All Out of Luck

All Out of Luck

Infobox ESC entry
song = flagicon|Iceland "All Out of Luck"


caption =
year = 1999
country = Iceland
artist = Selma Björnsdóttir
as = Selma
with =
language = English
languages =
composer = Selma Björnsdóttir,
Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson,
Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
lyricist = Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson
conductor =
place = 2nd
points = 146
place_semi =
points_semi =
lyrics = [http://www.diggiloo.net/?1999is from Diggiloo Thrush]
clip = [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfVEhWRHldY from YouTube]
prev = Minn hinsti dans
prev_link = Minn hinsti dans
prev_year = 1997
next = Tell Me!
next_link = Tell Me!

"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.

The song is an up-tempo number, with Selma telling her listeners that they must believe in themselves and do what feels right to them, otherwise they will be "all out of luck".
The performance featured two backing dancers wearing trenchcoats, described by BBC commentator Terry Wogan as "the two eejits in raincoats".

The song was performed thirteenth on the night (following Poland's Mietek Szcześniak with Przytul mnie mocno and preceding Cyprus' Marlain with Tha 'Ne Erotas). At the close of voting, it had received 146 points, placing 2nd in a field of 23, Iceland's highest Contest placing to date.

It was succeeded as Icelandic representative at the 2000 Contest by August & Telma with Tell Me!.


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