Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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| Member station | RÚV |
| National selection events | Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins |
| Appearances | 20 |
| First appearance | 1986 |
| Best result | 2nd, 1999 |
| Worst result | Last, 1989, 2001 |
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| Iceland's page at Eurovision.tv | |
Iceland has entered the Eurovision Song Contest twenty times since 1986. It did not enter in 1998 and 2002 when prevented due to finishing outside qualification places the preceeding years. The country has never won the contest, the best result being second place 1999 with Selma's song "All Out Of Luck" overtaken by eventual winner Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson near the end of the voting. With the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Iceland automatically qualified for the final, due to Birgitta's eigth place the previous year. In 2008, Iceland reached the final for the first time, when Euroband sang This Is My Life, eventually finishing fourteenth.
Iceland has come last twice, scoring no points in 1989 and just three points in 2001. Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir has participated three times (1990, 1992 & 1994). Selma Björnsdóttir has participated twice (1999 & 2005), as with as with Eiríkur Hauksson (as group member 1986 and solo artist in 2007.)
| Year | Artist | Title | Final | Points | Semi | Points |
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| 1986 | ICY | Gleðibankinn | 16 | 19 | ||
| 1987 | Halla Margrét | Hægt og hljótt | 16 | 28 | ||
| 1988 | Beathoven | Þú og þeir (Sókrates) | 16 | 20 | ||
| 1989 | Daníel Ágúst | Það sem enginn sér | 22 | 0 | ||
| 1990 | Stjórnin | Eitt lag enn | 4 | 124 | ||
| 1991 | Stefán & Eyfi | Draumur um Nínu | 15 | 26 | ||
| 1992 | Heart 2 Heart | Nei eða já | 7 | 80 | ||
| 1993 | Inga | Þá veistu svarið | 13 | 42 | ||
| 1994 | Sigga | Nætur | 12 | 49 | ||
| 1995 | Bo Halldórsson | Núna | 15 | 31 | ||
| 1996 | Anna Mjöll | Sjúbídú | 13 | 51 | ||
| 1997 | Paul Oscar | Minn hinsti dans | 20 | 18 | ||
| 1999 | Selma | All Out Of Luck | 2 | 146 | ||
| 2000 | August & Telma | Tell Me! | 12 | 45 | ||
| 2001 | Two Tricky | Angel | 22 | 3 | ||
| 2003 | Birgitta | Open Your Heart | 8 | 81 | ||
| 2004 | Jónsi | Heaven | 19 | 16 | X | X |
| 2005 | Selma | If I Had Your Love | X | X | 16 | 52 |
| 2006 | Silvia Night | Congratulations | X | X | 13 | 62 |
| 2007 | Eiríkur Hauksson | Valentine Lost | X | X | 13 | 77 |
| 2008 | Euroband | This Is My Life | 14 | 64 | 8 | 68 |
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