Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024
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| Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | ||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Eurovizija.LT | |||
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| Selected entrant | Silvester Belt | |||
| Selected song | "Luktelk" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) |
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| Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Lithuania is set to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Malmö, Sweden, with "Luktelk" performed by Silvester Belt. The Lithuanian broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), organised the national final Eurovizija.LT in order to select the country's representative at the contest.
Background[edit]
Prior to 2024, Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since its first entry in 1994. Their best placing was achieved in 2006, with "We Are the Winners", performed by LT United, finishing in sixth place in the final. Following the introduction of semi-finals in 2004, Lithuania has managed to qualify to the final twelve times. Lithuania was represented in 2023 by the song "Stay", performed by Monika Linkytė, who qualified for the final and ended 11th overall with 127 points.[1]
The Lithuanian national broadcaster, Lietuvos radijas ir televizija (LRT), broadcasts the event in the country and organises the selection of the national representative in the contest. Between 2020 and 2023, the national final format Pabandom iš naujo! had been used to select Lithuania's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. LRT confirmed its intention to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in mid-July 2023;[2] three months later, the broadcaster announced that it would use a new format, titled Eurovizija.LT.[3]
Before Eurovision[edit]
Eurovizija.LT[edit]
Eurovizija.LT was the national final format organised by LRT to select the Lithuanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. It was held between 13 January and 17 February 2024 and was hosted by Gabrielė Martirosian and Nombeko Augustė Khotseng, with TikToker Nerijus Trilikauskas hosting segments from the green room.[4][5] The shows were broadcast on LRT televizija and LRT Lituanica as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt and official LRT YouTube channel.
Format[edit]
The competition saw 40 entries compete across five semi-finals, held between 13 January and 10 February 2024, and a final on 17 February 2024.[6][7] A 50/50 combination of jury and public vote determined the ranking in each phase, with the top two entries from each semi-final (out of the eight total) qualifying for the final; the top three entries from the final moved on to a final televoting round selecting the winner. In case of a tie in any of the previous stages, the jury ranking would take precedence.[3][8][9] The score system is the same used at the Eurovision Song Contest: the top ten entries from each of the jury vote and the televote are assigned 1–8, 10 and 12 points.[8]
Performances for the semi-finals were pre-recorded, while they were delivered live in the final.[3][8]
Competing entries[edit]
On 18 October 2023, LRT opened a submission platform for interested artists, lasting until 11 December 2023. Each applicant could only submit one entry. Performers were required to be Lithuanian citizens, while songwriters could be of any nationality.[3][8] At the end of the submission period, over sixty applications had been received.[7] The selected artists were privately informed of their selection by 18 December 2023 and were able to withdraw until 31 December 2023.[8]
On 19 December 2023, the list of the 40 participating artists and songs was released by LRT. Among the selected competing artists were Andrius Pojavis, Vilija and The Roop, who represented Lithuania in the 2013, 2014 and 2021 contests, respectively.[7][9] In January, Kotryna Juodzevičiūtė withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Marius Petrauskas.[10]
Key: Entry withdrawn Replacement entry
| Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Agnė Buškevičiūtė | "Puppeteer" |
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| Aistay | "You" | Aistė Tomkevičiūtė-Pajaujienė |
| Aistè | "We Will Rule the World" |
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| Andrius Pojavis | "Sing Me a Hug" | Andrius Pojavis |
| Antoine Wend | "Say No More" |
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| Anžela | "Paskubėk" |
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| April Frey | "New Years" | Ieva Andriuškevičiūtė |
| Baltos Varnos | "In the Night" |
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| Clockwork Creep | "Empty" | Paulius Mscichauskas |
