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| label = {{hlist|Musica Publica|[[Warner Music Group|Warner]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theroop.com/newsfeed/2020/10/16/its-official-the-roop-have-signed-a-deal-with-one-of-the-biggest-labels-in-the-world-warner-music-group/ |title=IT'S OFFICIAL! THE ROOP HAVE SIGNED A DEAL WITH ONE OF THE BIGGEST LABELS IN THE WORLD - "WARNER MUSIC GROUP" |date=15 October 2020 |website=theroop.com |access-date=29 December 2020 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330032716/https://www.theroop.com/newsfeed/2020/10/16/its-official-the-roop-have-signed-a-deal-with-one-of-the-biggest-labels-in-the-world-warner-music-group/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

'''The Roop''' (stylised asin THE[[all ROOPcaps]]) are a Lithuanian [[pop rock]] band from [[Vilnius]]. Formed in 2014, the group consists of lead vocalist Vaidotas Valiukevičius, percussionist Robertas Baranauskas and guitarist Mantas Banišauskas. The group has released twothree albums – albums—''To Whom It May Concern'' in 2015, ''Ghosts'' in 2017 and ''GhostsConcrete Flower'' in 2017–as2022 – as well as the [[extended play]] ''Yes, I Do'' in 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurovoix.com/2020/02/21/lithuania-who-are-the-roop/ |title=Lithuania: Who Are The Roop? |first=Neil |last=Farren |date=21 February 2020 |website=Eurovoix |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730101130/https://eurovoix.com/2020/02/21/lithuania-who-are-the-roop/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They were due to [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2020|represent Lithuania]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]] with their song "[[On Fire (The Roop song)|On Fire]]" before the contest was cancelled. They then took part in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2021]] with "[[Discoteque (The Roop song)|Discoteque]]", finishing in eighth place in the final.

=== 2014-20182014–2018: ''To Whom it May Concern'' ===

The band were formed in 2014 and featured Vaidotas Valiukevičius, a former member of the Baltic boybands Kosmo and Omega, who had been recording as Milanno<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1387403/people-in-30s-are-made-to-feel-old-who-are-lithuania-s-eurovision-darlings|title='People in 30s are made to feel old'. Who are Lithuania's Eurovision darlings?|date=17 April 2021|website=lrt.lt|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=17 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417070448/https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1387403/people-in-30s-are-made-to-feel-old-who-are-lithuania-s-eurovision-darlings|url-status=live}}</ref> in the 2000s, an act who had released songs such as "Nieko nereikia daugiau". After giving up on Milanno in 2010, Valiukevičius took a break from music until forming The Roop, where he took on a new musical direction with bandmates Robertas Baranauskas and Mantas Banišauskas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/04/26/the-roop-10-facts-about-lithuanias-eurovision-2021-group/264588/|title=The Roop: 10 facts about Lithuania's Eurovision 2021 group|date=26 April 2021|website=wiwibloggs}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://kaunas2022.eu/en/vaidotas-valiukevicius/|title=Vaidotas Valiukevičius|accessdate=4 June 2021|website=Kaunas2022 – European Capital of Culture|date=5 August 2019|archive-date=4 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604234113/https://kaunas2022.eu/en/vaidotas-valiukevicius/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, their debut album ''To Whom it May Concern'' was released.

