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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ก.ค. 2024
- I react to the live performance video of Silvester Belt singing "Luktelk", who will represent Lithuania in Eurovision 2024.
I discuss his Eurovizija.LT staging, the meaning of the song and its lyrics Lithuania's recent growth in the contest, and finally how this could do at Eurovision 2024.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:26 Live Performance Reaction
4:30 Artist Analysis
6:13 Song & Lyrics Analysis
10:56 Staging Analysis
14:27 Lithuania's Recent Trajectory
16:32 Will this Qualify?
19:01 How will this do with Jury and Televote?
21:07 Community Rankings
22:02 Outro
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I think it's #1 so far, has the full package. I would say Lithuania is even better than Ukraine and Italy. Kaunas 2025🏆🇱🇹
Its a cool song and performance but song is nowhere unique as Ukraine’s and especially Italy’s.
@@luka7678 How is Italy's song unique? It's a basic radio song
@@domiiinik4320 what? If anything Lithuania’s song is a basic edmy radio song. At least here in Europe on radio I never heard a song like La Noia thats why I fell in love with it
@@luka7678 both are basic
@@luka7678 I despise Italian song with all my being, and I wanted to love it so much :(
Dude. There are so many people on TH-cam doing Eurovision reactions but you are by far the most intellectual one. I have been adding songs to my Spotify playlist after watching your videos. This song is one of the ones I never skip to listen. I hope some of the artists see your analysis and listen to your suggestions. I wish someone who’s involved in the Eurovision realm would hire you as a contributor or consultant. Kudos to you. From your American follower.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 ❤️
Couldn’t agree more! Really appreciate the quality content on Eurovision performances!
Agree
Lithuania 🇱🇹 I love you thank you for sending Silvester Belt 🎉
Lithuania will qualify and I think it will finish in top 5 I like the song a lot
Silvester did an interview today, he said that he saw this video of you analysing his song and he cried! You made a big impact 💕
oh wow really? do you know where I can find the video?
ah thank you for that link🙏🏻. Although i dont know if that is me, as i think a few people do videos analysing the lyrics
@@ESCTom maybe, but for specifically “Luktelk” song analysis I could only find yours! Either way, i think you did a great job at interpreting the lyrics.
I was rooting for him so hard and I'm thrilled we'll get to see him in Malmö. I will be doing everything I can to make sure my American friends vote with me to get him Rest of the World's 12 points!
Thank you Lithuania! You chose well. This song is totally my vibe 💃🎉😀🔥
I am so excited to hear the Lithuanian language in Eurovision 😭 It's a bop and I wish Silvester all the best!
I don't know if you watched the final but the crowd were screaming every time his name was being mentioned. I think this could be a turning point for us at Eurovision.
And it was the only song where on second and third performance the whole arena stood up and danced/clapped to the beat
Here is one video of the final: what an huge performance, this will stand out in the Semifinal , in The Final and as a reprise of the winner of ESC2024 ... ! ❤❤❤💥❤❤❤
I started following Eurovision after the 2021 contest and honestly if we’re just considering since then I think Lithuania might be my favourite Eurovision country. They’ve just sent banger after banger since On Fire in 2020 (they really weren’t good before that tho lmaooo)
This song is REALLY strong, just as well since this is such a strong year so far. Will this be the best ever result for Lithuania? It seems very possible, top 5 could very well be on the cards for this entry
Yea Lithuania before 2020 just weren’t on my radar personally
Looks like Italy and Lithuania will compete in the final for the win 🎉🎉🎉
raiven and silvester are gonna cut us all to pieces with their cheekbones in semi final 1. and i will thank them for it ☺
so stoked for Luktelk!!!
oh lol, cheekbone power
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Idk if this has been said yet but Silvester is what we call New Year’s Eve in Germany 😊
Thank you Lithuania for this entry! Good to see more songs in their own language this year! This is going to do much better than people are going to expect! Like always good analysis Tom!
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Lithuania No1!!! Briliant song and Singer SILVESTER BELT!!
Yep Tom.....Lithuania is strong this year....VERY strong indeed!
