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IRELAND’S ENTRY IN next year’s Eurovision will be Lesley Roy, who was due to represent Ireland this year before the song competition was cancelled.
Roy was due to perform the ‘Story of My Life’ in The Netherlands this year but the song contest was cancelled for the first time in its 65-year history. Instead, a virtual ‘song celebration’ was hosted in May featuring Roy.
Irish-born New York resident Lesley Roy will perform a different, as-of-yet-unrevealed song next year.
Roy has spent the past three months in studio working on a new song to represent Ireland with; Ireland’s song has now been chosen and will be revealed in the New Year.
The song was written and produced by Lesley, along with Eurovision producer Lukas Hallgren, Philip Strand producer/songwriter Normandie, Deepend, and Emelie Eriksson (known as EEVA) a Stockholm-based songwriter at Baggpipe Studios.
Lesley Roy said:
“It was a real shame we didn’t get to showcase Story of My Life on the Eurovision stage, but had the show not been cancelled, then this new song would never have emerged.
I’ve been working on new material 24/7 and this song was clearly the strongest out of all of the demos. I believe that it is even bigger than Story of My Life, and will reach an even wider audience.
“I am just so excited to finally get my shot on the Eurovision stage after months and months of work and can’t wait to reveal more information about our song in the New Year.”
Ireland will perform in the first semi-final at the next Eurovision Song Contest on Tuesday 18 May at the Rotterdam Ahoy Arena with the final taking place on 22 May.
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Never heard of her
@David O Brien: We’re grateful for your input.
@David O Brien: ladies and gentlemen…the classic journal.ie poster.
@Ribeard Ó Fiachna: neither did I. We obviously want to come last
@Brendan Heery: Thank you Brendan. Can you enlighten me?
@Ribeard Ó Fiachna: You’re welcome
@David O Brien: You can find information here: http://www.google.ie
@Brendan Heery: who?
@Football in the Groin: You’re too kind smart @r$e
@David O Brien: why would someone you’d heard of be performing at eurovision? Are you unfamiliar with the concept? Dullard…
Who?
@Jonnie Marre: Who,David O’Brien? Never heard of him
@Larry Betts: Don’t worry Jonnie I haven’t either
Not a bad tune tbf! Good to luck to her
Congratulations again Leslie, you will do great
Seen her on the late late show earlier this year, she is good. The song she sang could quite possibly have won..
Just thought I’d mention….
EUROVISION is like the kiss of death. Run girl before you too are cast aside to the abyss that is Eurovision failure.
Imagine an internet where if you can’t think of anything interesting to say you just nothing. (Am I guilty of my own accusation, I wonder.)
@Metassus: yes, yes you are!
@Dixieblue: ABBA
@Shelly Levine: what about them?
@Dixieblue: Celine dion!!
@Dixieblue: Jedwar… oh wait.
amazing singer
Who
Fine beour
Great and in other news the world is flat according to Jim Corr.
Who????
What’s another year…
She’s very cute. Interesting tats.
We’ve come a long way since Dana.
@DrAlan: why don’t ppl have more colourful tattoos? The one in the photo looks like it was done with a biro. Do the colours fade or something??
How did they get selected? I’ve been out of touch with that process for a few years.
Didn’t we already know this when the original show was cancelled back in April? All the acts who should have sung this year come back next year, with new songs.I don’t think Dadi from Iceland is interested in doing it again,(he would have won) but it will be fun to see what the Russian band Little Big bring. Their normal stuff is pretty … different.
It’s a pity she didn’t get to perform this year as her song was a cracker and one of the favourites to win. I do wonder if they’ll be able to have a normal Eurovision this year though. I cant see us having a sufficient level of immunity by then
I hope the new song isn’t as bad as this year’s one.
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