| Danielė | "Cold Shower" |
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| Deividas Valma | "Blood on Your Hands" |
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| Eley | "Rock My Body" |
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| Emilija V | "Trophy Wife" |
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| Freya Alley | "Serenade" |
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| Hansanova | "Dragons and Rainbows" | Giedrius Balčiūnas |
| Il Senso | "Time" |
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| Kàro | "Weightless" | Karolė Virbickaitė |
| Kasparas | "Fool" |
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| Kotryna | "Let's Get Lost" | Unknown |
| Lina Štalytė | "Perfect" | Lina Štalytė |
| Luka | "Move On" |
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| Marius Petrauskas | "Kol laiko yra" |
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| Mary Mo | "Done" |
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| Martin | "Jigsaw" | Monika Zenkevičiūtė |
| Meidė | "Zoo" |
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| Monika Marija | "Unlove You Starting Tomorrow" |
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| Multiks | "Vėjas galvoje" | Paulius Burba |
| Paula Urbana | "It Is What It Is" |
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| Petras | "Run" |
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| Pluie de Comètes | "Be Careful" |
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| Queens of Roses | "Walk Through Fire" |
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| Shower | "Impossible" |
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| Sid Hallow | "Here We Go Again" |
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| Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" |
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| Sun Francisco | "Trauka (Svaigsta galva)" |
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| The Roop | "Simple Joy" |
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| Thomas G | "Us" |
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| VB Gang | "Kaboom!!!" | Vidas Bareikis |
| Vilija | "Save Me" | Vilija Matačiūnaitė |
| Žalvarinis | "Gaudė vėjai" |
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| Živilė Gedvilaitė | "Save Me" |
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Jury members[edit]
| Jury member | Semi-finals | Final | Occupation(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| Darius Užkuraitis |  |  | | | | | former Eurovision commentator |
| Ieva Narkutė | | | | | | | singer-songwriter |
| Monika Liu | | | | | | | representative of Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 |
| Ramūnas Zilnys | | | | | | | music reviewer, Eurovision commentator |
| Vytautas Bikus | | | | | | | composer |
| Ieva Zasimauskaitė | | | | | | | representative of Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 |
| Kristupas Naraškevičius | | | | | | | TV and radio host |
| Gerūta Griniūtė | | | | | | | radio host |
| Jievaras Jasinskis | | | | | | | composer and musician |
| Giedrė Kilčiauskienė | | | | | | | singer-songwriter |
| Tautvydas Gaudėšius | | | | | | | singer (FC Baseball) |
| Monika Linkytė | | | | | | | representative of Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 and 2023 |
| Leonas Somovas | | | | | | | producer and composer |
| Jurijus Veklenko | | | | | | | representative of Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 |
| Mindaugas Bendžius | | | | | | | producer and composer |
| Olga Filatova-Kontrimienė | | | | | | | designer and stylist |
Semi-finals[edit]
The five semi-finals of the competition were filmed on 9, 16, 17, 23 and 24 January 2024 at the LRT studios in Vilnius, and were aired on 13, 20, 27 January, 3 and 10 February 2024.[7] In each semi-final, 8 of the 40 competing acts performed, with the top two entries progressing to the final. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, interval acts performed: Monika Liu (Lithuanian representative at the 2022 contest) in the first semi-final, Ieva Zasimauskaitė (Lithuanian representative at the 2018 contest) in the second semi-final, Ieva Narkutė in the third semi-final, Giedrė Kilčiauskienė with Happyendless in the fourth semi-final, and FC Baseball in the fifth semi-final.
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Živilė Gedvilaitė | "Save Me" | 3 | 165 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Antoine Wend | "Say No More" | 5 | 310 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 3 | Marius Petrauskas | "Kol laiko yra" | 6 | 454 | 7 | 13 | 5 |
| 4 | Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | 12 | 1,503 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Aistay | "You" | 4 | 199 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | VB Gang | "Kaboom!!!" | 10 | 1,843 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 7 | Luka | "Move On" | 7 | 695 | 8 | 15 | 3 |
