Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Iceland has been represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since its debut in Template:Escyr, missing only two contests since then, in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr, 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 Template:Escyr and "Is It True?" by Yohanna in Template:Escyr. The Icelandic participating broadcaster in the contest is Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), which select its entrant with the national competition Söngvakeppnin.

Iceland has achieved a total of seven top ten placements, with the others being "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Stjórnin finishing fourth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Heart 2 Heart seventh (Template:Escyr), "Open Your Heart" by Birgitta eighth (Template:Escyr), "Script error: No such module "Lang"." by Hatari tenth (Template:Escyr), and "10 Years" by Daði og Gagnamagnið fourth (Template:Escyr). 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

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 Template:Escyr in 1986, 20 years after RÚV was founded.

Iceland's best placing at the contest is second place, which it has achieved twice: in Template:Escyr with the song "All Out of Luck" performed by Selma, beaten by Template:Esccnty's "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson, and in Template:Escyr with "Is It True?" performed by Yohanna, beaten by Template:Esccnty'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 Template:Escyr, when "Það sem enginn sér" by Daníel Ágúst received no points, and in Template:Escyr, when "Angel" by Two Tricky received three points.

With the introduction of semi-finals in Template:Escyr, Iceland automatically qualified for the final that year due to Birgitta's eighth place the previous year. In Template:Escyr, 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 Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr before failing to qualify for the final from Template:Escyr to Template:Escyr. In Template:Escyr, 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 Template:Escyr, Iceland's joint-second best result to date, and a 23rd-place finish for Systur in Template:Escyr. Further non-qualifications came in Template:Escyr and Template:Escyr.

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

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

Table key
1 First place
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
Template:Escyr ICY "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 16 19 colspan="2" rowspan="7" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Halla Margrét "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 16 28
Template:Escyr Beathoven "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 16 20
Template:Escyr Daníel "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 22 ◁ 0
Template:Escyr Stjórnin "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 4 124
Template:Escyr Stefán and Eyfi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 15 26
Template:Escyr Heart 2 Heart "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 7 80
Template:Escyr Inga "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 13 42 colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Sigga "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 12 49 colspan="2" rowspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Bo Halldórsson "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 15 31
Template:Escyr Anna Mjöll "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 13 51 10 59
Template:Escyr Páll Óskar "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 20 18 rowspan="5" colspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr Selma "All Out of Luck" English 2 146
Template:Escyr August and Telma "Tell Me!" English 12 45
Template:Escyr Two Tricky "Angel" English 22 ◁ 3
Template:Escyr Birgitta "Open Your Heart" English 8 81
Template:Escyr Jónsi "Heaven" English 19 16 colspan="2" data-sort-value="-9999" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn
Template:Escyr Selma "If I Had Your Love" English colspan="2" rowspan="3" Template:N/A 16 52
Template:Escyr Silvía Night "Congratulations" English 13 62
Template:Escyr Eiríkur Hauksson "Valentine Lost" English 13 77
Template:Escyr Euroband "This Is My Life" English 14 64 8 68
Template:Escyr Yohanna "Is It True?" English 2 218 1 174
Template:Escyr Hera Björk "Script error: No such module "Lang"." English, French 19 41 3 123
Template:Escyr Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home" English 20 61 4 100
Template:Escyr Greta Salóme and Jónsi "Never Forget" English 20 46 8 75
Template:Escyr Eyþór Ingi "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 17 47 6 72
Template:Escyr Pollapönk "No Prejudice" English 15 58 8 61
Template:Escyr María Ólafs "Unbroken" English rowspan="4" colspan="2" Template:N/A 15 14
Template:Escyr Greta Salóme "Hear Them Calling" English 14 51
Template:Escyr Svala "Paper" English 15 60
Template:Escyr Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice" English 19 ◁ 15
Template:Escyr Hatari "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 10 232 3 221
Template:Escyr Daði og Gagnamagnið "Think About Things" English colspan="4" Template:N/ATemplate:Efn X
Template:Escyr Daði Script error: No such module "Lang". "10 Years" English 4 378 2 288
Template:Escyr Systur "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 23 20 10 103
Template:Escyr Diljá "Power" English rowspan="2" colspan="2" Template:N/A 11 44
Template:Escyr Hera Björk "Scared of Heights" English 15 ◁ 3
Template:Escyr Væb "Script error: No such module "Lang"." Icelandic 25 33 6 97

Related involvement

Conductors

Year ConductorTemplate:Efn Notes Ref.
Template:Escyr Gunnar Þórðarson Template:Efn [1]
Template:Escyr Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Jon Kjell Seljeseth Template:Efn
Template:Escyr Jón Ólafsson
Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Nigel Wright Template:Efn
Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Jon Kjell Seljeseth
Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Frank McNamara
Template:Escyr
Template:Escyr Ólafur Gaukur
Template:Escyr Template:Flagicon Szymon Kuran

Heads of delegation

Year Head of delegation Ref.
Template:Escyr–Template:Escyr Felix Bergsson
[2][3]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Escyr Rúnar Freyr Gíslason
[4][5]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Escyr Felix Bergsson
[6]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Escyr– Rúnar Freyr Gíslason
[6]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".


