Sigga

Icelandic singer

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 Reykjavík.

Contest Act Song Position Points
1990 Iceland part of Stjórnin "Eitt lag enn" 4th out of 22 124
1992 Iceland part of Heart 2 Heart "Nei eða já" 7th out of 23 80
1994 Iceland Soloist "Nætur" 12th out of 25 49[1]

She got three 12-point votes overall, two from the United Kingdom and one from Portugal. With Stjórnin, she achieved Iceland's best result of fourth place until 1999, when Selma Björnsdóttir came second.

On 17 February 2024, she was the inaugural awardee of the Heiðurshöll Söngvakeppninnar or the Söngvakeppnin Hall of Fame for her contribution to the competition over the years.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ Barclay, Simon. Eurovision Song Contest - The Complete & Independent Guide 2010. Simon Barclay. p. 163. ISBN 978-1-4457-8415-1. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
  2. ^ Björnsdóttir, Anna María (18 February 2024). "VÆB og Aníta áfram í úrslit Söngvakeppninnar" [VÆB and Aníta continue to the finals of Söngvakeppninn]. ruv.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  3. ^ Björnsdóttir, Anna María (22 February 2024). "Sigga Beinteins heiðruð á Söngvakeppninni" [Sigga Beinteins honored at Söngvakeppninn]. ruv.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
Preceded by
Ingibjörg Stefánsdóttir [is]
with "Þá veistu svarið"
 Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1994 		Succeeded by
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ParticipationArtistsSongs
  • "10 Years"
  • "All Out of Luck"
  • "Angel"
  • "Coming Home"
  • "Congratulations"
  • "Ég á líf"
  • "Eitt lag enn"
  • "Gleðibankinn"
  • "Hægt og hljótt"
  • "Hatrið mun sigra"
  • "Hear Them Calling"
  • "Heaven"
  • "If I Had Your Love"
  • "Is It True?"
  • "Je ne sais quoi"
  • "Með hækkandi sól"
  • "Minn hinsti dans"
  • "Nætur"
  • "Nei eða já"
  • "Never Forget"
  • "Nína"
  • "No Prejudice"
  • "Núna"
  • "Open Your Heart"
  • "Our Choice"
  • "Paper"
  • "Power"
  • "Scared of Heights"
  • "Sjúbídú"
  • "Tell Me!"
  • "Think About Things"
  • "This Is My Life"
  • "Unbroken"
  • "Valentine Lost"
  • "Þá veistu svarið"
  • "Það sem enginn sér"
  • "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)"
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Songs
  • "Bye Bye Baby"
  • "Chamar a música"
  • "Dincolo de nori"
  • "Duett"
  • "Ella no es ella"
  • "Für den Frieden der Welt"
  • "Ime anthropos ki ego"
  • "Je suis un vrai garçon"
  • "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?"
  • "Lopšinė mylimai"
  • "More than Love"
  • "Nætur"
  • "Nagu merelaine"
  • "Nek' ti bude ljubav sva"
  • "Nekonečná pieseň"
  • "Ostani kraj mene"
  • "Rock 'n' Roll Kids"
  • "Stjärnorna"
  • "Sto pregando"
  • "To nie ja!"
  • "To trehandiri (Diri Diri)"
  • "Vechny strannik"
  • "Waar is de zon"
  • "We Will Be Free (Lonely Symphony)"
  • "Wir geben 'ne Party"
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