| 8 | Clockwork Creep | "Empty" | 8 | 412 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Andrius Pojavis | "Sing Me a Hug" | 3 | 190 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 2 | Eley | "Rock My Body" | 8 | 730 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| 3 | Deividas Valma | "Blood on Your Hands" | 5 | 710 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Aistè | "We Will Rule the World" | 12 | 1,092 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Žalvarinis | "Gaudė vėjai" | 10 | 2,159 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 6 | Paula Urbana | "It Is What It Is" | 7 | 502 | 4 | 11 | 5 |
| 7 | Thomas G | "Us" | 6 | 723 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | Multiks | "Vėjas galvoje" | 4 | 605 | 5 | 9 | 7 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Anžela | "Paskubėk" | 5 | 498 | 5 | 10 | 6 |
| 2 | Sid Hallow | "Here We Go Again" | 3 | 430 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Meidė | "Zoo" | 10 | 509 | 6 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | Pluie de Comètes | "Be Careful" | 12 | 520 | 7 | 19 | 2 |
| 5 | Sun Francisco | "Trauka (Svaigsta galva)" | 4 | 457 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| 6 | Mary Mo | "Done" | 6 | 1,011 | 10 | 16 | 4 |
| 7 | Baltos Varnos | "In the Night" | 7 | 637 | 8 | 15 | 5 |
| 8 | Shower | "Impossible" | 8 | 2,444 | 12 | 20 | 1 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Agnė Buškevičiūtė | "Puppeteer" | 5 | 771 | 7 | 12 | 5 |
| 2 | Il Senso | "Time" | 10 | 3,232 | 12 | 22 | 1 |
| 3 | Kasparas | "Fool" | 8 | 962 | 10 | 18 | 3 |
| 4 | Monika Marija | "Unlove You Starting Tomorrow" | 12 | 921 | 8 | 20 | 2 |
| 5 | Vilija | "Save Me" | 4 | 374 | 3 | 7 | 8 |
| 6 | Danielė | "Cold Shower" | 3 | 611 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 7 | Martin | "Jigsaw" | 7 | 713 | 6 | 13 | 4 |
| 8 | Hansanova | "Dragons and Rainbows" | 6 | 512 | 4 | 10 | 6 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | ||||||
| 1 | Freya Alley | "Serenade" | 4 | 869 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2 | Kàro | "Weightless" | 6 | 387 | 5 | 11 | 7 |
| 3 | Petras | "Run" | 7 | 335 | 4 | 11 | 6 |
| 4 | Queens of Roses | "Walk Through Fire" | 10 | 840 | 7 | 17 | 2 |
| 5 | April Frey | "New Years" | 8 | 391 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 6 | Emilija V | "Trophy Wife" | 3 | 130 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | The Roop | "Simple Joy" | 12 | 3,691 | 12 | 24 | 1 |
| 8 | Lina Štalytė | "Perfect" | 5 | 1,730 | 10 | 15 | 3 |
Final[edit]
The live final of the competition took place on 17 February 2024 at the Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda.[22] In addition to the performances of the competing entries, Monika Linkytė (2023 Lithuanian representative), Dons (2024 Latvian representative) and Mango performed as the interval acts. A combination of the votes of a jury (50%) and the public (50%) selected three songs for a superfinal, where a televoting round determined the winner.[16]
Due to a technical error during the superfinal, most votes had not been counted at the time of reveal of the results. During the broadcast, it was stated that "Luktelk" received 16,688 votes, that "Impossible" received 9,066, and that "Simple Joy" received 6,884 votes. Two days later, it was revealed that "Luktelk" had received 34,691, "Impossible" had received 20,307, and "Simple Joy" had received 15,046 votes. Upon counting all the votes, the results of the superfinal remained the same.[23]
| Draw | Artist | Song | Jury | Televote | Total | Place | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Points | Votes | Points | |||||
| 1 | Aistè | "We Will Rule the World" | 54 | 4 | 1,635 | 4 | 8 | 6 |
| 2 | Žalvarinis | "Gaudė vėjai" | 49 | 3 | 2,750 | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 3 | Pluie de Comètes | "Be Careful" | 59 | 5 | 578 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 4 | Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | 97 | 10 | 25,502 | 12 | 22 | 2 |
| 5 | VB Gang | "Kaboom!!!" | 59 | 6 | 7,679 | 7 | 13 | 4 |
| 6 | Il Senso | "Time" | 33 | 2 | 4,012 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 7 | Shower | "Impossible" | 110 | 12 | 15,783 | 10 | 22 | 1 |
| 8 | Monika Marija | "Unlove You Starting Tomorrow" | 68 | 7 | 1,609 | 3 | 10 | 5 |
| 9 | Queens of Roses | "Walk Through Fire" | 20 | 1 | 897 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | The Roop | "Simple Joy" | 89 | 8 | 11,802 | 8 | 16 | 3 |
| Draw | Song | Juror 1 | Juror 2 | Juror 3 | Juror 4 | Juror 5 | Juror 6 | Juror 7 | Juror 8 | Juror 9 | Juror 10 | Juror 11 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "We Will Rule the World" | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 54 |
