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The Nordic country of Iceland debuted in the 1986 contest with ICY. Up until its first of two relegations in 1998, the country placed rather consistently with Stjórnin coming in 4th in 1990. However, the year before, Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson scored Iceland their first last-place and the country's first Nul Points score.

Returning in 1999 after their relegation due to having a low average score, Selma Björnsdóttir placed second with her entry, All Out of Luck. This was Iceland's first top-three score, placing second to Sweden. In 2001, Two Tricky saw Iceland joint at the bottom of the scoreboard once again, leading to another relegation.

Since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, Iceland has qualified 9 times out of 16 appearances. They automatically qualified in 2004 after having placed inside the top 11 non-Big Four songs of 2003. In 2009, Yohanna gave the country its second runner-up placing with her song, Is It True? With 218 points, this was the country's best result in terms of points until 2021.

Between 2015 and 2018, Iceland failed to qualify - placing on the lower end of the semi-final results tables. One of the more shocking cases was at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, when Greta Salóme's entry, Hear Them Calling, considered a favorite to win, ended up only placing 14th in the first semifinal. In 2021, Daði & Gagnamagnið brought Iceland back to the top 5 for the first time since 2009.

The 2020 film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga is set in Iceland, and the movie's success inspired the town of Húsavík (the main setting of the story) to open a Eurovision museum.

Iceland is the only Nordic nation which has yet to win the contest.

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Participants[]

Year Artist Song Language Place Points Semi Points
1986 ICY Gleðibankinn Icelandic 16 19 No Semi Finals
1987 Halla Margrét Hægt og hljótt 16 28
1988 Beathoven Socrates 16 20
1989 Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson Það sem enginn sér 22 0
1990 Stjórnin Eitt lag enn 4 124
1991 Stefán & Eyfi Nina 15 26
1992 Heart 2 Heart Nei eða já 7 80
1993 Inga Þá veistu svarið 13 42 Participated in 1992
1994 Sigga Nætur 12 49 No Semi Finals
1995 Bo Halldórsson Núna 15 31
1996 Anna Mjöll Sjúbídú 13 51 10 59
1997 Paul Oscar Minn hinsti dans 20 18 No Semi Final
1998 Relegated from participation
1999 Selma All Out of Luck English 2 146 No Semi Finals
2000 August & Telma Tell Me! 12 45
2001 Two Tricky Angel 22 3
2002 Relegated from participation
2003 Birgitta Open Your Heart English 8 81 No Semi Final
2004 Jónsi Heaven 19 16 Top 11 in 2003
2005 Selma If I Had Your Love -- -- 16 52
2006 Silvia Night Congratulations -- -- 13 62
2007 Eiríkur Hauksson Valentine Lost -- -- 13 77
2008 Euroband This Is My Life 14 64 8 68
2009 Yohanna Is It True? 2 218 1 174
2010 Hera Björk Je ne sais quoi 19 41 3 123
2011 Sjonni's Friends Coming Home 20 61 4 100
2012 Greta Salóme & Jónsi Never Forget 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 María Ólafs Unbroken -- -- 15 14
2016 Greta Salóme Hear Them Calling -- -- 14 51
2017 Svala Paper -- -- 15 60
2018 Ari Ólafsson Our Choice -- -- 19 15
2019 Hatari Hatrið mun sigra Icelandic 10 232 3 221
2020 Daði & Gagnamagnið Think About Things English Contest cancelled
2021 10 Years 4 378 2 288
2022 Systur Með Hækkandi Sól Icelandic 23 20 10 103
2023 Diljá Power English -- -- 11 44
2024 Hera Björk Scared of Heights
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