Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
- Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
ESC National Year
Year = 1999
Country = ISL
Preselection = Internal Selection
Preselection date =
Entrant = Selma
Song = "All Out of Luck"
Final result = 2nd, 146 points
Iceland returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999, after being relegated from the 1998 contest after Paul Oscar came 18th in the 1997 contest singing "Minn hinsti dans".
For the contest Iceland entered "All Out of Luck", sung by Selma Björnsdóttir and composed by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson and Selma herself. The song was selected internally by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV).
At Eurovision
The song was performed 13th on the night of the contest, following Poland and preceding Cyprus. One of the favourites to win, the song received 146 points, losing out to Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson by 17 points, placing 2nd of 23 countries.
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