Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Iceland

Member station	RÚV
National selection event(s)	Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins
Appearances	19
First appearance	1986
Best result	2nd, 1999
Worst result	16th in the semi, 2005

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland has entered the Eurovision Song Contest 18 times since 1986. It did not enter in 1998 and 2002 when they were not allowed to because of weak results the year(s) before. The country has never won the contest, but came very close in 1999 with Selma's song "All Out Of Luck" only to be overtaken by Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson near to the end of the voting.

Iceland has come last twice, scoring 0 points in 1989 and just 3 points in 2001. Selma Björnsdóttir has particapate twice (1999 & 2005) Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir has particapate three times (1990,1992 & 1994)

Year	Song	Artist	Placing
1986	Gleðibankinn	ICY	16
1987	Hægt og hljótt	Halla Margrét Árnadóttír	16
1988	Þú og þeir (Sókrates)	Stefán Hilmarsson	16
1989	Það sem enginn sér	Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson	22
1990	Eitt lag enn	Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir & Grétar Örvarsson	4
1991	Draumur um Nínu	Eyjólfur Kristjánsson og Stefán Hilmarsson	15
1992	Nei eða já	Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir & Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir	7
1993	Þá veistu svarið	Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir	13
1994	Nætur	Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir	12
1995	Núna	Björgvin Halldórsson	15
1996	Sjúbídú	Anna Mjöll Ólafsdóttir	13
1997	Minn hinsti dans	Páll Óskar	20
1999	All Out Of Luck	Selma Björnsdóttir	2
2000	Tell Me!	Einar Ágúst & Telma	12
2001	Angel	Two Tricky	23
2003	Open Your Heart	Birgitta Haukdal	8
2004	Heaven	Jónsi	19
2005	If I Had Your Love	Selma Björnsdóttir	(SF: 16)
2006	Congratulations	Silvia Night	(SF: 13)
2007	Valentine Lost	Eiríkur Hauksson