Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)
Participation summary
Appearances36 (27 finals)
First appearance 1986
Highest placement2nd: 1999, 2009
Participation history
Related articles
Söngvakeppnin
External links
RÚV page
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Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024

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 Selma in 1999 and Yohanna in 2009. The Icelandic broadcaster for the contest is Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), which also broadcasts Iceland's national selection competition, Söngvakeppnin.

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Iceland has achieved a total of seven top ten placements, with the others being Stjórnin finishing fourth (1990), Heart 2 Heart seventh (1992), Birgitta eighth (2003), Hatari tenth (2019) and 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

Iceland first entered Eurovision in 1986, or twenty years after RÚV was founded in 1966.

Iceland's best position at the contest is second place, which they have achieved twice: in 1999 when Selma represented Iceland with the song "All Out of Luck", and came second to Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson and in 2009 when Yohanna came second to Norway's Alexander Rybak with the ballad "Is It True?".

In contrast Iceland's worst result in a grand final is last place, which has been achieved twice to date: in 1989, when Daníel Ágúst received nul points for his entry "Það sem enginn sér", and in 2001, when Two Tricky received three points for their entry "Angel".

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, when Euroband sang "This Is My Life". 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 with Diljá in 2023 and Hera Björk in 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 as a member of a duo 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 in addition participated for Norway in 1991 as a member of a group.), Jón Jósep Snæbjörnsson (as a solo artist in 2004 and as a member of a duo in 2012) and Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir (as a member of a duo in 2012 and as a solo artist in 2016).

Participation overview

Table key
1First place
2Second place
3Third place
◁Last place
XEntry selected but did not compete
†Upcoming event
YearArtistSongLanguageFinalPointsSemiPoints
1986 ICY " Gleðibankinn " Icelandic 1619No semi-finals
1987 Halla Margrét " Hægt og hljótt "Icelandic1628
1988 Beathoven" Sókrates "Icelandic1620
1989 Daníel " Það sem enginn sér "Icelandic22 ◁0
1990 Stjórnin " Eitt lag enn "Icelandic4124
1991 Stefán and Eyfi" Nína "Icelandic1526
1992 Heart 2 Heart " Nei eða já "Icelandic780
1993 Inga" Þá veistu svarið "Icelandic1342 Kvalifikacija za Millstreet
1994 Sigga " Nætur "Icelandic1249No semi-finals
1995 Bo Halldórsson " Núna "Icelandic1531
1996 Anna Mjöll " Sjúbídú "Icelandic13511059
1997 Paul Oscar " Minn hinsti dans "Icelandic2018No semi-finals
1999 Selma "All Out of Luck"English2146
2000 August and Telma"Tell Me!"English1245
2001 Two Tricky"Angel"English22 ◁3
2003 Birgitta "Open Your Heart"English881
2004 Jónsi "Heaven"English1916Top 11 in 2003 contest [lower-alpha 1]
2005 Selma"If I Had Your Love"EnglishFailed to qualify1652
2006 Silvía Night "Congratulations"English1362
2007 Eiríkur Hauksson "Valentine Lost"English1377
2008 Euroband "This Is My Life"English1464868
2009 Yohanna "Is It True?"English22181174
2010 Hera Björk " Je ne sais quoi "English, French 19413123
2011 Sjonni's Friends "Coming Home"English20614100
2012 Greta Salóme and Jónsi"Never Forget"English2046875
2013 Eythor Ingi " Ég á líf "Icelandic1747672
2014 Pollapönk "No Prejudice"English1558861
2015 Maria Olafs "Unbroken"EnglishFailed to qualify1514
2016 Greta Salóme"Hear Them Calling"English1451
2017 Svala "Paper"English1560
2018 Ari Ólafsson "Our Choice"English19 ◁15
2019 Hatari " Hatrið mun sigra "Icelandic102323221
2020 Daði og Gagnamagnið "Think About Things"EnglishContest cancelled [lower-alpha 2] X
2021 Daði og Gagnamagnið"10 Years"English43782288
2022 Systur " Með hækkandi sól "Icelandic232010103
2023 Diljá "Power"EnglishFailed to qualify1144
2024 Hera Björk"Scared of Heights"English15 ◁3

Conductors

YearConductor [lower-alpha 3] NotesRef.
1986 Gunnar Þórðarson [lower-alpha 4] [1]
1987 Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson
1988 No conductor
1989
1990 Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kjell Seljeseth [lower-alpha 5]
1991 Jón Ólafsson
1992 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nigel Wright [lower-alpha 6]
1993 Flag of Norway.svg Jon Kjell Seljeseth
1994 Flag of Ireland.svg Frank McNamara
1995
1996 Ólafur Gaukur
1997 Szymon Kuran

Heads of delegation

YearHead of delegationRef.
2017–2023 Felix Bergsson
2024–Rúnar Freyr Gíslason

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.