I love everything here. Understated vocals, great visuals and what a tremendous beat!
This has meaning.
My biggest compliment i could give this is i could see The Roop performing this.
Yes, maybe a little repetitive but that is being picky.
A qualifier? Absolutely
Top 10?. I'd be suprised if it wasn't.
Well done Lithuania 🇱🇹
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Ps. Just dropped a place in my rankings.
Belgium 🇧🇪
WOW!
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I seriously need this song in my veins at this point. Silvester has done a great job.
my new favourite. the second i heard this in the semi final it clicked right away. i’m glad lithuania is in irelands semi so i can vote for him 🫶🇱🇹
Best reaction so far! I like the way you analyse every point of the song and performance.
Thank you🙏🏻❤️
Fun little Easter egg here: one of the producers of this song (Džesika Syvokaitė, better known as Jessica Shy) is currently a huge pop star in Lithuania. Last month in the MAMA awards she swept and got every big award a solo artist can get.
funnily enough, that screenshot that i took of Silvester being number 1 in Lithuania, Jessica Shy was actually number 2 in the list
I hope he is the winner of 2024. I totally agree with you in your analysis. Lyrics, rhythm and Stage performance are all totally in agreement. 12 points from me!
Here’s a nice little touch from an interview excerpt here:
“Silvester has also spoken about the international reaction to the song and the effort he put into making the song an earworm for international viewers:
“As cliché as it may sound, we speak the same musical language. The sound resonates with everyone. The text was created with the intention that the consonants resemble other words in other languages and be simple.’”
this shot straight to my #2 (after Ulveham). i see winner potential here - an amazing, catchy song, excellent visuals, confident performer. really stylish and professional, i can see this appealing to juries and televote alike. will be getting my vote in semi 1.
Me too!!!
Same!
Thank you for your time and effort to do this analysis. I really hope that we will break the curse of "we are the winners of Eurovision" and get place in top 5 this year.
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Luktek ,luktelk dar viena minute ❤❤❤❤ He just amazing ! Favorite !
I thought this was definitely the best from the Lithuanian final and one of the top songs so far! No real stunners so far, so it looks like it could be a really competitive year!
I just love how cool he is! The performance is so ready already that they don't have to do anything extra! Go Lithuania! I'll be voting for this in SF 1 🎉❤ from Finland
It's like Samo Mi Se Spava but way easier to listen to. Very nice entry for Lithuania!
definitely agree with this assessment, I love Samo but this is more accessible "dark pop"
@@WannabeBackbencher Samo was my fav of 2023. I don't like Luktelk quite as much but it's still super good
Samo mi se spava was way better
ye i agree, last year samo mi se spava was my winner and this year, you can tell
Like the song and good staging🤩🎉Happy for Lithuania❤️
I think this is going to do very well, it’s modern, fresh and interesting. The beat is so good and impossible to get out of your head, and mixed with the staging and the choreography makes it very memorable, every time I listen to this I’m jerking my head to the side and moving my shoulders to it.
With elevation of the current staging this will get a lot of support and could maybe even win in the right circumstances. I think it’s main competition will be UK, it’s a similar genre and performance style to Olly and they also look quite similar which doesn’t help in distinguishing them. I think this is darker and more mysterious that what Olly is bringing though, so we’ll have to see
Wonderful analysis!
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This is instantly into my top 3. Expecting it to look amazing on the Malmo stage. Concerned it might be direct competition for Olly but I’ll never be mad at quality like this!
i think Olly is going to be a lot more upbeat
@@ESCTom that’s true, and Silvester’s track is a little darker. We’ll know more on March 1st 🤞
@@ESCTomI can picture the uk jury giving Lithuania their 12 points because since they can’t vote for olly, they may as well vote for his equivalent
Very nice analysis! Thank you! 🎉😊
I don't usually comment on eurovision stuff but this is definitely one of my favourites this year and I really want to see Silvester do as good as he can and since he's looking for tips I thought I might aswell give it a shot. I really hope he adds back the camera angle from the semi final of the very high up rotated snapshots in the chorus on the beats at least like once or twice, the camera angles felt really unique and cool to watch, the flashing lights during the dance part were a big improvement though I love that a lot, for the rest say f*ck it and go even more all out during the dance part and have some flashing lights pointed at the audience aswell
Either way this is one of my favourites this year and I really hope he gets at least top 10 hopefully top 5 cause he deserves it
i think all the camera shots available to them in Malmo will be much better
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I'm sooo happy that he won!!! I think he will be my winner this year. The only one that I imagine who could beat him for me is Joost Klein. But ofc other countries can randomly blow all of our minds so you never now.
