"Love Shine a Light" was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed by Katrina and the Waves as the UK's Eurovision 1997 entrant and the lead single from the album Walk on Water. It is the group's biggest success since "Walking on Sunshine" 12 years earlier.
Chiara Siracusa better known by her mononym Chiara, is a Maltese singer. She represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998, 2005, and 2009 and is with a second and a third place the third most successful participant who never won the contest.
Selma Björnsdóttir, also known as simply Selma, is an Icelandic actress and singer born in Reykjavík, best known internationally for representing her country in the Eurovision Song Contest in both 1999 and 2005.
"On Again... Off Again" was the Maltese entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Julie & Ludwig.
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "If I Had Your Love", written by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson and Vignir Snær Vigfússon, Linda Thompson and Selma Björnsdóttir. The song was performed by Selma who previously represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, where she placed second in the final of the competition with the song "All Out of Luck".
"All Out of Luck" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in English by Selma. This was the first occasion on which the Icelandic entry had not been performed entirely in Icelandic, owing to the free language rule being reinstated from that year onwards. This was also the first ever Icelandic entry not to have a version recorded in Icelandic by the original artist.
"Heaven" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004, performed in English by Jónsi.
"Congratulations" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, performed in English by Silvía Night.
"Words for Love" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in Hebrew and English by Lior Narkis.
"You Got Style" was the Lithuanian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001, performed in English and Lithuanian by SKAMP.
"Make My Day" was the Macedonian entry in the 2005 Eurovision Song Contest, performed in English by Martin Vučić.
"My Impossible Dream" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, performed in English by Glennis Grace.
"Time to Party" was the Polish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by The Jet Set.
"Comme ci, comme ça" is a song composed by Dimitris Korgialas and written by Poseidonas Giannopoulos. It was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in French by Evridiki. This was the first Cypriot entry to feature lyrics in a language other than Greek, Italian or English, as well as the first entry from a non-Francophone country to be performed entirely in French. Evridiki's decision to sing this, her third Eurovision entry, in French was not entirely unexpected; she had previously recorded both 1992's "Teriazoume" and 1994's "Eimai Anthropos Ki Ego" in French, as "Le feu c'est nous" and "Fenêtre sur cour" respectively, as well as in English.
"Visionary Dream" was the Georgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007, performed in English by Sopho. This was Georgia's debut at the Contest. The song was originally titled "My Story".
Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir, known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 with the song "Is It True?", placing as the runner-up. This tied for the best result Iceland had ever achieved in the contest. Following the success at Eurovision, she released the studio album Butterflies and Elvis (2009).
"What For?" is a song performed by Latvian singer Aisha, written by Jānis Lūsēns and composed by Guntars Račs. The song represented Latvia in the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo, Norway, and competed against sixteen other Eurovision entries in the first semi-final on 25 May. It did not get voted through to the final, coming in last place in the first semi-final.
Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir, known outside Iceland simply as Greta Salóme, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, and violinist in the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. She represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in a duet with singer Jónsi with the song "Never Forget". They qualified from the first semi-final into the Eurovision final and eventually finished in 20th place with 46 points. She represented Iceland again, this time as a soloist, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song "Hear Them Calling", where she failed to qualify.
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Unbroken", written by Pálmi Ragnar Ásgeirsson, Ásgeir Orri Ásgeirsson, Sæþór Kristjánsson and María Ólafsdóttir. The song was performed by María Ólafs. The Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) organised the national final Söngvakeppnin 2015 in order to select the Icelandic entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. After 12 songs competed through two semi-finals and a final, "Unbroken" performed by María Ólafs emerged as the winner, ultimately being selected through a public televote. In the second of the Eurovision semi-finals, Iceland failed to qualify to the final, placing fifteenth out of the 17 participating countries with 14 points. This was the first time since 2007 that Iceland had missed qualifying for the final.
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Paper" written by Svala Björgvinsdóttir, Einar Egilsson, Lester Mendez and Lily Elise. The song was performed by Svala Björgvinsdóttir. The Icelandic entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine was selected through the national final Söngvakeppnin 2017, organised by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV). The selection consisted of two semi-finals and a final, held on 25 February, 4 March and 11 March 2017 respectively. Six songs competed in each semi-final with the top three as selected by a public televote advancing to the final. In the final, the winner was selected over two rounds of voting: the first involved a 50/50 combination of regional jury voting and public televoting, which reduced the six competing entries to two superfinalists and the second round selected the winner exclusively through public televoting. "Paper" performed by Svala emerged as the winner after gaining 62.51% of the public vote.
"If I Had Your Love"
