Love Shine a Light "Love Shine a Light" - Rew being the only instrumentalist onstage -on the 9 March 1997 broadcast of the "Great British Song Contest" final which program also featured a taped interview with Rew in which he described Eurovision as "one of those great institutions of life"; also Rew accompanied Leskanich onstage to be congratulated for "Love Shine a Light"'s being announced at the UK entrant for Eurovision 1997. However Rew was absent from the Katrina and the Waves performance of "Love Shine a Light" at the Eurovision 1997 final held on 3 May 1997. One of eight songs aired in
Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 out to Sweden's Charlotte Nilsson by 17 points, placing 2nd of 23 countries. Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 Iceland returned to the Eurovision Song Contest in 1999, after being relegated from the 1998 contest after Paul Oscar came 20th in the 1997 contest singing "Minn hinsti dans". For the contest Iceland entered "All Out of Luck", sung by Selma Björnsdóttir and composed by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson, Sveinbjörn I. Baldvinsson and Selma herself. The song was selected internally by the Icelandic broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV). The song was performed 13th on the night of the contest, following Poland and preceding