Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005
Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "If I Had Your Love" written by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Vignir Snær Vigfússon, Linda Thompson and Selma Björnsdóttir. The song was performed by Selma, which is the artistic name of singer Selma Björnsdóttir who was internally selected by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) in February 2005 to represent Iceland at the 2005 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Selma previously represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999 where she placed second in the competition with the song "All Out of Luck". The Icelandic song, "If I Had Your Love", was presented to the public on 19 March 2005 during the television programme Laugardagskvöld með Gísla Marteini.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2005 | ||||
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| Country | Iceland | |||
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| Selection process | Internal selection | |||
| Selection date(s) | Artist: 8 February 2005 Song: 19 March 2005 | |||
| Selected entrant | Selma | |||
| Selected song | "If I Had Your Love" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Failed to qualify (16th) | |||
| Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Iceland competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 19 May 2005. Performing during the show in position 10, "If I Had Your Love" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Iceland placed sixteenth out of the 25 participating countries in the semi-final with 52 points.