This year is pretty strong so far, isn’t it?
yep i agree, so much variety in the songs
I knew he was special from the first time I heard the song. The winner will either be him or Gate from Norway.
My number one right now! 🤩
Ačiū ❤🎉🎉🎉
Luktelk is my number 1 right now. I really love this song.
Really good analysis Tom!
I'm so glad you mentioned that it reminds you of Kylie Minogue's song "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" because when I first heard this song, that was exactly my impression! I can definitely feel that same vibe. I think they made the staging even more impressive in the finals than in the semi's so I'm getting excited thinking what they could do for Eurovision itself. Perhaps Silvester could do more dancing in the moments that he can. Maybe use a wearable mic rather than holding one. But even so I'm quite happy as it is now tbh! The strobe effect definitely helps him get away with less elaborate dancing too and it fits the song vibe so well (cluby, dark & mysterious).
I don't know if it's a change but 2 minutes into the song from the Finals he is putting a slight emphasis on the bit just before the drop which looks like he is having more fun with that part of the song in general.
Also, 2 minutes 30 he has made another slight change in the singing which wasn't there in the semi's and gives a bit of a switch-up so it's nice to see that.
Those are the only things I noticed that were slightly different but still doesn't change the fact that this song is banger for someone like me who loves EDM 😀
It's definitely a pro move to look at online reactions as research so props to Silvester! Really glad my country picked this to send to Eurovision! Funny enough, since I'm part of that diaspora I'll be able to vote for it too 😂
Number 1 for that song.
Lithuania was surprising in 2020 with The roop on fire. This one equals with sobriety.
Beautiful analysis!!! Thank you for it! Brilliant feedback for an artist 🫶
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Wow! What an analysis! You are a professional in this! Touching so many points! Despite the fact I am lithuanian, I did not like the song at first. 😊 I am glad to hear your positive review! Thanks!
It's a really cool song and performance. I really like it, it's interesting, there's mystery and there's nothing formulaic about it. The language sounds really gorgeous. I love that Lithuania is really finding its feet in Eurovision these last couple of years. Don't know if this will be their first victory, but even with the difficult draw I think it's a shoo-in for the final.
Thank you for your beautiful analysis. I too think we shouldn't aim to win but aim to break our pr "previous record" so far of what we got from song selections it's clearly my number one. If we break our pr even by one spot to get to top 5 and maybe top 3 It would be the highlight of my year!
Thanks for your thoughts ❤ lets get europe in Vilnius next year
Wow if this gets top 14, which i think it will, it'd get Lithuania's 5th top 14 result in 6 years. That's actually incredible for a country that has never won or come top 5
Well that 5th top 14 Finnish became reality🤩. I would have loved it to be higher tho it’s also my new favourite Lithuanian entry ever.
professional reaction
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LOVE LUKTELK 💙💙💙 I hope Silvester can achieve Lithuania's best placement!!!
Your in-depth analysis is the best. Keep it up!
Thanks 🙏🏻
This sounds like something NEW which is a good sign. I was fascinated by the innovative (and well produced) beat. I just wished he would fill out the song to a full three minutes. It just seemed to end too abruptly and too soon IMO. This will surely do well.
Many people complain about the repetitiveness and flat/monotonous feeling of the composition. But exactly that is what adds to the stylisation and confidence of the piece. Because it is indeed a stylish contemporary song, with depth and catchy rhythm. Good luck in May.