| 2 | "Gaudė vėjai" | 6 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 49 |
| 3 | "Be Careful" | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 59 |
| 4 | "Luktelk" | 12 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 97 |
| 5 | "Kaboom!!!" | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 59 |
| 6 | "Time" | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 7 | "Impossible" | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 110 |
| 8 | "Unlove You Starting Tomorrow" | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 68 |
| 9 | "Walk Through Fire" | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 |
| 10 | "Simple Joy" | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 89 |
| Draw | Artist | Song | Televote | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shower | "Impossible" | 20,307 | 2 |
| 2 | Silvester Belt | "Luktelk" | 34,691 | 1 |
| 3 | The Roop | "Simple Joy" | 15,046 | 3 |
Ratings[edit]
| Show | Air date | Viewership | Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final 1 | 13 January 2024 | 176,400 | 16.6% |
| Semi-final 2 | 20 January 2024 | 209,800 | 20.4% |
| Semi-final 3 | 27 January 2024 | 227,100 | 23.2% |
| Semi-final 4 | 3 February 2024 | 214,700 | 19.6% |
| Semi-final 5 | 10 February 2024 | 236,400 | 21.8% |
| Final | 17 February 2024 | 325,200 | 35.8% |
Promotion[edit]
As part of the promotion of his participation in the contest, Silvester Belt confirmed his presence at the Melfest WKND event in Stockholm on 8 March 2024, the PrePartyES in Madrid on 30 March 2024, the Barcelona Eurovision Party on 6 April 2024, the London Eurovision Party on 7 April 2024, the Eurovision in Concert event in Amsterdam on 13 April 2024 and the Copenhagen Eurovision Party (Malmöhagen) on 4 May 2024.[26][27] In addition, he will perform at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 9 May 2024.[28]
On 16 April 2024, LRT launched the social media campaign Mums reikia šokt! ("We need to dance!"), during which Lithuanian residents are invited to film themselves dancing to the song "Luktelk" and upload it to social networks. The selected material will be used by LRT during the Eurovision week.[29][30]
At Eurovision[edit]
The Eurovision Song Contest 2024 will take place at the Malmö Arena in Malmö, Sweden, and consist of two semi-finals held on the respective dates of 7 and 9 May and the final on 11 May 2024. All nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Five" (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete in the final; the top ten countries from each semi-final will progress to the final. On 30 January 2024, an allocation draw was held to determine which of the two semi-finals, as well as which half of the show, each country would perform in; the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) split up the competing countries into different pots based on voting patterns from previous contests, with countries with favourable voting histories put into the same pot.[31] Lithuania was scheduled for the first half of the first semi-final.[32] The shows' producers then decided the running order for the semi-finals; Lithuania was set to perform in position 3, following the entry from Serbia and before the entry from Ireland.[33]
In Lithuania, all the shows will be broadcast on LRT televizija and on LRT radijas, with commentary provided by Ramūnas Zilnys.[34] Each semi-final will be preceded by a half-hour preview show hosted by Zilnys,[35] and before the final there will also be a special 25-minute documentary by Rolandas Masiulis about Silvester Belt's road to Eurovision.[36] In addition, as part of the Eurovision programming, LRT will air a documentary titled ABBA – Against the Odds, produced by DR, SVT and several other EBU members on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Sweden's first victory at the contest with "Waterloo" by ABBA.[37][38][39]
Performance[edit]
Silvester Belt took part in technical rehearsals on 27 April and 1 May, followed by dress rehearsals on 6 and 7 May.[40] The staging of his performance of "Luktelk" at the contest is directed by Povilas Varvuolis, who has been responsible for all Lithuanian performances since 2017, and Norvydas Genys, who is responsible for the content of the LED screens and lighting.[26] He will be joined by four dancers: Arnas Ginevičius, Nerijus Trilikauskas, Eivydas Katkauskas and Andrius Vrubliauskas, while Monika Švilpaitė will serve as an off-stage backing vocalist.[41][42] His clothing was designed by Vainotas Jakštas and created by Marija Petraitytė (costume), Kamilė Peleckytė (shoes) and Gintarė Pečkytė (accessories).[43]
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