Maps (Lesley Roy song) explained
| Maps |
| Cover: | Lesley Roy - Maps.jpg |
| Alt: | The official cover for "Maps" |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Lesley Roy |
| Released: | 26 February 2021 |
| Genre: | Pop[1] |
| Length: | 2:52 |
| Label: | Universal Denmark |
| Prev Title: | Gold |
| Prev Year: | 2020 |
| Misc: | | Embed: | yes | | Song: |  "Maps" | | Year: | 2021 | | Country: | Ireland | | Artist: | Lesley Roy | | Place Semi: | 16th | | Points Semi: | 20 | | Prev: | Story of My Life | | Prev Year: | 2020 | | Prev Link: | Story of My Life (Lesley Roy song) | | Next: | That's Rich | | Next Year: | 2022 | | Next Link: | That's Rich |
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"Maps" is a song by Irish singer Lesley Roy. The song represented Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Eurovision Song Contest
See main article: Ireland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.
Internal selection
On 17 December 2020, Irish national broadcaster RTÉ confirmed that Lesley Roy would represent Ireland in the 2021 contest.[2] The song was premiered on The RTÉ 2fm Breakfast Show on 26 February 2021.
The same day, a music video was released for the song, filmed by Ais Brady in the Wicklow Mountains.[3] They performed the song live for the first time on The Late Late Show that evening.[4]
At Eurovision
The 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest took place in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 May and 20 May 2021, and the grand final on 22 May 2021.[5] According to the Eurovision rules, all participating countries, except the host nation and the "Big Five", consisting of,,, and the, are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals to compete for the final, although the top 10 countries from the respective semi-final progress to the grand final.[6] [7] On 17 November 2020, it was announced that Ireland would be performing in the first half of the first semi-final of the contest.[8]
Charts
Notes and References
- https://entertainment.ie/music/irelands-eurovision-2021-lesley-roy-maps-475832/ Here's Lesley Roy's 'Maps', Ireland's Eurovision 2021 entry
- Web site: 2020-12-17. Lesley Roy's story continues for Ireland. Eurovision. 23 February 2021. 17 December 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201217152415/https://eurovision.tv/story/lesley-roys-story-continues-for-ireland. live.
- News: Moloney . Eoghan . Revealed: Ireland's Eurovision entry 2021 - Lesley Roy's 'Maps' . The Irish Times . 28 February 2021 . 18 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210518131131/https://www.independent.ie/news/revealed-irelands-eurovision-entry-2021-lesley-roys-maps-40134230.html . live .
- Web site: Fowell . Ian . IRELAND: LESLEY ROY GIVES FIRST LIVE PERFORMANCE OF 'MAPS' ON THE LATE LATE SHOW . ESCCovers.com . 28 February 2021 . 10 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210310051650/http://www.esccovers.com/ireland-lesley-roy-gives-first-live-performance-of-maps-on-the-late-late-show/ . live .
- Web site: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Rotterdam 2021–Eurovision Song Contest . 24 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201224155243/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021 . 24 December 2020.
- Web site: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Rules–Eurovision Song Contest . 5 February 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200408073043/https://eurovision.tv/about/rules/ . 8 April 2020.
- European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . Eurovision Song Contest 2021 . 18-22 May 2021 . Rotterdam, Netherlands.
- Web site: Groot . Evert . European Broadcasting Union (EBU) . 2020 Semi-Final line-up to stay for 2021 . 24 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201118125722/https://eurovision.tv/story/2020-semi-final-line-up-to-stay-this-year . 18 November 2020 . 17 November 2020.
- Web site: Irish Singles chart Top 100 by IRMA. IRMA. 26 February 2021. 5 March 2021. 10 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210310051652/https://www.irma.ie/index.cfm?page=irish-charts&chart=Singles. live.
- Web site: 2021 21-os SAVAITĖS (gegužės 21-27 d.) SINGLŲ TOP100. lt. AGATA. 28 May 2021. 28 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210528143430/https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/21s/. 28 May 2021. live.
- Web site: Lesley Roy – Maps. dutchcharts.nl. 2 June 2021. 5 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210605083442/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Lesley+Roy&titel=Maps&cat=s. live.
