Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997
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Iceland participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 with the song "Minn hinsti dans" written by Trausti Haraldsson and Páll Óskar Hjálmtýsson. The song was performed by Paul Oscar, which is the artistic name of Hjálmtýsson who was internally selected by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) in February 1997 to represent Iceland at the 1997 contest in Dublin, Ireland. The Icelandic song, "Minn hinsti dans", was presented to the public on 11 March 1997.
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Country | Iceland | |||
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Selection process | Internal selection | |||
Selection date(s) | Artist: 27 February 1997 Song: 11 March 1997 | |||
Selected entrant | Paul Oscar | |||
Selected song | "Minn hinsti dans" | |||
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Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 20th, 18 points | |||
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Iceland competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 29 May 1997. Iceland was the closing performance of the show in position 25 and the nation placed twentieth out of the 25 participating countries, scoring 18 points.