Linda Martin known and loved as a singer and TV presenter who started off her musical career when she joined the band Chips in Belfast in 1969.

She participated in the National Song Contest four times as a member of Chips and another four times as a soloist and then as part of the group "Linda Martin and Friends". With nine participations, she has been the most frequent entrant in the National Song Contest's history and has represented Ireland twice at the Eurovision Song Contest. Linda Martin went on to win in 1992.

Linda was also a guest performer at Congratulations, the 50th anniversary Eurovision concert in Copenhagen, Denmark, in October 2005. Linda served as one of Louis Walsh's behind-the-scenes team on the first series of ITV's The X Factor and is the presenter of the RTÉ quiz show The Lyrics Board. Linda Martin is currently one of the judging panel of RTÉ's You’re a Star.