When I first heard this I thought he was singing "....I'm in lockdown, lockdown", now I can't get that out of my head (not referring to your Kylie reference) 😁
The diaspora (at least here in the UK) always gives the Lithuanian song high points even when the song isn't good (for context we gave "Run with the lions" 12, somehow). But this year? This year I'll be adding my own votes to that because this song NEEDS to get Lithuania their best ever result, or else. Seriously, this kind of music usually isn't my thing, but I am absolutely HOOKED on this performance! Wishing him the best of luck in May 🇱🇹💚
Also, seeing everyone on their feet for Luktelk during the superfinal performance was so nice to see! 😍
I've got this somewhere between 3rd and 5th on my personal preferences now that Belgium just released theirs. It's really been growing on me. The lyrics kind of surprised me considering the energy of the song but I like that. I'm worried about the repetitiveness but I hope this does quite well.
I think it's really cool that the top 7 songs, in the community ranking (so far), are all in their native language 🤩
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I'm so glad for Silvester! I thought his Finale staging was not as impactful as his semi final, the flickering lights and the wide shots were hiding the choreography and the dancers. But still such a deserving winner!
Massive competition as well, what a brilliant collection of songs, well done Lithuania!
my 2nd fav after belgium
i was so happy when this won!! 🤩
This review is the best one i have seen. Everything is so detailed and Tom knows what he is saying.
Our Silvester the best 🤩🤩🤩🤩😄😄
Åhh I love it❤❤
This song gives me similar vibes to Filip Baloš' entry for Serbia last year Novi plan drugi san. Which I love because that was one of my favourites from last years nationals. Hoping that this song goes well at Eurovision and maybe a win for Lithuania 🤞.
Also on side notes, if 2020 went ahead I'm sure The Roop would have been near the top with On Fire.
When this first burst onto the scene I didn't think much of it tbh. When I watched the NF yesterday and saw this performance something unlocked inside me and I'm now a huge fan. It's in my top 5 and will probably at least stay in my top 10 for this year.
Great shirt!!!!
Awesome song 🔥, the most professional reaction/review I’ve watched 👍🏼
Thank you 🙏🏻
Thanks for such a informative and professional review 😊
Thank you your video made me appreciate this much more.
Wau!!! Perfeckt!
This is great!😍 Good luck Belgium!
Very good 🇱🇹👍👌🎶🕺👏👏👏👏
Hello, as far as I have watched from eurovision reviewers, you are one of the favorites, I have never encountered such a thorough and detailed analysis before, I am at a very high level, I bow my young head to you, respectfully, the warmest wishes from Lithuania🇱🇹🇨🇮❤❤❤
Thank you 🙏🏻
Ačiū!
Big 👍 all round for Lithuania. Love the song, great visual representation and in native language. Great analysis as always. 😊
thank you 🙏🏻
This has to win
15:05 Forgot about Rain of Revolution 2017 I liked it alot.
🕺👯🕺💃🕺🤸🕺👍💋💫лучший молодежный танцевальный трек всей Европы Литва заслуживает 1 место в Швеции❤❤
Hi Tom, love your channel, I really like Lithuanian entry. I just hope that this does not get trapped in the so called “Eurovision bubble echo chamber”.
For those that don’t understand, during the buildup for last year’s contest in Liverpool the fandom railed behind countries like Serbia 🇷🇸, Austria 🇦🇹, Spain 🇪🇸 and Slovenia 🇸🇮 as a potential winner and it really got stuck in most peoples head that these could be potential winners or get them top 10 placements because of their popularity by the fandom, but what people need to understand at this point is that the fandom is a minority of the 350 million people that watch Eurovision and vote Eurovision. Then at the final when these countries didn’t get the public votes the fans and viewers were expecting they were disappointed and shocked.
I’m praying that this does not happen to Silvester Belt because at this moment he is one of the popular ones in the fandom. 🤞🏻
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More precise translation of "luktelk" is "wait a little". Wait is like you can wait for very long, luktelk is for short period of time - like in the second line of the song - for one more minute.
🎉🎉 finally my favourite from a national selection wins, I've been let down by all the rest liking songs that didn't win. This is easily in my top 3. Maybe my top 1 since i can't vote in esc for Zorra.
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It's such a banger. That first bass drop is so incredibly good and it's so catchy, been humming it for weeks now.
