Iceland has participated in the Contest 33 times since its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 1986 in Bergen. It missed the 1998 Contest and the 2002 Contest due to relegation from its poor placings on the scoreboard.
Its best placing is runner-up, which it first achieved at the 1999 Contest in Jerusalem and again a decade later in Moscow. It has achieved five Top 10 placings but since the introduction of the semi finals, it has failed to qualify for the finals seven times. As of 2023, it remains the only Nordic country that has not won the Contest.
Participants[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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1986 | ICY | "Gleðibankinn" | Icelandic | The Bank of Joy | 16 | 19 | No semi-finals | |
1987 | Halla Margrét | "Hægt og hljótt" | Slowly and quietly | 16 | 28 | |||
1988 | Beathoven | "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" | You and They (Socrates) | 16 | 20 | |||
1989 | Daníel Ágúst | "Það sem enginn sér" | What No One Sees | 22 | 0 | |||
1990 | Stjórnin | "Eitt lag enn" | One More Song | 4 | 124 | |||
1991 | Stefán & Eyfi | "Draumur um Nínu" | The Dream About Nina | 15 | 26 | |||
1992 | Heart 2 Heart | "Nei eða já" | No Or Yes? | 7 | 80 | |||
1993 | Inga | "Þá veistu svarið" | Then You'll Know The Answer | 13 | 42 | |||
1994 | Sigga | "Nætur" | Nights | 12 | 49 | |||
1995 | Bo Halldórsson | "Núna" | Now | 15 | 31 | |||
1996 | Anna Mjöll | "Sjúbídú" | Shoobe-Doo | 13 | 51 | 10 | 49 | |
1997 | Paul Oscar | "Minn hinsti dans" | My Final Dance | 20 | 18 | No semi-finals | ||
Did not participate in 1998 | ||||||||
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 | |||
Did not participate in 2002 | ||||||||
2003 | Birgitta | "Open Your Heart" | English | - | 8 | 81 | No semi-finals | |
2004 | Jónsi | "Heaven" | - | 19 | 16 | Top 11 Previous Year | ||
2005 | Selma | "If I Had Your Love" | - | Failed to qualify | 16 | 52 | ||
2006 | Silvía 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" | English, French | I Don't Know What | 19 | 41 | 3 | 123 |
2011 | Sjonni's Friends | "Coming Home" | English | - | 20 | 61 | 4 | 100 |
2012 | Greta Salóme & Jónsi | "Never Forget" | - | 20 | 46 | 8 | 75 | |
2013 | Eythor Ingi | "Ég á líf" | Icelandic | I'm Alive | 17 | 47 | 6 | 72 |
2014 | Pollapönk | "No Prejudice" | English | - | 15 | 58 | 8 | 61 |
2015 | María Olafs | "Unbroken" | - | Failed to qualify | 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 | Hate will prevail | 10 | 232 | 3 | 221 |
2020 | Daði & Gagnamagnið | "Think About Things" | English | - | Cancelled | |||
2021 | "10 Years" | - | 4 | 378 | 2 | 288 | ||
2022 | Systur | "Með hækkandi sól" | Icelandic | With the rising sun | 23 | 20 | 10 | 103 |
2023 | Diljá | "Power" | English | - | Failed to qualify | 11 | 44 | |
2024 | Hera Björk | "Scared of Heights" | - |