NRK.

In 2011, he hosted the Eurovision Young Dancers competition in Oslo.[2] Alongside Jenny Skavlan, Solbakken hosted Melodi Grand Prix, the Norwegian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, in 2013 and 2014.[3][4]

See also

• List of Eurovision Song Contest presenters

References

1. Bakker, Sietse (10 March 2010). "Nadia, Haddy and Erik to host 2010 Eurovision Song Contest". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
2. Siim, Jarmo (20 June 2011). "Erik Solbakken to host Eurovision Young Dancers". European Broadcasting Union. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
3. Storvik-Green, Simon (15 September 2012). "Erik Solbakken to present Norwegian final". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
4. Storvik-Green, Simon (5 December 2013). "Revamped Norwegian final set for 15th March". Eurovision.tv. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

External links

Media related to Erik Solbakken at Wikimedia Commons

• Erik Solbakken on IMDb

Preceded by Semi-finals: Natalia Vodianova and Andrey Malahov Final: Alsou and Ivan Urgant	Eurovision Song Contest presenter (with Nadia Hasnaoui and Haddy Jatou N'jie) 2010	Succeeded by Anke Engelke, Judith Rakers and Stefan Raab