The Roop

The Roop are a Lithuanian pop rock band from Vilnius. Formed in 2014, the group consists of Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Robertas Baranauskas, and Mantas Banišauskas. The group has released two albums—To Whom It May Concern in 2015 and Ghosts in 2017–as well as the extended play Yes, I Do in 2018.[1] They were to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 with their song "On Fire" after winning their country's national selection, before the contest was cancelled as a result of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in Europe.

The Roop
OriginVilnius, Lithuania
Genres
Years active2014 (2014)–present
LabelsMusica Publica
Associated actsMigloko
Websitetheroop.com
Members
  • Vaidotas Valiukevičius
  • Robertas Baranauskas
  • Mantas Banišauskas
Past membersVainius Šimukėnas

Eurovision Song Contest

The Roop attempted to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. They took part in Lithuania's 2018 national selection with the song "Yes, I Do". In the final, they received 16,491 votes (the second-highest ranking) from the public and came third overall.[2] The Roop returned for the 2020 edition, Pabandom iš naujo! 2020, in the final of which it won both the public vote (with 50,139 votes) and the jury vote. The Roop was thus set to represent Lithuania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in May that year, before that event was cancelled.[3][4]

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details Peak chart positions
LT
To Whom it May Concern 78[5]
Ghosts
  • Released: 16 October 2017
  • Formats: Compact disc, digital download, streaming
 34[5]

Extended plays
Title Details
Yes, I Do
  • Released: 25 May 2018
  • Format: Compact disc, digital download, streaming

Singles
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
LT
"Hello" 2016 — Ghosts
"Dream On" 2017 —
"Keista Draugystė" —
"Yes, I Do" 2018 49[5] Yes, I Do
"Silly Me" 2019 — Non-album singles
"Dance with Your Hands" —
"On Fire" 2020 1[5]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Awards and nomination
Year Award Category Nominated Work Result
2015 M.A.M.A. Best Music Video "Not Too Late" Nominated

References
  1. Farren, Neil (21 February 2020). "Lithuania: Who Are The Roop?". Eurovoix.
  2. LaFelur, Louise; Beks, Ephraïm (11 March 2018). "Lithuania has decided: It's Ieva Zasimauskaitė!". Eurovision.tv. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  3. Gallagher, Robyn (19 February 2020). "Lithuania: THE ROOP's grand final televote figures are revised... increasing their landslide victory". Wiwibloggs.
  4. Rasmus (15 February 2020). "Lithuania has decided: The Roop to Eurovision 2020 after winning Pabandom iš Naujo". Eurovisionworld.
  5. "2020 8-os savaitės klausomiausi (TOP 100)" (in Lithuanian). AGATA. 25 February 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
Preceded by
Jurijus Veklenko
with "Run with the Lions"		 Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest
2020		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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