Who are Lithuania s Eurovision entry The Roop?
The Roop are a Lithuanian pop-rock band.
The group features singer Vaidotas Valiukevičius, drummer Robertas Baranauskas and guitarist Mantas Banišauskas.
Originally from Vilnius, they’ve been together for about ten years.
Their name comes from the verb “to roop”, which means “to shout out” or “to make a great noise”.
The group have competed in the Lithuanian Eurovision national final three times: in 2018, 2020 and 2021.
The group have two studio albums - To Whom It May Concern (2015) and Ghosts (2017) and have performed at various Lithuanian music festivals over the years.
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What is Lithuania s The Roop s song called?
Overnight, Samanta Tīna released Latvia’s long-awaited Eurovision entry for 2021, The Moon Is Rising . The song was an internal selection by Latvia s broadcaster LNT and is written by Samanta Tīna, Aminata Savadogo (Latvia s 2015 Eurovision representative who co-wrote Latvia s entries in 2015, 2016 and 2020), and SKVR (Oskars Uhaņs). The Moon Is Rising was showcased in the Latvian TV show ‘Kā uzvarēt Eirovīzijā? Samantas Tīnas ceļš uz Roterdamu’ (How to win at Eurovision? Samanta Tīna’s road
Lithuania 2021: Pabandom iš naujo! Semi Final Results
The Lithuanian Eurovision national selection show ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ continued this weekend with the semi-final.
In the elimination heats only the top 5 out of the 10 acts progress to the semi finals with 10 acts in tonights show. The successful acts were selected by 50/50 combination of jury and public televoting.
Semi Final Results:
10 points - Martyna Jezepčikaitė – ‘Thank You Very Much’
8 points - Evita Cololo – ‘Be paslapčių’
7 points - Voldemars Petersons – ‘Never Fall For You Again’
6 points - Titas & Benas – ‘No
Missing out on the final
5 points - Milita – ‘Shadows’
3 points - Norbertas – ‘Man In Need’
Lithuania 2021: Pabandom iš naujo! Heat 2 Results
The Lithuanian Eurovision national selection show ‘Pabandom iš Naujo!’ continued this weekend with the second of the elimination heats.
In the elimination heats only the top 5 out of the 10 acts progress to the finals. The successful acts were be selected by 50/50 combination of jury and public televoting.
Heat 2 Results:
2. Gabrielius Vagelis – ‘My Guy’
3. Evita Cololo – ‘Be Paslapčių’
4. Norbertas - ‘Man in Need’
5. Aistė Brokenleg - ‘Home’
10. UnoBand – ‘Eisiu’
Gebrasy was the televote and jury favourite of the night. He previously competed in the Lithuanian national final in 2019 with ‘Acceptance’. He came 7th in Heat 1, not progressing to the next round.
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