The Roop attempted to compete in the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] three times. They took part in Lithuania's [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/ieva-zasimauskaite-to-represent-lithuania-in-eurovision-2018 |title=Lithuania has decided: It's Ieva Zasimauskaitė! |first1=Louise |last1=LaFelur |first2=Ephraïm |last2=Beks |date=11 March 2018 |website=[[Eurovision.tv]] |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513035919/https://eurovision.tv/story/ieva-zasimauskaite-to-represent-lithuania-in-eurovision-2018 |archive-date=13 May 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 with "On Fire" at the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2020]] in May that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/02/19/lithuania-the-roop-grand-final-televote-figures-revised/250242/ |title=Lithuania: THE ROOP's grand final televote figures are revised... increasing their landslide victory |first=Robyn |last=Gallagher |date=19 February 2020 |website=[[Wiwibloggs]] |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-date=24 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824023603/https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/02/19/lithuania-the-roop-grand-final-televote-figures-revised/250242/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/lithuania-artist1-wins-pabandom-is-naujo-2020 |title=Lithuania has decided: The Roop to Eurovision 2020 after winning Pabandom iš Naujo |author=Rasmus |date=15 February 2020 |website=Eurovisionworld |access-date=19 February 2020 |archive-date=24 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824023629/https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/lithuania-artist1-wins-pabandom-is-naujo-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Eurovision Song Contest 2020 was cancelled in March 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1153005/the-roop-regrets-eurovision-cancellation-lithuania-could-have-won |title=The Roop regrets Eurovision cancellation: Lithuania could have won |date=19 March 2020 |website=[[Lithuanian National Radio and Television]] |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730121844/https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1153005/the-roop-regrets-eurovision-cancellation-lithuania-could-have-won |url-status=live }}</ref> Several countries held alternatives to the contest and ranked the 2020 entries themselves; the Roop won [[Eurovision 2020 – das deutsche Finale|Eurovision 2020 - Das Deutsche Finale]], one of the replacing shows.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-16|title=The Roop from Lithuania wins the German Eurovision 2020 alternative show|url=https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/the-roop-from-lithuania-wins-the-german-eurovision-2020-alternative-show|access-date=2021-02-07|website=Eurovisionworld|archive-date=23 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523203732/https://eurovisionworld.com/esc/the-roop-from-lithuania-wins-the-german-eurovision-2020-alternative-show|url-status=live}}</ref> The Lithuanian national broadcaster, [[Lithuanian National Radio and Television]], decided to hold a new national selection for the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2021|2021 contest]] and guaranteed the Roop a place in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://escxtra.com/2020/03/31/the-roop-invited-back-to-lithuanian-2021-national-selection/ |title=🇱🇹 The Roop invited back to Lithuanian 2021 national selection |first=Matt |last=Baker |date=31 March 2020 |website=ESCXtra |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=16 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616113625/https://escxtra.com/2020/03/31/the-roop-invited-back-to-lithuanian-2021-national-selection/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Roop announced their intent to participate again in November 2020.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esctoday.com/181165/lithuania-the-roop-will-compete-in-the-national-selection-for-eurovision-2021/ |title=Lithuania: The Roop will compete in the national selection for Eurovision 2021 |first=Sanjay |last=Jiandani |date=23 November 2020 |website=ESCToday |access-date=1 December 2020 |archive-date=13 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413125327/http://esctoday.com/181165/lithuania-the-roop-will-compete-in-the-national-selection-for-eurovision-2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref> They released their competing song, "[[Discoteque (The Roop song)|Discoteque]]", in January 2021. The song won the selection, winning the jury vote and surpassing 74,000 televotes in the final, and finished 8th [[Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021|representing Lithuania]] in the [[Eurovision Song Contest 2021]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-02-06|title=Lithuania: The Roop will sing "Discoteque" at Eurovision 2021|url=http://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/06/lithuania-the-roop-wins-pabandom-is-naujo-will-sing-discoteque-at-eurovision-2021/261331/|access-date=2021-02-07|website=wiwibloggs|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021/grand-final |title=Grand Final of Rotterdam 2021 |website=Eurovision.tv |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-date=13 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240213074801/https://eurovision.tv/event/rotterdam-2021/grand-final |url-status=live }}</ref> The band performed with dancers and choreographers Miglė Praniauskaitė<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.delfi.lt/temos/migle-praniauskaite|title=Miglė Praniauskaitė|accessdate=23 May 2021|archive-date=23 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523225038/https://www.delfi.lt/temos/migle-praniauskaite|url-status=live}}</ref> and Marijanas Staniulenas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/lietuva/the-roop-choreografo-istorija-pripazinimas-ramybes-paieskos-baznycioje-ir-svetur-gyvenantys-vaikai-1050-1491736|title="The Roop" choreografo istorija: pripažinimas, ramybės paieškos bažnyčioje ir svetur gyvenantys vaikai|accessdate=23 May 2021|first=Kristina|last=Kanevičiūtė|date=3 May 2021}}</ref> Lead vocalist Vaidotas Valiukevičius was announced as the Lithuanian spokesperson for the following year's contest, reading out the country's jury points in the final.

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Details

! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions

! scope="row" | ''To Whom itIt May Concern''

* Formats: [[Compact disc|Physical]], [[Music download|digital download]], [[Streaming media|streaming]]

! scope="row" | ''Ghosts''

* Formats: Compact discPhysical, digital download, streaming

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! scope="col" style="width:25em;"| Details

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album[[List of music recording certifications|Certifications]]

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[AGATA (organization)|LITLTU]]<br /><ref>Peak chart positions for singles in Lithuania:

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[The Official Finnish Charts|FIN]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Roop|title=Discography The Roop|website=finnishcharts.com|access-date=31 May 2021|archive-date=2 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214226/https://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Roop|url-status=live}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[Irish Singles Chart|IRE]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Roop|title=Discography The Roop|website=irish-charts.com|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325134331/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Roop|url-status=live}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[Dutch Single Top 100|NLD]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Roop|title=Discografie The Roop|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=14 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614170020/https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=The+Roop|url-status=live}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[Sverigetopplistan|SWE]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529005617/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=21|url-status=live}}</ref>

