Iceland in EuroMusic Song Contest

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**Iceland** is a member of the EBU. Because of that, they can participate in EuroMusic Song Contest. They confirmed their participation in the ninth edition. RÚV is responsible for the Icelandic participation. They won the contest once.

## History

The EBU published the official list of participants for the ninth edition. It was clear that Iceland would debuts in the contest. The RÚV would be the broadcaster who is responsible for the selections. For their first participation, they decided to send a song in the Icelandic language. They finished 10th. In the next edition in Amsterdam, they ended at the 20th place, out of 21 participants. The next edition they selected an English song. They qualified and finished in the final at the 9th place. In Zurich they finished at the 11th place in the semi-final. Only the ten best countries qualified for the grand final. However, Iceland received the same amount of points as The Netherlands, who finished 10th. The Netherlands won the ticket because they recieved from more countries some points. It was the first time that Iceland failed to qualify.

In Tel Aviv, Iceland qualified again to the final where they finished 16th. The USA awarded their performance with the maximum of 12 points. In Berlin, they failed to qualify. In Madrid, the fifteenth edition, Iceland qualified for the final. There they finished at the third place. It was their best result so far. However the high expectations of the Icelandic broadcaster, Iceland failed to qualify in Malta. In Cologne, for the seventeenth edition, Iceland again selected a song in the Icelandic language. They qualified for the final where they finished at the 12th place. In Bucharest and Stockholm, they failed to qualify.

In Baku, Iceland was one of the favorites to win the show. However, they finished at the sixth place in the final. In Sofia, they qualified again and ended at the 8th place. In Glasgow, they finished at the 20th place in the final. This was a little shock because it was considered due the bookmakers as possible winner. In the next edition Iceland finished at the 12th place in the final. In Krakow, Iceland finished at the 6th place in the grand final. The 25th edition took place in Bratislava. For this edition, the EBU decided to drop the semi finals because of the lack of interesting broadcasters. Iceland took part and finished at the 13th place. However, Iceland was one of the favorites to win the 26th edition, they finished at the fourth place. In Warsaw, Iceland finished at the ninth place. In Baku, Iceland finished at the second place. The winner Switzerland scored only three points more.

In the 29th edition, hosted by Switzerland in Geneva, Iceland won the contest for the frist time with the song "*Mama said*". They received 131 points, six more than runner-up Belarus. Because of their victory, the country announced that they would host the 30th edition. On home soil, they finished at the seventh place. Because of their 8th place in the next edition, Iceland automatically qualified for the final in the 32th edition. They finished at the 17th place. They did better in the next edition by finishing at the seventh place. In Dublin, the Icelandic entry finished at the 20th place. The country selected Reykjavíkurdætur to take part in Lviv. The group qualified for the final where they finished at the 15th place. In Norway, Iceland reached the sixth place in the grand final. In the next edition, they finished at the 16th edition.

Friðrik Ómar represented Iceland in the 38th edition. He qualified for the final where he finished at the 10th place. The nordic island failed to qualify in the 39th edition. It was the first time since the 19th edition that Iceland was not in the final. In the 40th edition, Iceland reached the sixth place in the grand final. Here Björk represented Iceland for the third time. However the high expectations she failed to qualify.