13 June 1974: Selma born



The Icelandic singer Selma Björnsdóttir, born on 13 June 1974, appeared in the Eurovision Song Contest twice: in 1999 and 2005. Her first attempt was the most successful: she narrowly missed out on winning this edition because of a curious voting by the penultimate country, Bosnia-Hercegovina. (Iceland was the last country to vote and couldn't help the situation much anymore). It's a shame, because 'All out of luck' was a much more memorable Eurovision song that that year's winner.

In 2005, Selma returned with 'If I had your love'. She performed the song in the semi-final, but failed to qualify for the final. Ironically, all this meant that she's responsible for the best and worst placing for Iceland at the Contest. So, do you remember this song?

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