Selma Björnsdóttir

Selma, Selma Björnsdóttir full name, ( born June 13, 1974 in Reykjavík, Iceland ) is an Icelandic singer. Internationally, it has been known for two performances at the Euro Vision Song Contest in 1999 and 2005.

Biography

Selma grew up in Gardabær, a municipality in the Greater Reykjavík Area. Already sang in her childhood and she danced and performed with ten years occurred in the opera Noah's Arc ( Noah's Ark ). After school, she played in a theater.

In 1999, she won the Icelandic preselection for the Grand Prix and took the second place there. Six years later, she won again the qualifying round, but could not qualify for the finals in the semis.

Performances at the Euro Vision Song Contest

As Selma in 1999 occurred with All Out Of Luck, The European Broadcasting Union ( EBU short ) has accused her of orienting the song too much at the Swedish contribution from the year 1991. Was Selma but occur. She reached the second place and thus the best that Iceland has up to this point ever achieved.

In 2005 she was nominated directly by the transmitter. She was up front with her ​​song If I had your Love as one of the big favorites in the competition. In the semifinals, however, they failed.

In 2006, she accompanied Silvia Night to Athens and defended the ( criticized ) appearance of the fictional character.