Team Lithuania, rejoice! The 2023 “Pabandom iš naujo!” (Let’s try again) is now underway! Lithuania’s public broadcaster LRT announced the program launch on Tuesday and Eurovision hopefuls will have until December 12th to submit their songs with the televised national selection shows starting in January, 2023. Competitors will participate in preliminary heats and semi-finals before a grand finale to determine …
Last Sunday, 21 of the acts participating in Eurovision 2022, as well as 6 special guests, took to the stage in London in what was the biggest pre-party of the season yet. During April, most Eurovision acts go on a small tour of Europe to promote their song and attend so-called ‘pre-parties’, where they perform their song live, talk to …
Earlier this month, Lithuania chose Monika Liu as The Roop‘s Eurovision successor at the third edition of Pabandom iš naujo!. It was a decisive victory, with only Lolita Zero coming anywhere close to matching her televote scores. Though she may not be a name to people outside of Lithuania, Monika‘s domestic career so far laid the groundwork for her PiN! success. …
Though the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) stated that Russia is “welcome to participate” at Eurovision 2022 after the invasion of its neighbor and fellow EBU member Ukraine began yesterday, several high profile participants and delegations past and present have voiced their objections. The most high profile is Citi Zeni, who won Latvia’s national selection and will represent the Baltic nation …
Lithuanian broadcaster LRT released the names of the 36 artists competing to succeed The Roop at next year’s Eurovision. They are: Aldegunda Alekas Augustė Basas Pegasas Clockwork Creep Elonas Pokanevič Emilijana Emilija V Erica Jennings Gabrielė Goštautaitė GABREA Gebrasy Geleibra Gintarė Korsakaitė Ieva Zasimauskaitė Joseph June Justė Kraujelytė Justin 3 feat. nanaart Lolita Zero Mary Mo Mėnulio fazė Monika Linkytė …
Lithuania will continue to ride its wave of momentum and good vibes. Following The Roop’s 8th place finish in Rotterdam with ‘Discoteque’, the nation is gearing up for what it hopes will be another fruitful Eurovision season. Today, broadcaster LRT confirmed the return of Pabandom iš Naujo! as the country’s national selection format and announced that submissions are now open. This …
Rotterdam, 8 May 2021 Het is zover! Rehearsals have finally kicked off in Rotterdam, with Lithuania’s The Roop débuting on the Ahoy Arena stage. Country: Lithuania (#LTU) Act: The Roop Song: “Discoteque” Semifinal: First (18/05/2021) Position in Running Order: 01/16. The same five people we saw in the NF version took the stage. The three members of The Roop, alongside …
In the lead up to the rehearsals in Rotterdam, we continue to profile all 39 of this year’s competing artists and detailing their journey to Eurovision 2021. Today, we look at a band who have already taken their home country by storm, and are ready to conquer Europe and make us all dance in the next few weeks. Enter The …
With the dust now settled on this year’s Pabandom iš Naujo!, we got the opportunity to speak to this year’s Lithuanian representatives The Roop, who will be going to Rotterdam with the fiercely popular “Discoteque”. We spoke to the band about the pressures of coming back to Eurovision, the support they have felt and how dance can liberate people… Hello …
Vilnius, 6 February 2021. Lãbas vãkaras, everyone. We bring you good tidings from Lithuania, because they just made a decision nobody expected them to make: They cancelled the results of their previous heats to ensure the The Roop WON. Bet your jaw just HIT the floor from shock! Fortunately, the night had more on offer than a formal crowning moment. Here’s …
