"Luktelk" | ||||
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Single by Silvester Belt | ||||
English title | "Wait" | |||
Released | 11 January 2024 | |||
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Length | 2:41 | |||
Label | Self-released | |||
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Eurovision Song Contest 2024 entry | ||||
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◄ "Stay" (2023) |
"Luktelk" (Lithuanian: [ˈɫʊktɛɫk]; transl. "Wait") is a song by Lithuanian singer-songwriter Silvester Belt. It was self-released on 11 January 2024. The song is set to represent Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, to be held in Malmö, Sweden, after winning Eurovizija.LT.[1] It peaked at number one in his home country of Lithuania.
"Luktelk" was composed and written by Silvestras Beltė, together with Džesika Šyvokaitė and Elena Jurgaitytė, and produced by Karolis Labanauskas and Linas Strockis.[2] In an interview, Beltė spoke of the song's development: "we sat down to write, and the idea came up that it would be interesting to try ourselves on the Eurovision stage, so we decided to write a song just for this adventure".[3]
The track has been described as a pop song with electronic music influences and is inspired by the success of previous Lithuanian entries "Sentimentai" and "Stay", which was written in the Lithuanian language.[3][4] Beltė revealed that the lyrics were written with "the intention that the consonants resemble other words in other languages", so that the song was "simpler and more understandable for foreigners".[5]
In an interview, Beltė mentioned that the song is about being stuck in a matrix loop:[6]
"When we get stuck in our everyday tasks that repeat everyday, we can’t tell anymore whether we are in a dream, or in another dimension. It’s about generally not being happy, and only existing on the surface and it isn’t working anymore... [but] at the end of the day, we will wake up tomorrow and will still have to dance."
Main article: Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 |
Eurovizija.LT was the national final format organised by LRT to select the Lithuanian representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. For 2024, 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.[7][8] A 50/50 combination of jury and public vote determined the ranking in each phase, with the top two entries from each semi-final qualifying for the final. The top three entries from the final then moved on to a final televoting round, selecting the winner.[9][10]
Beltė was officially announced to compete in Euroviizja.LT on 19 December 2023.[10] "Luktelk" was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, qualifying by finishing first out of the eight entries in the semi-final.[11] In the final, the song would move on to the superfinal, along with two other entries, namely "Impossible" by Shower and "Simple Joy" by The Roop. The song eventually won the superfinal and the Lithuanian spot for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.[12]
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 for 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 will 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.[13] Lithuania is scheduled to perform on the first half of the first semi-final.[14]
Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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Lithuania (AGATA)[15] | 1 |
Region | Date | Format(s) | Label | Type | Ref. |
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Various | 11 January 2024 | Self-released | Single |