Sigríður Beinteinsdóttir, better known as Sigga, is an Icelandic singer who competed for her native country in the Eurovision Song Contest three times. She was born on 24 July 1962 in

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. She got three 12-point votes overall, two from the

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and one from

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. With

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, she achieved Iceland's best result of fourth place until 1999, when

Selma Björnsdóttir Selma Björnsdóttir (born 13 June 1974), also known as simply Selma or Selma Björns, is an Icelandic actress and singer born in Reykjavík, best known internationally for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest in both 1999 an ...

came second.

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1962 births Living people Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1990 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1992 Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1994 Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Iceland 20th-century Icelandic women singers {{Europe-singer-stub