Composed by Þorvaldur Bjarni Þorvaldsson and with lyrics written by the fictional character singing it, the song generated considerable controversy at the contest.
The lyrics are essentially in praise of the wisdom of the Icelandic voters in selecting Silvía to represent them in the first place.
Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 2006 was the national final format developed by RÚV in order to select Iceland's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006.
[3] On 30 October 2005, RÚV opened the submission period for interested songwriters to submit their entries until the deadline on 18 November 2005.
At the close of voting, it had received 62 points, placing 13th in a field of 23 – failing to qualify for the final and thus forcing Iceland's next contest appearance to be in the semi-final.