Iceland In The Eurovision Song Contest 1999
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).
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