Iceland_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_1987
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 in the Eurovision Song Contest | |
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Participating broadcaster | Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) |
Participation summary | |
Appearances | 36 (27 finals) |
First appearance | 1986 |
Highest placement | 2nd: 1999, 2009 |
Related articles | |
Söngvakeppnin | |
External links | |
RÚV page | |
Iceland's page at Eurovision.tv | |
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 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.
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).
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 |
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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[lower-alpha 1] | |
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[lower-alpha 2] 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 |
Conductors
Year | Conductor[lower-alpha 3] | Notes | Ref. |
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1986 | Gunnar Þórðarson | [lower-alpha 4] | [1] |
1987 | Hjálmar H. Ragnarsson | ||
1988 | No conductor | ||
1989 | |||
1990 | Jon Kjell Seljeseth | [lower-alpha 5] | |
1991 | Jón Ólafsson | ||
1992 | Nigel Wright | [lower-alpha 6] | |
1993 | Jon Kjell Seljeseth | ||
1994 | Frank McNamara | ||
1995 | |||
1996 | Ólafur Gaukur | ||
1997 | Szymon Kuran |
Heads of delegation
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.
Year | Television channel | Radio channel | Commentator / Interpreter | Spokesperson | Ref. | |
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1970 | Sjónvarpið | No radio broadcast | Unknown | Did 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 Bollason | Erla 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 2 | Sigríður 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 broadcast | Ragnheiður Elín Clausen | [45][46] | |||
2001 | Eva María Jónsdóttir | [47][48] | ||||
2002 | Rás 2 | Logi Bergmann Eiðsson | Did not participate | [49] | ||
2003 | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | Eva 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 | Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir | Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdóttir | ||||
2012 | Matthías Matthíasson | |||||
2013 | Felix Bergsson [is] | María Sigrún Hilmarsdóttir | ||||
2014 | Benedikt Valsson | |||||
2015 | Sigríður Halldórsdóttir | |||||
2016 | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | Unnsteinn Manuel Stefánsson | ||||
2017 | Björgvin Halldórsson | |||||
2018 | Edda Sif Pálsdóttir | |||||
2019 | Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson | |||||
2020 | Not announced before contest was cancelled | |||||
2021 | RÚV (all shows)[lower-alpha 7] RÚV 2 (all shows)[lower-alpha 8] ruv.is (all shows)[lower-alpha 9] |
Rás 2 (semi-final, final) | Icelandic: Gísli Marteinn Baldursson English: Alex Elliott |
Sign language: Elsa G. Björnsdóttir | Hannes Óli Ágústsson[lower-alpha 10] | [75][76][77][78][79] |
2022 | RÚV (all shows)[lower-alpha 7] RÚV 2 (all shows)[lower-alpha 11] |
Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | Sign language: Various interpreters | Árný Fjóla Ásmundsdóttir | [80][81][82][83] | |
2023 | Einar Stefánsson | [84][85][86][87] | ||||
2024 | Gunna Dís Emilsdóttir | Friðrik Ómar Hjörleifsson | [88][89][90][91] |
Other shows
Show | Channel | Commentator | Ref. |
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Songs of Europe | RÚV | No commentator | |
Congratulations: 50 Years of the Eurovision Song Contest | Gísli Marteinn Baldursson | ||
Eurovision Song Contest's Greatest Hits | No commentator | ||
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light | Felix Bergsson |
- Eiríkur Hauksson in Helsinki (2007)
- Hera Björk in Oslo (2010)
- Eythor Ingi in Malmö (2013)
- María Ólafs in Vienna (2015)
- Greta Salóme in Stockholm (2016)
- Ari Ólafsson in Lisbon (2018)
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.[79]
- 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.
- The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- As Olaf Yohansson from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
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- "'ABBA' með lagið "Waterloo" leggja Evrópu að fótum sér" ['ABBA' with the song "Waterloo" bring Europe to its feet]. Vísir (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 17 May 1974. p. 13. Retrieved 14 March 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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- "Sjónvarp – Föstudagur 20. maí" [Television – Friday 20 May]. Dagblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 20 May 1977. p. 27. Retrieved 9 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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- "Dagskráin – Sunnudagur 19. apríl" [The schedule – Sunday 19 April]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 16 April 1981. p. 26. Retrieved 12 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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- "Sjónvarp – Laugardagur 5. maí" [Television – Saturday 5 May]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 5 May 1984. p. 19. Retrieved 13 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
- "Laugardagur 4. maí – Sjónvarp" [Saturday 4 May – Television]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 4 May 1985. p. 23. Retrieved 14 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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- "Íslenska dómnefndin" [The Icelandic jury]. Þjóðviljinn (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 1 May 1986. p. 2. Retrieved 28 May 2024 – via Timarit.is.
Markús Örn Antonsson útvarpsstjóri er formaður nefndarinnar og Guðrún Skúladóttir er ritari og talsmaður nefndarinnar þegar niðurstaða dómnefndar verður kynnt í Bergen.
