Open Thoughts on Eurovision
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Open Thoughts on Eurovision
Hi, this is Vaidotas. This time I want to speak honestly about Eurovision. For many people, it’s just a TV show to watch with friends. But for artists, this event means much more. First, let’s start with the fact that it’s the most popular music TV show in the world (not just in Europe). There’s no show with higher viewership or broader reach.
So if you make it to this event, you receive an insanely high amount of attention, which can be used to promote your country and your music. Not all artists understand this. Some get scared by the amount of attention, others get intoxicated by it and think that once they’re on the pedestal, it’ll always be like that, and some just want to sing and that’s it.
But then there are those who understand how temporary this attention is and know they need to use it wisely. I think we – THE ROOP – definitely belong to that group.
When we participated in 2021 with the song “Discoteque”, we worked our butts off: giving interviews, creating social media content, not fearing the attention, spreading the word about ourselves and our country.
Maybe that’s why we were awarded two years in a row as Ambassadors of Lithuania. When you’re chosen to represent your country at Eurovision, from that moment on you’re not just representing yourself – you’re representing your voters, the Lithuanians. We took that seriously. We didn’t complain about being tired, we didn’t send journalists away – we simply tried to enjoy the moment and constantly asked ourselves, “What more can we do?”
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Like everything else, Eurovision has another side, one in which some artists get stuck and end up just lingering. What do I mean? Eurovision is a great platform to showcase yourself, but it’s crucial to find other channels for exposure and to keep moving forward. You have to let go of Eurovision’s hand, not be afraid to step out of the Eurovision bubble, and not get fixated only on Eurovision-related things.
Interestingly, we ourselves clung to it for a while, with most of our thoughts revolving around Eurovision. But over a year ago, we sat down and decided to psychologically let Eurovision go. That doesn’t mean we’ll avoid it, but rather that we’re looking for other paths to people’s hearts. This psychological release has really lightened our lives.
Every artist has their own path and acts how they see fit. But we decided not to close ourselves in one bubble. Some artists live only within Eurovision, only show up at Eurovision events, only perform the one song they competed with, or start covering other Eurovision songs.
Slowly, they lose their creative potential…