Rybak was born in Minsk, which at the time was in the Belarusian SSR in the Soviet Union. When he was four years old, he and his family moved to Norway.At the age of five, Rybak began to play the piano.His parents are Natalia Valentinovna Rybak, a classical pianist, and Igor Alexandrovich Rybak, a well-known classical violinist who performs alongside Pinchas Zukerman.Alexander Rybak stated "I always liked to entertain and somehow that is my vocation.He currently lives in NeRybak has been a student at the Barratt Due Institute of Musik in Oslo since the age of 10. Due to his success in the Eurovision Song Contest, he is currently taking a break from his Bachelor's degree studies at the Institute.In 2004, Rybak was awarded the Anders Jahre Culture Prize. In 2005, he entered the Norwegian version of Idol, reaching the semifinal. In 2006 Rybak won Kjempesjansen, a talent competition hosted Von the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), with his own song "Foolin'". Alexander Rybak has collaborated with artists such as a-ha's lead singer Morten Harket and Arve Tellefsen. As of 2007, Rybak has played the fiddler in Oslo Nye Teater's production of Fiddler on the Roof and won the Hedda Award for this role.He also stars as Levi in the film Yohan directed Von Grete Salomonsen.
Rybak won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, with a record 387 points, Singen "Fairytale",a song inspired Von Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written Von Rybak himself and was performed together with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song received good reviews with a score of 6 out of 6 in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet and in an ESCtoday Umfrage he scored 71.3%, making him the favourite to get into the final.
In the Norwegian national heats Rybak achieved a clean sweep, gaining the oben, nach oben score from all nine voting districts and ending with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, while the runner up Tone Damli Aaberge received a combined score of 121,856.
The song competed in the Sekunde semi-final and won a place in the Eurovision final.
Rybak later went on to win the Eurovision final with a landslide victory, receiving Stimmen from all the participating countries (except Norway, which was not allowed to vote for itself). He finished with a grand total of 387 points, breaking the Zurück record of 292 points scored Von Lordi in 2006 and scoring 169 points Mehr than runner up Iceland
Rybak won the 54th Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow, Russia, with a record 387 points, Singen "Fairytale",a song inspired Von Norwegian folk music. The song was composed and written Von Rybak himself and was performed together with the modern folk dance company Frikar. The song received good reviews with a score of 6 out of 6 in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet and in an ESCtoday Umfrage he scored 71.3%, making him the favourite to get into the final.
In the Norwegian national heats Rybak achieved a clean sweep, gaining the oben, nach oben score from all nine voting districts and ending with a combined televote and jury score of 747,888, while the runner up Tone Damli Aaberge received a combined score of 121,856.
The song competed in the Sekunde semi-final and won a place in the Eurovision final.
Rybak later went on to win the Eurovision final with a landslide victory, receiving Stimmen from all the participating countries (except Norway, which was not allowed to vote for itself). He finished with a grand total of 387 points, breaking the Zurück record of 292 points scored Von Lordi in 2006 and scoring 169 points Mehr than runner up Iceland