[Broadcaster Markús Örn Antonsson is the committee's chairman and Guðrún Skúladóttir is the committee's secretary and spokesperson when the jury's decision is announced in Bergen.] - "Útvarp/Sjónvarp" [Radio/Television]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 9 May 1987. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
- "Ellefu dómnefndarmenn valdir fyrir söngvakeppnina" [Eleven jury members selected for the song contest]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 5 May 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 15 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
Formaður dómnefndarinnar verður Markús Örn Antonsson útvarpsstjóri og ritari Guðrún Skúladóttir.
[The chairman of the jury will be broadcaster Markús Örn Antonsson and the secretary Guðrún Skúladóttir.] - "Útvarp/Sjónvarp" [Radio/Television]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 30 April 1988. p. 6. Retrieved 15 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
- "Prestur, fiðlusmiður, bóndi og vitavördur í dómnefndinni" [Priest, violin maker, farmer and lighthouse keeper on the jury]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 30 April 1988. p. 9. Retrieved 29 May 2024 – via Timarit.is.
Guðrún Skúladóttir er sem fyrr ritari nefndarinnar og það verður því væntanlega hún sem tilkynnir um niðurstöðu nefndarinnar úr útvarpshúsinu þegar líða tekur á kvöldið.
[As before, Guðrún Skúladóttir is the committee's secretary, and it will presumably be she who announces the committee's decision from the broadcast centre as the evening draws to a close.] - "Laugurdagur 6. maí" [Saturday 6 May]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 6 May 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 12 December 2022 – via Timarit.is.
- "Söngvakeppnin: Fjórir valdir til að syngja bakraddir" [Eurovision: Four chosen to sing backing vocals]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 12 April 1989. p. 19. Retrieved 28 May 2024 – via Timarit.is.
Ritari nefndarinnar er Erla Björk Skúladóttir.
[The secretary of the committee is Erla Björk Skúladóttir.] - "Útvarp–Sjónvarp – laugurdagur 5. maí" [Radio–Television – Saturday 5 May]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 3 May 1990. p. 3. Retrieved 28 November 2022 – via Timarit.is.
- "Útvarp/Sjónvarp – laugurdagur 4. maí 1991" [Radio/Television – Saturday 4 May 1991]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 4 May 1991. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2022 – via Timarit.is.
- "Á dagskrá – laugurdagur 9. maí" [On the agenda – Saturday 9 May]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 8 May 1992. p. 2. Retrieved 18 November 2022 – via Timarit.is.
- "Laugardagur 15/5" [Saturday 15/05]. Morgunblaðið Dagskrá (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 26 May 1999. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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Ragnheiður Elín Clausen mun venju samkvæmt koma fram fyrir Íslands hönd og lesa niðurstöður íslensku símakosningarinnar – eða dómnefndarinnar ef því er að skipta[...]
[Ragnheiður Elín Clausen will, as usual, appear on behalf of Iceland and read the results of the Icelandic telephone election – or those of the jury if that is the case] - "Laugardagur 12. maí" [Saturday 12 May]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 12 May 2001. p. 70. Retrieved 2 December 2022 – via Timarit.is.
- Eurovision Song Contest 2001 (Television programme). Copenhagen, Denmark: DR. 12 May 2001.
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- "Laugardagur 24. maí" [Saturday 24 May]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 24 May 2003. p. 62. Retrieved 8 December 2022 – via Timarit.is.
- "Útvarp/Sjónvarp – miðvikudagur 12. maí 2004" [Radio/Television – Wednesday 12 May 12 2004]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 12 May 2004. p. 58. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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- "Tískulögga Jónsa" [Jónsi's fashion cop]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 12 May 2004. p. 13. Retrieved 17 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
- "Stúlkan með stáltaugarnar: Klikkaði ekki fyrir framan 140 milljónir" [The girl with the nerves of steel: Did not crack in front of 140 million]. DV (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 17 May 2004. p. 32. Retrieved 29 May 2024 – via Timarit.is.
Þótt Sigrún Ósk Kristjánsdóttir sé ekki nema 23 ára fór hún létt með að tala beint til 140 milljóna Evrópubúa fyrir hönd Íslands í beinni útsendingu á Eurovision
[Although Sigrún Ósk Kristjánsdóttir is only 23 years old, she easily spoke directly to 140 million Europeans on behalf of Iceland during the live Eurovision broadcast] - "Útvarp/Sjónvarp – fimmtudagur 19. maí 2005" [Radio/Television – Thursday 19 May 2005]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 19 May 2005. p. 54. Retrieved 28 January 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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Þad er Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir sem kynnir úrslitin í íslensku símakosningunni, og verður hún númer 16 í þeirri röd í kvöld.
[It is Brynja Þorgeirsdóttir who presents the results of the Icelandic telephone vote, and she will be number 16 in that vote tonight.] - "Fréttir af fólki" [News about people]. Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). Reykjavík, Iceland. 11 May 2009. p. 30. Retrieved 2 March 2023 – via Timarit.is.
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