Commentators and spokespersons

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.

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Commentators and spokespersons
Year Television channel Radio station Commentator(s) Spokesperson Ref.
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". rowspan="16" Template:N/A Template:N/A rowspan="16" Template:N/A [7]
Template:Escyr Björn Matthíasson [8]
Template:Escyr [9]
Template:Escyr Jón O. Edwald [10]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A [11]
Template:Escyr Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [12]
Template:Escyr Jón Skaptason [13]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A [14]
Template:Escyr Ragna Ragnars [15]
Template:Escyr Björn Baldursson [16]
Template:Escyr [17]
Template:Escyr Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [18]
Template:Escyr Pálmi Jóhannesson [19]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A [20]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A [21]
Template:Escyr Hinrik Bjarnason [22]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Template:Ill Guðrún Skúladóttir [23][24]
Template:Escyr Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir [25][26]
Template:Escyr Hermann Gunnarsson [27][28]
Template:Escyr Arthúr Björgvin Bollason Erla Björk Skúladóttir [29][30]
Template:Escyr rowspan="4" Template:N/A [31]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". [32]
Template:Escyr Árni Snævarr [33]
Template:Escyr Template:N/A Jakob Frímann Magnússon [34]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Sigríður Arnardóttir [35][36]
Template:Escyr Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir [37][38]
Template:Escyr Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir [39][40]
Template:Escyr [41][42]
Template:Escyr Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson Template:N/A [43]
Template:Escyr Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir [44][45]
Template:Escyr rowspan="2" Template:N/A Ragnheiður Elín Clausen [46][47]
Template:Escyr Eva María Jónsdóttir [48][49]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". Logi Bergmann Eiðsson Template:N/A [50]
Template:Escyr Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Eva María Jónsdóttir [51][52]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (all shows) Script error: No such module "Lang". (all shows) Template:Ill [53][54]
Template:Escyr Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir [55][56]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (semi-final)
Script error: No such module "Lang". (final) 		Sigmar Guðmundsson [57][58]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (semi-final) [59][60]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (all shows) Template:Ill [61][62][63]
Template:Escyr Þóra Tómasdóttir [64][65][66][67]
Template:Escyr Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir [68][69][70]
Template:Escyr RÚV (all shows) rowspan="2" Template:N/A Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir [71][72]
Template:Escyr Matthías Matthíasson [73][74]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />semi-finalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., final) Template:Ill María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir [75][76][77]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (all shows) Benedikt Valsson [78][79][80]
Template:Escyr Sigríður Halldórsdóttir [81][82][83][84]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (final) Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson [85][86][87][88]
Template:Escyr Script error: No such module "Lang". (<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />semi-finalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., final) Björgvin Halldórsson [89][90][91][92]
Template:Escyr Edda Sif Pálsdóttir [93][94][95]
Template:Escyr RÚV (all shows)Template:Efn
RÚV 2 (all shows)Template:Efn
ruv.is (all shows)Template:Efn 		Template:N/A Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (Icelandic)
Alex Elliott (English) 		Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson [96][97][98]
Template:Escyr colspan="6" Template:N/A
Template:Escyr RÚV (all shows)Template:Efn
RÚV 2 (all shows)Template:Efn
ruv.is (all shows)Template:Efn 		Script error: No such module "Lang". (<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />semi-finalScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., final) Gísli Marteinn Baldursson (Icelandic)
Alex Elliott (English) 		Hannes Óli ÁgústssonTemplate:Efn [99][100][101][102][103]
Template:Escyr RÚV (all shows)Template:Efn
RÚV 2 (all shows)Template:Efn 		Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir [104][105][106][107]
Template:Escyr Einar Stefánsson [108][109][110][111]
Template:Escyr Guðrún Dís Emilsdóttir Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson [112][113][114][115]
Template:Escyr Hera Björk [116][117][118]

Other shows

Show Channel Commentator Ref.
Songs of Europe Script error: No such module "Lang". Björn Baldurson [119]
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "Lang". rowspan="3" Template:N/A [120]
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits RÚV [121]
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light [122]

Photo gallery

In popular culture

The 2020 Netflix comedy film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga stars Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams, who portray a fictional duo from Iceland competing in Eurovision. Hannes Óli Ágústsson, who plays Olaf Yohansson in the film, reprised his role for the voting segment of the Template:Escyr final, in which he presented the points on behalf of the Icelandic jury.[103]

Notes

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