Ireland's song for Eurovision 2021 released: "Maps"
The Irish song for Eurovision 2021 has just been released. Lesley Roy will be singing "Maps" in Rotterdam
Lesley Roy was set to represent Ireland in Eurovision 2020 with the song "Story Of My Life" before it got cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Even though the official confirmation that Lesley would be back for Eurovision 2021 only arrived in December 2020, the Irish singer took the first chance she had to fly to Stockholm in order to write a new Eurovision song after the lockdown.
In an interview, Lesley told Eurovisionworld she chose Sweden to write her entry as it represents a full circle for her and here it is:
The Irish song for Eurovision 2021 has just been released. Lesley Roy will be singing "Maps" in Rotterdam.
"Maps" is written by Lesley Roy herself along with Lukas Hällgren, Philip Strand, Normandy, Deepend and Emelie Eriksson.
Lesley Roy
34-year-old Lesley Roy is from Dublin, and splits her time between Dublin and her apartment in the East Village in NYC. She is a singer-songwriter and she signed to US label Jive/Sony Records in 2006. She has worked with the renowned Max Martin who produced her debut album Unbeautiful in 2008.
Since then her focus has been mostly on songwriting. Amongst the artists she has written for are Adam Lambert, Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer, Marlee Scott and Deorro.
A Eurovision fan herself, she has said she wants to "bring Eurovision glory back to Ireland once again":
– I'm very lucky that I am from the era of Niamh Kavanagh, Paul Harrington, Eimear Quinn, Riverdance years, Lesley said.
Ireland in Eurovision Song Contest
Ireland holds the record of most victories in Eurovision Song Contest: Seven victories! The six of these victories were in the 80s and 90s:
- 1970: Dana – All Kinds Of Everything
- 1980: Johnny Logan – What's Another Year
- 1987: Johnny Logan – Hold Me Now
- 1992: Linda Martin – Why Me
- 1993: Niamh Kavanagh – In Your Eyes
- 1994: Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan – Rock 'n' Roll Kids
- 1996: Eimear Quinn – The Voice
They have been in Eurovision since 1965 with 53 participation since then. Ireland has qualified for the Grand Final 8 out of 16 times since the introduction of Semi-finals in 2004.
