Lesley Roy

Lesley Roy is an Irish singer-songwriter from Balbriggan. Roy was signed to an independent Irish label in 2006 followed by a record deal with US label Jive Records. She released her debut album "Unbeautiful" in 2008, which was executive produced by Max Martin and which had a top 40 hit with the single "Unbeautiful" on US radio. Until switching her focus to songwriting/toplining and attracting the attention of Marc Jordan (Rebel One Publishing) the former manager credited for launching the career of Rihanna and owner of Rebel One Management & Publishing. As a songwriter Roy has experienced international success with releases for artists including Adam Lambert, Miss Montreal, Medina, Jana Kramer, Marlee Scott, Deorro, Anish Sood and Brendan Murray. In 2019 Lesley was chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with a song she wrote and produced with Robert Marvin, Catt Gravitt and Tom Shapiro. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however Roy had a top 20 hit in Ireland reaching number 12 in the homegrown charts. Roy was subsequently chosen again to represent Ireland in the 2021 contest, with a different song, titled "Maps". She participated in the first semi-final on 18 May but failed to qualify for the final. Roy finished in last place in the semi finals with 20 points.