Ireland's Eurovision hopeful for 2021 says the last year has made the journey even more exciting.
On Wednesday, Eurovision organisers said the song contest is definitely going ahead in the "best and safest way possible" in May.
The 2020 Eurovision Song Contest was scrapped due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has come up with three scenarios for holding the event in Rotterdam.
Fans wave flags during the grand final of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest. Picture by: EBU/ANDRES PUTTINGThey have ruled out the show going ahead in its standard format - but a 'Plan B' scenario would require all fans to follow strict public health measures and submit for frequent COVID-19 testing in the run-up to the event.
While a worse-case 'Plan D' scenario would see a completely virtual event.
All artists who are unable to travel to the Netherlands will be offered the chance to perform 'live-on-tape' – with a recording played out in place of a live performance.
It will see Dubliner Lesley Roy perform for Ireland, after being deferred last year.
However under Eurovision rules, all entrants have to have new songs to perform at the contest.
This means her previous selected entry penned for 2020, 'Story of My Life', cannot be used.
But speaking to Newstalk Breakfast, Lesley said she is even more excited this time around.
"It was great to hear that they're going to try and push for [Plan] B - I think we all kind of knew that [Plan] A was out of the question of having a full audience.
"So fingers crossed that we can have some people there in the Ahoy Theatre in Rotterdam".
"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".
She said the hardship of the last year have made this extra special.
"Because of the heartbreak of last year, and the amount of work now that has gone into both songs and our team were so exited and ready to get there, I can't even express in words.
"It was exciting last year to try and do it, but this year I think I just really want to get there and finish out this project that I started - and just really sing for Ireland.
"It sounds cheesy, but I feel it so much more this year and I'm so excited to get there".
Ireland first entered the Eurovision Song Contest in 1965, and famously won four out of five contests in the 1990s.
We became the first country to win three times in a row, and have won the contest a record seven times in total.
While Canadian singer Céline Dion shot to international stardom after winning the 1988 contest for Switzerland in Dublin.
This year's contest will see a first and second semi-final on May 18th and 20th respectively - with the Grand Final on May 22nd.
