Irish Lesley Roy had 2 hits in the United States in 2008. After that she was mainly busy writing songs for others. She did release a few singles herself, but they were not a success. In 2020 it all changed: Lesley Roy was internally selected for the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “The story of my life”. It took a while, but in the end Irish broadcaster RTÉ chose her again to go to the contest in 2021. She will sing the song “Maps” in Rotterdam.

Eurovision 2026
🇺🇦 National: Ukraine selects Leléka
Ukraine: Vidbir, the national selection, is won by Leléka. She sings her entry “Ridnym”. Leléka will perform in the 2nd semifinal in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna. The choice was an unanymous one of both televote and expert jury. final date: 7 marchplace: Kyivhosts: Timur Miroshnychenko & Lesia Nikitiuk 1 Valeriya Force Open Your Hearts 4 2 6 l & m: Valeriya Simulik & Vinny Venditto 2 Molodi Legends 2 4 6 8 l & m: Anton Chilibi, Iryna Batiuk, Ivan Stepanishchev & Kyrylo Rohovyi 3 Monokate Tyt 6 3 9 6 l & m: Artem Yefimov & Kateryna Pavlenko 4 The Elliens Crawling Whispers 1 5 6 7 l & m: Aniel Arin, Mykyta Fedorov, Olena Usenko & Stanislav Khmel 5 Laud Lightkeeper 9 9 18 2 l & m: Diana Tomniuk, Dmytro Nechepurenko, DredLock & Vladyslav Karashchuk 6 Leléka Ridnym 10 10 20 1 l: Adama Cefalu & Viktoria Leléka m: Adama Cefalu, Jakob Hegner, Viktoria Leléka & Yaroslav Dzhus 7 Mr. Vel Do or Done 7 6 13 4 l & m: Aniel Arin & Valeriy Myroshnychenko 8 Khayat Hertsy 5 7 12 5 l & m: Andriy Khayat & Aniel Arin 9 Jerry Heil Catharticus 8 8 16 3 l: Yana Shemayeva m: Denys Sokolov, Joy Deb, Linnеa Deb & Yana Shemayeva 10 ShchukaRyba Moia zemlia 3 1 4 10 l: Darya Lisich m: Yaroslav Tatarchenko