Iceland was represented at the

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with the song "", composed by

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, with lyrics by

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, and performed by

Sigga Sigríður María Beinteinsdóttir, better known as Sigga Beinteins, is an Icelandic singer who competed for her native country in the Eurovision Song Contest three times. She was born on 26 July 1962 in Reykjavík. She got three 12-point votes ...

. The Icelandic participating broadcaster, (RÚV), selected its entry through ''1994'' and, subsequently, the performers internally once the national final was over.

Before Eurovision

''1994''

(RÚV) opted to change the format of the final compared to the previous years, due to the cost of a ten-song final being considered extremely high and being able to put in more effort in the final version of the song. RÚV held the national final on 23 February 1994 at its studios in

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, hosted by Hermann Gunnarsson. Three songs competed, with the winner being selected by an expert jury. Only the winner was announced, which was "" performed by Sigrún Eva Ármannsdóttir.

Artist replacement

After the national final, officials at RÚV believed that the original arrangement would not fare well at the contest and gave the task of rearranging the song to Frank McNamara, who also chose a new singer, which turned out to be

. Sigga had already represented the country twice by that point, in

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(as part of

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) and

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(as member of Heart 2 Heart).

At Eurovision

Sigga performed 5th on the night of the contest, held in

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, Ireland, following Cyprus and preceding the United Kingdom. She received 49 points for her performance of "Nætur", placing 12th of 25 competing countries. The Icelandic jury awarded its 12 points to contest winners Ireland.

Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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