Iceland returned to the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 in 1999

Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th Eurovision Song Contest, held on 29 May 1999 in Jerusalem, Israel after Dana International won the contest the previous year in the United Kingdom. The venue for the contest was the International Convention Center...

, after being relegated from the 1998 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1998

The Eurovision Song Contest 1998 was the 43rd Eurovision Song Contest and was held on 9 May 1998 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The presenters were Terry Wogan and Ulrika Jonsson...

 after Paul Oscar

Paul Oscar

Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson , known internationally as Páll Óskar and Paul Oscar, is an Icelandic pop singer, songwriter and disc jockey. He had a musical childhood, singing at private functions, with choirs and for media advertisements, but was affected by bullying in school and tension between his...

 came 18th in the 1997 contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

The Eurovision Song Contest 1997, was the 42nd Eurovision Song Contest and it was held at the Point Theatre Dublin, Ireland, on 3 May 1997. Boyzone member Ronan Keating and Carrie Crowley were the presenters of the show....

 singing "Minn hinsti dans

Minn Hinsti Dans

"Minn hinsti dans" was the Icelandic entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Icelandic by Paul Oscar, a former drag queen who raised many eyebrows in Iceland with his artistic creations before...

".

For the contest Iceland entered "All Out of Luck

All Out Of Luck

"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....

", sung by Selma Björnsdóttir

Selma Björnsdóttir

Selma Björnsdóttir , also known as simply Selma, is an Icelandic singer born in Reykjavík, best known internationally for representing her country in the Eurovision Song Contest....

 and composed by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson and Selma herself. The song was selected internally by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV)

RÚV

Ríkisútvarpið is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.Operating from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country, the service broadcasts a variety of general programming to a wide audience across the whole country via radio...

.

At Eurovision

The song was performed 13th on the night of the contest, following Poland

Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

For the 1999 Eurovision Song Contest, Poland entered Przytul mnie mocno, performed by Mietek Szcześniak. The song selection was held internally, so no details about the selection process are known.In the contest, it received 17 points and finished 18th....

 and preceding Cyprus

Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Cyprus and the Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation chose to host a National Final to select their entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the winner being chosen an "expert" jury...

. One of the favourites to win, the song received 146 points, losing out to Sweden

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999

Sweden was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, held in Jerusalem, Israel. For the contest, Sweden used their usual pre-selection Melodifestivalen. The contest was hosted by Anders Lundin and Vendela Thommessen. There were 10 songs in the final, with the winner being chosen through a 50/50...

's Charlotte Nilsson

Charlotte Perrelli

Charlotte Perrelli is a Swedish singer and occasional television host, perhaps most famous for winning the 1999 Melodifestivalen and subsequently that year's Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven."Since then she has released six singles and five albums...

by 17 points, placing 2nd of 23 countries.