Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996

Eurovision Song Contest 1996
Country	Iceland
National selection
Selection process	Internal selection
Selected entrant	Anna Mjöll
Selected song	"Sjúbídú"
Finals performance
Final result	13th, 51 points
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Iceland was represented by Anna Mjöll, with the song "Sjúbídú", at the 1996 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 18 May in Oslo. As in 1995, the song was chosen internally by Icelandic broadcaster RÚV.

At Eurovision

In 1996, for the only time in Eurovision history, an audio-only pre-qualifying round was held in March with all countries wishing to compete in Oslo (with the exception of host nation Norway who were exempted) hoping not to finish in the bottom seven places of 29 and face early elimination. "Sjúbídú" finished 10th with 59 points, qualifying Iceland for the final.

On the night of the final Mjöll performed 19th in the running order, following Finland and preceding Poland. At the close of voting "Sjúbídú" had received 51 points (the highest a 10 from Ireland), placing Iceland 13th of the 23 entries. The Icelandic jury awarded its 12 points to Estonia.^[1]

Voting

Points awarded to Iceland

Points awarded by Iceland

12 points	Estonia
10 points	Portugal
8 points	Norway
7 points	Finland
6 points	Sweden
5 points	Croatia
4 points	United Kingdom
3 points	Switzerland
2 points	Netherlands
1 point	Slovenia

See also

• Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Eurovision Song Contest 1996

References

Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Artists 1980s ICY Halla Margrét Beathoven Daníel Ágúst 1990s Stjórnin Stefán & Eyfi Heart 2 Heart Inga Sigga Bo Halldórsson Anna Mjöll Paul Oscar 1998 Selma 2000s August & Telma Two Tricky 2002 Birgitta Jónsi Selma Silvia Night Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Yohanna 2010s Hera Björk Sigurjón's Friends Greta Salóme & Jónsi Eyþór Ingi Gunnlaugsson Pollapönk María Ólafsdóttir Greta Salóme Stefánsdóttir
Songs 1980s "Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)" "Það sem enginn sér" 1990s "Eitt lag enn" "Draumur um Nínu" "Nei eða já" "Þá veistu svarið" "Nætur" "Núna" "Sjúbídú" "Minn hinsti dans" 1998 "All Out of Luck" 2000s "Tell Me!" "Angel" 2002 "Open Your Heart" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Congratulations" "Valentine Lost" "This Is My Life" "Is It True?" 2010s "Je ne sais quoi" "Coming Home" "Never Forget" "Ég á líf" "No Prejudice" "Unbroken" "Hear Them Calling"
(Note : Entries scored out are when Iceland did not compete)