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Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

Iceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 36 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when prevented from competing due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years. The country's best result is second place, which it achieved with "All Out of Luck" by Selma in 1999 and "Is It True?" by Yohanna in 2009. The Icelandic participant broadcaster in the contest is Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), which select its entrant with the national competition Söngvakeppnin.

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Iceland
Participating broadcasterRíkisútvarpið (RÚV)
Participation summary
Appearances36 (27 finals)
First appearance1986
Highest placement2nd: 1999, 2009
Participation history
Related articles
Söngvakeppnin
External links
RÚV page
Iceland's page at Eurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata
For the most recent participation see
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Iceland has achieved a total of seven top ten placements, with the others being "Eitt lag enn" by Stjórnin finishing fourth (1990), "Nei eða já" by Heart 2 Heart seventh (1992), "Open Your Heart" by Birgitta eighth (2003), "Hatrið mun sigra" by Hatari tenth (2019), and "10 Years" by Daði og Gagnamagnið fourth (2021). Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Iceland has failed to qualify for the final nine times, including four years consecutively (2015–18). To date, Iceland is the only Nordic country that has yet to win the contest.

History

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Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) is a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest. It has participated in the contest representing Iceland since its 31st edition in 1986, 20 years after RÚV was founded.

Iceland's best placing at the contest is second place, which it has achieved twice: in 1999 with the song "All Out of Luck" performed by Selma, beaten by Sweden's "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson, and in 2009 with "Is It True?" performed by Yohanna, beaten by Norway's "Fairytale" by Alexander Rybak.

In contrast Iceland's worst result in a final is last place, which has been achieved twice to date: in 1989, when "Það sem enginn sér" by Daníel Ágúst received no points, and in 2001, when "Angel" by Two Tricky received three points.

With the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Iceland automatically qualified for the final that year due to Birgitta's eighth place the previous year. In 2008, Iceland reached the final for the first time since then, with "This Is My Life" by Euroband. Iceland qualified for the final in seven consecutive contests between 2008 and 2014 before failing to qualify for the final from 2015 to 2018. In 2019, Hatari brought the country back to the final for the first time since 2014, finishing tenth, which was followed by a fourth-place finish for Daði og Gagnamagnið in 2021, Iceland's joint-second best result to date, and a 23rd-place finish for Systur in 2022. Further non-qualifications came in 2023 and 2024.

Despite these mixed fortunes, Iceland is the second most successful country never to have won the contest (behind only Malta).

Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir has participated five times (as a member of a group in 1990 and 1992, as a solo artist in 1994, and as a background vocalist in 1991 and 2006). Hera Björk has also participated five times (as a backing vocalist in 2008, 2009 and 2015, and as a solo artist in 2010 and 2024). Stefán Hilmarsson has participated twice (as a member of a group in 1988 and in a duo with Eyfi in 1991), as have Selma Björnsdóttir (1999 and 2005), Eiríkur Hauksson (as a member of a group in 1986 and as a solo artist in 2007; Eiríkur has additionally participated for Norway in 1991 as a member of Just 4 Fun). Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson entered as a solo artist in 2004 before participating in a duo with Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir in 2012; Greta Salóme later entered as a solo artist in 2016.