Commentators and spokespersons
YearTelevision channelRadio channelCommentator / InterpreterSpokespersonRef.
1970 Sjónvarpið No radio broadcastUnknownDid not participate [6]
1971 Björn Matthíasson [7]
1972 [8]
1973 Jón O. Edwald [9]
1974 Unknown [10]
1975 Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [11]
1976 Jón Skaptason [12]
1977 Unknown [13]
1978 Ragna Ragnars [14]
1979 Björn Baldursson [15]
1980 [16]
1981 Dóra Hafsteinsdóttir [17]
1982 Pálmi Jóhannesson [18]
1983 Unknown [19]
1984 [20]
1985 Hinrik Bjarnason [21]
1986 Rás 1 Þorgeir Ástvaldsson  [ is ]Guðrún Skúladóttir [22] [23]
1987 Kolbrún Halldórsdóttir [24] [25]
1988 Hermann Gunnarsson [26] [27]
1989 Arthúr Björgvin BollasonErla Björk Skúladóttir [28] [29]
1990 Unknown [30]
1991 Rás 2 [31]
1992 Árni Snævarr [32]
1993 No radio broadcast Jakob Frímann Magnússon [33]
1994 Rás 2Sigríður Arnardóttir [34] [35]
1995 Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir [36] [37]
1996 Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir [38] [39]
1997 [40] [41]
1998 Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson Did not participate [42]
1999 Gísli Marteinn Baldursson Áslaug Dóra Eyjólfsdóttir [43] [44]
2000 No radio broadcastRagnheiður Elín Clausen [45] [46]
2001 Eva María Jónsdóttir [47] [48]
2002 Rás 2 Logi Bergmann Eiðsson Did not participate [49]
2003 Gísli Marteinn BaldurssonEva María Jónsdóttir [50] [51]
2004 Sjónvarpið(all shows)Rás 2(all shows) Sigrún Ósk Kristjánsdóttir  [ is ] [52] [53]
2005 Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir [54] [55]
2006 Rás 1(semi-final)
Rás 2(final)		 Sigmar Guðmundsson  [ is ] [56] [57]
2007 Rás 2(semi-final) [58] [59]
2008 Rás 2(all shows) Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir  [ is ] [60] [61] [62]
2009 Þóra Tómasdóttir [63] [64] [65] [66]
2010 Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir [67] [68] [69]
2011 RÚV (all shows)No radio broadcastHrafnhildur HalldórsdóttirRagnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir [70] [71]
2012 Matthías Matthíasson [72] [73]
2013 Rás 2(semi-final, final) Felix Bergsson  [ is ]María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir [74] [75] [76]
2014 Rás 2(all shows)Benedikt Valsson [77] [78] [79]
2015 Sigríður Halldórsdóttir [80] [81] [82] [83]
2016 Rás 2(final)Gísli Marteinn BaldurssonUnnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson [84] [85] [86] [87]
2017 Rás 2(semi-final, final) Björgvin Halldórsson [88] [89] [90] [91]
2018 Edda Sif Pálsdóttir [92] [93] [94]
2019 RÚV (all shows) [lower-alpha 7]
RÚV 2 (all shows) [lower-alpha 8]
ruv.is(all shows) [lower-alpha 9] 		UnknownIcelandic: Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
English: Unknown		 Sign language : Unknown Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson [95] [96]
2020 Not announced before contest was cancelled
2021 RÚV (all shows) [lower-alpha 7]
RÚV 2 (all shows) [lower-alpha 10]
ruv.is(all shows) [lower-alpha 9] 		Rás 2(semi-final, final)Icelandic: Gísli Marteinn Baldursson
English: Alex Elliott		 Sign language : Elsa G. BjörnsdóttirHannes Óli Ágústsson [lower-alpha 11] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101]
2022 RÚV (all shows) [lower-alpha 7]
RÚV 2 (all shows) [lower-alpha 12] 		Gísli Marteinn BaldurssonSign language: Various interpretersÁrný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir [102] [103] [104] [105]
2023 Einar Stefánsson [106] [107] [108] [109]
2024 Gunna Dís Emilsdóttir Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson [110] [111] [112] [113]

Other shows

ShowChannelCommentatorRef.
Songs of Europe Sjónvarpið Björn Baldurson [114]
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest Sjónvarpið, Rás 2Unknown [115]
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits RÚV [116]
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light [117]

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. [101]

Notes

  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. 1 2 3 Icelandic commentary
  8. ↑ English commentary for the semi-finals; Icelandic commentary with Icelandic Sign Language interpretation for the final
  9. 1 2 English commentary
  10. ↑ English commentary for the semi-finals; Icelandic Sign Language interpretation for the final
  11. ↑ As Olaf Yohansson from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
  12. ↑ Sign language interpretation

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