The Icelandic participating broadcaster, Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), selected its entry through Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins 1990.

Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) organised the fifth edition of Söngvakeppni Sjónvarpsins in order to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1990.

The final was held on 10 February 1990 at the RÚV studios in Reykjavík, hosted by Edda Andrésdóttir.

[1] Beinteinsdóttir and Örvarsson, now as Stjórnin, performed 8th on the night of the contest, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, following the United Kingdom and preceding Norway.

They received 124 points for her performance of "Eitt lag enn", placing 4th of 22 competing countries, which was Iceland's best result in Eurovision until 1999.