Participation overview

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Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
† Upcoming event
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
1986 ICY "Gleðibankinn" Icelandic 16 19 No semi-finals
1987 Halla Margrét "Hægt og hljótt" Icelandic 16 28
1988 Beathoven "Sókrates" Icelandic 16 20
1989 Daníel "Það sem enginn sér" Icelandic 22 ◁ 0
1990 Stjórnin "Eitt lag enn" Icelandic 4 124
1991 Stefán and Eyfi "Nína" Icelandic 15 26
1992 Heart 2 Heart "Nei eða já" Icelandic 7 80
1993 Inga "Þá veistu svarið" Icelandic 13 42 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 Sigga "Nætur" Icelandic 12 49 No semi-finals
1995 Bo Halldórsson "Núna" Icelandic 15 31
1996 Anna Mjöll "Sjúbídú" Icelandic 13 51 10 59
1997 Paul Oscar "Minn hinsti dans" Icelandic 20 18 No semi-finals
1999 Selma "All Out of Luck" English 2 146
2000 August and Telma "Tell Me!" English 12 45
2001 Two Tricky "Angel" English 22 ◁ 3
2003 Birgitta "Open Your Heart" English 8 81
2004 Jónsi "Heaven" English 19 16 Top 11 in 2003 contest[a]
2005 Selma "If I Had Your Love" English Failed to qualify 16 52
2006 Silvía Night "Congratulations" English 13 62
2007 Eiríkur Hauksson "Valentine Lost" English 13 77
2008 Euroband "This Is My Life" English 14 64 8 68
2009 Yohanna "Is It True?" English 2 218 1 174
2010 Hera Björk "Je ne sais quoi" English, French 19 41 3 123
2011 Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English 20 61 4 100
2012 Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" English 20 46 8 75
2013 Eythor Ingi "Ég á líf" Icelandic 17 47 6 72
2014 Pollapönk "No Prejudice" English 15 58 8 61
2015 Maria Olafs "Unbroken" English Failed to qualify 15 14
2016 Greta Salóme "Hear Them Calling" English 14 51
2017 Svala "Paper" English 15 60
2018 Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice" English 19 ◁ 15
2019 Hatari "Hatrið mun sigra" Icelandic 10 232 3 221
2020 Daði og Gagnamagnið "Think About Things" English Contest cancelled[b] X
2021 Daði og Gagnamagnið "10 Years" English 4 378 2 288
2022 Systur "Með hækkandi sól" Icelandic 23 20 10 103
2023 Diljá "Power" English Failed to qualify 11 44
2024 Hera Björk "Scared of Heights" English 15 ◁ 3
2025 TBD February 2025 †[1] Upcoming †
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Conductors

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Year Conductor[c] Notes Ref.
1986 Gunnar Þórðarson [d] [2]
1987 Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson
1988 No conductor
1989
1990   Jon Kjell Seljeseth [e]
1991 Jón Ólafsson
1992   Nigel Wright [f]
1993   Jon Kjell Seljeseth
1994   Frank McNamara
1995
1996 Ólafur Gaukur
1997   Szymon Kuran

Heads of delegation

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Year Head of delegation Ref.
2017–2023 Felix Bergsson
[3][4]
2024– Rúnar Freyr Gíslason
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Commentators and spokespersons

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Iceland has broadcast the show since 1970. The first to be broadcast live was the 1983 edition after the plan to broadcast the 1982 contest failed. Since 1986, RÚV has broadcast the contest on the radio using same commentator for TV and radio and the Internet broadcast since early 2000s.

