Sigmar Vilhjálmsson nicknamed Simmi, is an Icelandic TV

Television

Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 host. He is the son of Vilhjálmur Einarsson

Vilhjálmur Einarsson

Vilhjálmur Einarsson is a former Icelandic athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia...

, silver medallist of the 1956 Summer Olympics

1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Melbourne Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations...

 in triple jump

Triple jump

The triple jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a bound and then a jump into the sand pit.The triple jump has its origins in the Ancient Olympics and has been a...

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Sigmar is one of two hosts in the Idol Stjörnuleit

Idol Stjörnuleit

Idol stjörnuleit is Iceland's version of the British reality series Pop Idol. The show allows the people of Iceland—through telephone voting—to select the winner of several televised singing contests, following the same format as Pop Idol...

TV program on the Stöð 2

Stöð 2

Stöð 2 is an Icelandic television channel, owned and operated by 365. Founded in 1986, It was the first privately owned television station in Iceland following the lifting of the state monopoly on television broadcasting...

station in Iceland. At an early age he started a radio morning show that became one of the most popular morning shows on the air and from there he started a TV show, 70 minutes, which was modelled on the Radio Show and is still running.

External links

• http://idol.visir.is/?PageID=68
• http://www.bylgjan.is/?PageID=2122