Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989
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| Member station | RÚV |
| National selection events |
National final
Internal Selection
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| Participation summary | |
| Appearances | 30 (24 finals) |
| First appearance | 1986 |
| Best result | 2nd: 1999, 2009 |
| Worst result | Last: 1989, 2001 Nul points: 1989 |
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| Iceland's page at Eurovision.tv | |
 For the most recent participation seeIceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 |
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Iceland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 30 times since its debut in 1986, missing only two contests since then, in 1998 and 2002, when prevented from competing due to finishing outside qualification places the preceding years. The country's best result is two second-place finishes, with Selma in 1999 and Yohanna in 2009.
Since the introduction of the semi-final round in 2004, Iceland has failed to qualify for the final six times, including for the last three years (2015–17). As of 2017, Iceland is the only Northern European country that has yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest.
Iceland's best position at the contest is second place, which they have achieved twice: in 1999 when Selma represented Iceland with the song "All Out of Luck", and came second to Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson and in 2009 when Yohanna came second to Norway's Alexander Rybak with the ballad "Is It True?".
In contrast Iceland's worst result is last place, which has been achieved twice to date: In 1989 when Daníel Ágúst got nul points for his entry "Það sem enginn sér" and in 2001 when Two Tricky received 3 points for their performance of "Angel".
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