Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2001
Iceland was represented by duo Two Tricky (Kristján Gíslason and Gunnar Ólason), with the song '"Angel", at the 2001 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 12 May in Copenhagen. "Angel" was chosen as the Icelandic entry at the national final Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins on 17 February.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2001 | ||||
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| Country |  | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2001 | |||
| Selection date(s) | 17 February 2001 | |||
| Selected entrant | Two Tricky | |||
| Selected song | "Angel" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Final result | 22nd=, 3 points | |||
| Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Final
Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2001
The final was held at the studios of broadcaster RÚV in Reykjavík, hosted by Steinunn Ólína Þorsteinsdóttir. Eight songs took part with the winner being chosen by televoting. The winning song was performed in Icelandic as "Birta".
Among the other participants was Iceland's 2003 representative Birgitta Haukdal.[1]
| Final – 17 February 2001 | |||||
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| Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Televote | Place |
| 1 | Eyjólfur Kristjánsson & Birgitta Haukdal | "Aftur heim" | Eyjólfur Kristjánsson | 831 | 7 |
| 2 | Ruth Reginalds | "Enginn eins og þú" | Ingi Gunnar Jóhansson | 2,402 | 2 |
| 3 | Gúðrun Árný Karlsdóttir | "Komdu til mín" | Grétar Sigurbersson | 1,127 | 6 |
| 4 | Rúna G. Stefánsdóttir | "Í villtan dans" | Einar Oddsson | 1,636 | 4 |
| 5 | Ingunn Gylfadóttir | "Allt sem ég á" | Tómas Hermannsson, Ingunn Gylfadóttir | 421 | 8 |
| 6 | Páll Rósinkranz | "Min æskuást" | Grétar Sigurbergsson | 1,270 | 5 |
| 7 | Kristján Gíslason & Gunnar Ólason | "Birta" | Einar Bárðarson, Magnús Þór Sigmundsson | 5,710 | 1 |
| 8 | Margrét Kristín Sigurðardóttir | "Röddin þín" | Margrét Kristín Sigurðardóttir | 2,156 | 3 |
At Eurovision
On the night of the final Two Tricky performed second in the running order, following the Netherlands and preceding Bosnia-Herzegovina. At the close of voting "Angel" had received only 3 points (2 from Denmark and 1 from Norway), placing Iceland joint last (with Norway) of the 23 entries, the second time the country had finished the evening at the bottom of the scoreboard. The 12 points from the Icelandic televote were awarded to Denmark.
The last-place finish meant that Iceland was relegated and did not take part in the 2002 contest.[2]
