1. Lesley Roy was born on 17 September 1986 and is an Irish singer-songwriter from Balbriggan, County Dublin.
17 Facts About Lesley Roy
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Lesley Roy was signed to an independent Irish label in 2006 followed by a record deal with US label Jive Records.
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Lesley Roy 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.
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In 2019, Lesley Roy 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.
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The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, however Lesley Roy had a top 20 hit in Ireland reaching number 12 in the homegrown charts.
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Lesley Roy was chosen again to represent Ireland in the 2021 contest, with a different song, titled "Maps" which charted at number 3 in the Irish home grown chart.
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Lesley Roy appeared on FNMTV on 18 July 2008, to release the track's video.
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In early 2009, Lesley Roy provided tour support on a 32-city tour for American Idol runner-up and hit recording artist David Archuleta.
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In late 2009, Lesley Roy paid tribute to her Irish roots by recording a cover of U2's "Where the Streets Have No Names" for a video montage featured in the New York City Marathon airing worldwide.
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Under the management of Benjamin Tischker at Wide Eyed Entertainment, Lesley Roy signed to Marc Jordan's Rebel One Publishing then placed three songs with Wal-Mart's debut artist, Ashlyne Huff, for her album, Let It Out, released on 7 June 2011.
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On 13 April 2012, Dutch singer-songwriter, Miss Montreal, released I Am Hunter which Lesley Roy co-wrote three songs including the title track and single, "I Am Hunter", that reached No 28 on the Dutch Top 40 chart.
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Lesley Roy co-wrote the proceeding single "Better When It Hurts" and "Everything".
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Also in June 2012, Lesley Roy released two country music co-writes.
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In 2016, Lesley Roy provided the lead vocals for the entrance theme of wrestler Ember Moon in collaboration with CFO$ for the song "Free the Flame".
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On 5 March 2020, it was announced by RTE that Lesley Roy had been chosen to represent Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with the song "Story of My Life".
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Lesley Roy would have performed in the first semi-final on 12 May 2020, however on 18 March 2020, the event was cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.
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Lesley Roy is a lesbian and has been married to her American wife since 2010.