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Ireland misses out on spot in this year's Eurovision final

Ireland hasn't made it through to this year's Eurovision final, after failing to make the top ten...
Stephen McNeice
Stephen McNeice

22.05 18 May 2021


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Ireland misses out on spot in this year's Eurovision final

Stephen McNeice
Stephen McNeice

22.05 18 May 2021


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Ireland hasn't made it through to this year's Eurovision final, after failing to make the top ten in tonight's semi-final.

Irish singer Lesley Roy was the seventh act to perform at Rotterdam's Ahoy arena this evening, with her song Maps.

She was one of 17 acts, with only the top ten making it through to the final.

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Norway, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan, Malta, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sweden, Belgium and Ukriane ultimately made the cut.

The grand final is taking place in Rotterdam on Saturday night, after last year's contest was cancelled due to the pandemic.

Speaking to Newstalk back in February, Lesley said she really wanted to finish what she started.

She said: "I am extremely excited about this song... I had a lot of anxiety going in to try and top one of my catchiest songs that I'd written in a long time".

"I worked for months on this - I am so, so pumped for everyone in Ireland to hear it".

A second semi-final will take place on Thursday night ahead of the grand final.

Main image: Lesley Roy from Ireland performs at the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest at Ahoy arena in Rotterdam. Picture by: Peter Dejong/AP/Press Association Images

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