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;" | [[UK Singles Downloads Chart|UK<br/>Down.]]<br /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/20210528/7000|title=Official Singles Downloads Chart: 28 May 2021 – 3 June 2021|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=3 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603092532/https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-downloads-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref>

! scope="row" | "{{lang|lt|Keista Draugystėdraugystė|i=no}}"

! scope="row" | "[[Discoteque (The Roop song)|Discoteque]]"

| rowspan="24" | 2022

| rowspan="5" | 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/lietuva/unikalus-m-a-m-a-2020-nominantu-skelbimas-stebekite-transliacija-is-15min-studijos-1050-1427208 |title=Unikalus M.A.M.A 2020 nominantų skelbimas: daugiausiai nominacijų – "Solo Ansambliui" ir "The Roop" |date=18 December 2020|language=lt|website=15min.lt|access-date=29 December 2020|archive-date=26 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326231027/https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/lietuva/unikalus-m-a-m-a-2020-nominantu-skelbimas-stebekite-transliacija-is-15min-studijos-1050-1427208|url-status=live}}</ref>

|2020<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-02|title=Lietuvos eurovizinė viltis grupė "The Roop" pelnė Metų ambasadoriaus titulą|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/veidai/14/1311508/lietuvos-eurovizine-viltis-grupe-the-roop-pelne-metu-ambasadoriaus-titula|access-date=2022-02-08|website=lrt.lt|language=lt|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208143123/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/veidai/14/1311508/lietuvos-eurovizine-viltis-grupe-the-roop-pelne-metu-ambasadoriaus-titula|url-status=live}}</ref>

| rowspan="4" | 2021<ref>{{Cite web|title=Praūžė M.A.M.A 2021: "The Roop" ir J.Jaručio triumfas bei netikėti sugrįžimai|url=https://www.15min.lt/vardai/naujiena/muzika/kaune-m-a-m-a-2021-apdovanojimai-dalijamos-statuleles-pasirodo-garsus-atlikejai-1054-1634736|access-date=2022-02-01|website=15min.lt|language=lt|archive-date=15 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715182446/https://www.15min.lt/zmones/naujiena/muzika/kaune-m-a-m-a-2021-apdovanojimai-dalijamos-statuleles-pasirodo-garsus-atlikejai-1054-1634736|url-status=live}}</ref>

| rowspan="2" | "[[Discoteque (song)|Discoteque]]"

|2021<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-01-28|title=Apdovanoti "Turizmo sėkmingiausieji": turizmo ambasadoriais tapo "The Roop", traukos vietove – Kaunas|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/gyvenimas/13/1600415/apdovanoti-turizmo-sekmingiausieji-turizmo-ambasadoriais-tapo-the-roop-traukos-vietove-kaunas|access-date=2022-02-08|website=lrt.lt|language=lt|archive-date=8 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208144038/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/gyvenimas/13/1600415/apdovanoti-turizmo-sekmingiausieji-turizmo-ambasadoriais-tapo-the-roop-traukos-vietove-kaunas|url-status=live}}</ref>

| rowspan="2" |AGATA<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-25|title="Muzikos salėje" įteikti apdovanojimai Lietuvos atlikėjams: "The Roop" lyderis siuntė žinutę Putinui|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1626109/muzikos-saleje-iteikti-apdovanojimai-lietuvos-atlikejams-the-roop-lyderis-siunte-zinute-putinui|access-date=2022-02-25|website=lrt.lt|language=lt|archive-date=15 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715182432/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1626109/muzikos-saleje-iteikti-apdovanojimai-lietuvos-atlikejams-the-roop-lyderis-siunte-zinute-putinui|url-status=live}}</ref>

|KLIPVID<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-25|title="Klipvid" apdovanojimuose – "Free Finga" triumfas ir ilgiausia istorijoje vaizdo klipų peržiūros naktis|url=https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1626339/klipvid-apdovanojimuose-free-finga-triumfas-ir-ilgiausia-istorijoje-vaizdo-klipu-perziuros-naktis|access-date=2022-02-26|website=lrt.lt|language=lt|archive-date=26 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226085635/https://www.lrt.lt/naujienos/muzika/680/1626339/klipvid-apdovanojimuose-free-finga-triumfas-ir-ilgiausia-istorijoje-vaizdo-klipu-perziuros-naktis|url-status=live}}</ref>

| years = {{escyr|2020}} ''(cancelled)''<br />{{escyr|2021}}

| after = [[Monika'''The Liu]]Roop'''<br />with "[[SentimentaiDiscoteque (song)|Discoteque]]"