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Lithuania: The results of Heat 5 of “Eurovizija.LT 2024”!

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Lithuania has started the search for its representative and participation for Eurovision 2024. “Eurovizija.lt” as Lithuanian public television now calls the process, consists of five semi-finals and one final. The fifth semi-final was completed a few minutes ago, with two contestants advancing to the next stage of the final.

The presenters of the evening were Gabrielė Martirosian and Nombeko Augustė Khotseng. In the Green Room the presenter was Nerijus Trilikauskas.

The Presenters of Eurovizija.lt 2024

The jury is consisted of:

  1. Ieva Narkutė (Singer)
  2. Vytautas Bikus (composer and music producer)
  3. Ramūnas Zilnys (popular music editor of LRT)
  4. Tautvydas Gaudiešius (singer)
  5. Jievaras Jasinskis (Composer)

The Jury of Eurovizija.lt 2024

The eight songs that claimed the two tickets for the grand final were:

The Results

With the jury having already voted, tonight the Lithuanian audience had the chance to see the live performances for the first time and vote for their favourites. The result was determined 50% by the jury and 50% by the TV audience.

The results of the Jury

The results of the TV audience

The two artists who qualified for the grand final are:

 

The ten artists we will see in the grand final are:

  1. Silvester Belt – “Luktelk“
  2. VB gang – “KABOOM!!!”
  3. Aistè – “We Will Rule the World”
  4. Žalvarinis – “Gaudė vėjai”
  5. Shower – “Impossible”
  6. Pluie de Comètes – “Be careful”
  7. Il Senso – “Time”
  8. Monika Marija – “Starting Tommorow”
  9. The Roop – “Simple Joy”
  10. Queens of Roses – “Walk through fire“

Stay tuned to Eurovisionfun for all the latest news about Lithuania’s participation in Eurovision 2024, in Malmö!

Source: LRT

Lithuania: The disappointment of The Roop for having to go through the national final!

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On an interview at the Euro Trip Podcast last month, the members of the Roop Band, Vaidotas Valiukevičius, Mantas Banišauskas and Robertas Baranauskas, who represented the Baltic nation in Rotterdam last year, revealed their disappointment for having to compete again at the national final of Lithuania Pabandom iš Naujo! 

The Roop Band had also won the national final in 2020, but due to the cancelation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, the national public broadcaster, LRT, invited them to compete again at the following national final of 2021.

The lead singer of the band, Vaidotas Valiukevičius, commented :

“As I remember national television [LRT] said ‘give us three weeks and we’ll decide what we’re going to do’. It was very strange for us.”

“I was mad, I remember I was mad. I thought ‘f*** off’. Then I remembered it’s a new situation for everyone, and we just have to get on with it.”

Additionally, the band’s guitarist, Mantas Banišauskas, mentioned:

“We thought that a better decision could have been made [about the selection process].”

“When we went through the selection… we didn’t think we would win that easily, so that was a stressful period; that whole selection thing.”

Eventually the Roop didn’t only achieved a landslide victory at the national final, but also the best result for Lithuania, 8th place in the Grand Final, the second best placing after the 6th place of LT United back in Athens in 2006.

As far as a Eurovision comeback is concerned, Banišauskas, said:

“We still have unfinished business I guess, we still have to win.”

“The last two times we went to Eurovision [it was about whether we had the right song] so maybe if the time is right.”

Below you can listen again to the two Eurovision entries of the Roop Band for 2020 and 2021.

https://youtu.be/1EAUxuuu1w8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNweec5olYw

Would you like to see the Roop returning on the Eurovision stage in the coming years? Let us know on the comments below.

Source: Eurotrippodcast.com

 

Lithuania: The Roop band signed with Warner Music Group!

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Today, the music group from Lithuania moved on to a very interesting announcement. In particular, the country’s representatives in the canceled Eurovision 2020 contest, The Roop, announced through their social media account the beginning of their collaboration with one of the largest record companies in the world, the Warner Music Group.

Specifically, the lead vocalist Vaidotas Valiukeviučius commented that:

This is the result of long and purposeful work. We are happy. Once more we say all countries who feel they are too small – the music world has no borders. We want to inspire others not to let their hands down, not to forsake their creativity, keep on working, and we believe that many more talents will be discovered on a worldwide level

Source: Facebook/The Roop Band