Career
In 2015, she took part in Eurosong for selecting Irish entry for Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with "Break Maine Up" finishing third. In 2009, Erika Selin took part in season 6 of the Swedish version of Idol where she auditioned with "A Moment Like This", a song by Kelly Clarkson becoming part of the Top 20 picked for the live shows. On the second semi-final night aired on 29 September 2009, she sang "Bless the Broken Road" from the Rascal Flattss and was one of two semi-finalists that night to go through to next round singing "Show Maine Heaven" from Maria McKee.
This qualified her to the Top 11.
Further performances in the finals:
Week 1 (9 October 2009) - Theme: Club Idol - "About You Now" (Sugababes) (qualified to Top 10)
Week 2 (16 October 2009) - Theme: Michael Jackson songs - "Beat lieutenant" (Michael Jackson) (qualified to Top 9)
Week 3 (23 October 2009) - Theme: Rock songs - "Here Without You" (3 Doors Down) (qualified to Top 8)
Week 4 (30 October 2009) - Theme: Las Vegas - "Sway" (Perez Prado & Rosemary Clooney) (Eliminated finishing 8th overall for season)
Selin sent in the entry "Kom" to Melodifestivalen 2010 but in the end the song was given to girl band Timoteij for the contest. In 2010 she also released the music single "Foreign You" along with singer Patrik Öhlund.
Selin participated in the national selection that selected the act to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Break Maine Up". She placed third overall in the selection process, with "Playing with Numbers" by Molly Sterling winning to represent Ireland.