Commentators and spokespersons
Year Television channel Radio station Commentator Spokesperson Ref.
1970 Sjónvarpið No radio broadcast Unknown Did not participate [7]
1971 Björn Matthíasson [8]
1972 [9]
1973 Jón O. Edwald [10]
1974 Unknown [11]
1975 Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [12]
1976 Jón Skaptason [13]
1977 Unknown [14]
1978 Ragna Ragnars [15]
1979 Björn Baldursson [16]
1980 [17]
1981 Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [18]
1982 Pálmi Jóhannesson [19]
1983 Unknown [20]
1984 [21]
1985 Hinrik Bjarnason [22]
1986 Rás 1 Þorgeir Ástvaldsson [is] Guðrún Skúladóttir [23][24]
1987 Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir [25][26]
1988 Hermann Gunnarsson [27][28]
1989 Arthúr Björgvin Bollason Erla Björk Skúladóttir [29][30]
1990 Unknown [31]
1991 Rás 2 [32]
1992 Árni Snævarr [33]
1993 No radio broadcast Jakob Frímann Magnússon [34]
1994 Rás 2 Sigríður Arnardóttir [35][36]
1995 Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir [37][38]
1996 Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir [39][40]
1997 [41][42]
1998 Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson Did not participate [43]
1999 Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir [44][45]
2000 No radio broadcast Ragnheiður Elín Clausen [46][47]
2001 Eva María Jónsdóttir [48][49]
2002 Rás 2 Logi Bergmann Eiðsson Did not participate [50]
2003 Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Eva María Jónsdóttir [51][52]
2004 Sjónvarpið (all shows) Rás 2 (all shows) Sigrún Ósk Kristjánsdóttir [is] [53][54]
2005 Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir [55][56]
2006 Rás 1 (semi-final)
Rás 2 (final) 		Sigmar Guðmundsson [is] [57][58]
2007 Rás 2 (semi-final) [59][60]
2008 Rás 2 (all shows) Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir [is] [61][62][63]
2009 Þóra Tómasdóttir [64][65][66][67]
2010 Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir [68][69][70]
2011 RÚV (all shows) No radio broadcast Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir [71][72]
2012 Matthías Matthíasson [73][74]
2013 Rás 2 (semi-final, final) Felix Bergsson [is] María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir [75][76][77]
2014 Rás 2 (all shows) Benedikt Valsson [78][79][80]
2015 Sigríður Halldórsdóttir [81][82][83][84]
2016 Rás 2 (final) Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson [85][86][87][88]
2017 Rás 2 (semi-final, final) Björgvin Halldórsson [89][90][91][92]
2018 Edda Sif Pálsdóttir [93][94][95]
2019 RÚV (all shows)[g]
RÚV 2 (all shows)[h]
ruv.is (all shows)[i] 		Unknown Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (Icelandic)
Unknown (English) 		Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson [96][97]
2020 Not announced before contest was cancelled
2021 RÚV (all shows)[g]
RÚV 2 (all shows)[j]
ruv.is (all shows)[i] 		Rás 2 (semi-final, final) Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (Icelandic)
Alex Elliott (English) 		Hannes Óli Ágústsson[k] [98][99][100][101][102]
2022 RÚV (all shows)[g]
RÚV 2 (all shows)[l] 		Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir [103][104][105][106]
2023 Einar Stefánsson [107][108][109][110]
2024 Gunna Dís Emilsdóttir Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson [111][112][113][114]

Other shows

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Show Channel Commentator Ref.
Songs of Europe Sjónvarpið Björn Baldurson [115]
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Sjónvarpið, Rás 2 Unknown [116]
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits RÚV [117]
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light [118]
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The 2020 Netflix comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga depicts Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams as a fictional duo from Iceland competing in Eurovision. Hannes Óli Ágústsson, who plays Olaf Yohansson in the film, reprised the role for the voting segment of the 2021 contest final, in which he presented the points on behalf of the Icelandic jury.[102]

Notes

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  1. ^ According to the then-Eurovision rules, the top ten non-Big Four countries from the previous year along with the Big Four automatically qualified for the Grand Final without having to compete in semi-finals. For example, if Germany and France placed inside the top ten, the 11th and 12th spots were advanced to next year's Grand Final along with all countries ranked in the top ten.
  2. ^ The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ^ All conductors are of Icelandic nationality unless otherwise noted.
  4. ^ Conducted by Þórir Baldursson at the national final.
  5. ^ Conducted by Vilhjálmur Guðjónsson in the national final.
  6. ^ Conducted by Jón Ólafsson in the national final.
  7. ^ a b c Icelandic commentary
  8. ^ English commentary for the semi-finals; Icelandic commentary with Icelandic Sign Language interpretation for the final
  9. ^ a b English commentary
  10. ^ English commentary for the semi-finals; Icelandic Sign Language interpretation by Elsa G. Björnsdóttir for the final
  11. ^ As Olaf Yohansson from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  12. ^ Icelandic Sign Language interpretation

References

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