Report Card: Iceland at Eurovision in the 2020s

With five Eurovision Song Contests completed this decade, how is each nation faring?

In an ongoing series, the Aussievision team will rate the performance of each Eurovision nation in alphabetical order.

We’ll look back at their results from 2021 to 2025, their qualification record, give our team’s rating, and see how they stack up against other countries.

Iceland's Eurovision results of the 2020s

• 2021: Daði og Gagnamagnið - 10 Years : 4th in the Grand Final

• 2022: Systur - Með hækkandi sól : 23rd in the Grand Final

• 2023: Diljá - Power : 11th in Semi-Final 2

• 2024: Hera Björk - Scared of Heights : 15th in Semi-Final 1

• 2025: Væb - Róa : 25th in the Grand Final

• Top 10s: 1

• Qualifications: 60%

Team rating of Iceland: 53.3%

We asked the Aussievision team to rate Iceland's Eurovision 2020s entries on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

This gave us an average overall score from the nine contributors who voted. We then converted that into a percentage.

Iceland's score was: 53.3%

The scores ranged from 4/10 to 6/10, with a very even spread of marks.

Team comments

"Ahh this is a tough one. Another country (such a small population) that seems to have a pretty solid music industry, but it doesn't always show up in their national selection! This year was definitely a step in the right direction! My score would of course been 10 points had they chosen to just send Dadi every year. #dadiforicelandeurovision" ~ Hayley

"Iceland has recovered well after a disastrous end to the 2010s. A top five placing is impressive for a country with only 400 000 people. However the placings of the country this decade so far has been rather erratic - languishing at the end of the scoreboard when they reach the Grand Final, to the bomb out by Eurovision legend Hera Björk. The fact I can't even remember how Diljá's 2023 entry goes is emblematic of Iceland's fortunes this decade. I know Iceland can do better. They came second twice in 1999 and 2009, and had an unbroken streak of qualification from 2008 to 2014. It is a real shame 2020 contest was cancelled because I am convinced Dadi would've won, which would have greatly boosted Iceland's ratings." ~ Sam

Updated rankings:

Here’s how the leaderboard looks so far in our 2020s Report Card series:

1st: Finland - 88.1%

2nd: France 81.1%

3rd: Greece - 80.8%

4th: Estonia - 80%

5th: Austria - 71.4%

6th: Armenia - 70.8%

7th: Albania - 67.5%

8th: Cyprus - 66.4%

9th: Croatia - 64.4%

10th=: Belgium - 53.3%

10th=: Czechia - 53.3%

10th=: Iceland - 53.3%

13th: Australia - 45.4%

14th: Germany - 41%

15th: Azerbaijan - 32.5%

16th: Denmark - 28%

17th: Georgia - 26.1%

We'll see how they rank against other nations in the coming days and weeks.

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