Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "All Out of Luck" written by Selma Björnsdóttir, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson and Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson. The song was performed by Selma, which is the artistic name of Björnsdóttir who was internally selected by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) in January 1999 to represent Iceland at the 1999 contest in Jerusalem, Israel. The Icelandic song, "All Out of Luck", was presented to the public on 9 April 1999 during the television programme Stutt í spunann.
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Country | Iceland | |||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 11 January 1999 Song: 9 April 1999 | |||
Selected entrant | Selma | |||
Selected song | "All Out of Luck" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 2nd, 146 points | |||
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Iceland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May 1999. Performing during the show in position 13, Iceland placed second out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 146 points. This is Iceland's best result in the contest to date.