Hard to tell how this will do in Malmö, male-performed electro pop is a bit of undiscovered land in ESC lol. We had Luke Black last year, though Luktelk is a bit more approachable. I want this to do well, but it's the kind of song that could get drowned out due to its repetitiveness.
yea this is way way more approachable than luke was
As A Lithuanian `Silvester Belt` won in the Finals. I think that is really good but Other Lithuanians Are suggesting that Lithuania reruns the finals. Because some of the votes of `The Roop` were not counted. I think `Silvester Belt` Won anyway tho. BTW great analysis, enjoyed it a lot!
Have you noticed lots of elements like staging, lights, moves and even some parts of music taken from "on fire" perforned by The Roop? Would like it if not too obvious copy..
honestly i didnt notice anything like that
@@ESCTom strange. Even moves with shoulder, lights, other elements… that song back then was a success and won 1 place on virtual voting on Eurovision.. well it’s normal to use different elements in own songs, hope it will bring luck this year :)
The Baltics are gonna do what the Nordics did last year!
Kylie Minogue. I can't get you out of my mind.. Is exactly what it reminds me of. Not bad.. Even if the sound is old.. It sounds fresh.
I can't get this out of my head,, this sounds like if the first tone thing from the euphoria performance went and made its own song
Hey tom i have heard that megara from Benidorm fest 2023 sent in a song for uvpsm (una voce per San Marino) its called 11:11(yes its called that) its on TH-cam so you Can Easily find. If you Can't find its the Clock with the weird pink goo on the ground :)
I’m going wait as I will likely do a shorter reaction vid for UVPSM and I’m expecting them to make the final 🙏🏻
They're back home so maybe they didn't pass.
the point is that it is very difficult to translate the Lithuanian language in an artistic sense (songs, poems, etc.), a combination of several words, even sentences can have a different meaning than "officially" means
Where Can i Bye your t shirt? 👍👍
We are looking forYou ,evribody to Lithuania 2025
You seem to underestimate internet bubble. The vast majority of voting population is our parents, ages 50+, and this song is very gen-z. It's not a cookie cutter semi final as You might think. People seem to forget that Eurovision is not only for internet era people
The vast majority of televoters are 50+? That is who all voted for käärijä last year?
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Completely disagree, a lot of young people watch Eurovision and the number keeps growing every year
Looking at the division between the first and second half of the first semifinal, I am wondering what the chances are that all seven countries in the first half qualify for the final. Probably not high, based on how the running order will affect how people rank these songs, but I would not be surprised if seven of the best ten songs in SF 1 were in the first half. So far everything from those seven countries has been really encouraging and that is much less the case in the second half. But it is probably more likely that I am not giving most of the countries in the second half enough credit and one or two of the countries in the first half flop with the public.
yea i definitely think this can be the first SF since 2018 that has more qualifiers in the 1st half
@@ESCTom thank you for the reply! You explained it here and in your SF allocation video a lot more succinctly and intelligently than I explained my thoughts lol. It does seem to me that this will happen but at the same time it is very hard to say with certainly with only half the songs having been chosen and announced, even if we do know the songs in the national finals for half of the remaining countries.
18:45 The Diaspora voting really hard was seen in the German speaking Nations last year for Duje
Hey Silvester, if you’re reading this comment, please keep the staging intact, just adapt it for the bigger stage with a couple more closeups, this package is Eurovision ready!
Hearing the song I clearly hear a Y2K trance sound but with a harder beat and more modern styling, I’ve noticed on TikTok that the whole Y2K aesthetic is becoming popular with the kids (which as an elder Millennial I find quite funny seeing todays kids try to emulate the style that was popular when I was a kid 😅) and it’s starting to be reflected in the charts, I’m hearing more trancey dance songs and UK garage throwbacks on the radio recently
Throw in Finland plus Austria having a 90s rave song and Netherlands likely having a happy hardcore style banger, this might be the year of the 90s throwback
Lithuania 🇱🇹 ❤ 🇺🇦
this is like if sweden decided to be edgy omg this is so good so slick and so eurovision this has top 10 written all over it