REACTION: Silvester Belt - 'Luktelk' | LITHUANIA Eurovision 2024
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2024
- A FIRM fan favourite, we approached Lithuania's #Eurovision entry for 2024 with high expectations. Is "Luktelk" worth the hype?
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Lithuanian here! Luktelk does have a direct translation, it means "hold up" or "wait a little bit". In the song he's asking his partner to just wait for him, because he'll "love them tomorrow".
Thankyou! No idea where I got my info from so apologies for that! 😅💕
@@Novympia No problem at all, glad to help!❤
@@Novympia I think the translation you got was for another lyric of the song ''laboj', laboj, laboj'' which doesn't have a direct translation and has a correlation with good night
you dont get it... You can interpretate that in so many diferent ways, it can be talk in romantic way, it can be an iternal conversation.. wait a bit(hold on for a moment) I ll dance and deal with the shit tomrw. I dont want to but I have to. (life LOL))
Wait a little bit
I love that you guys basically invented yourselves Eurovision reviewers for this year and already became the most entertaining and best produced ones on CZcams 😅.
I'm still waiting for Olympia to dress as Monika someday! You need to recreate her perfect bowl hair cut 🫶
Lithuania is sending very strong acts for last 5 years. Love The ROOP. Luktelk is my favorite so far this year. But artists I usually like tend to end up last 🤷♀️
I really like this song! It’s def in my top 5 so far! Loving the Eurovision reaction content!
Monika became the president of Europe and brought back lithuanian, what a queen
Monika Liu's Sentimentai was still amazing and thank you for referencing her at the start of the video!
12 points from 🇬🇧 i love ❤this song, amazing👍😍
This is in my top 5 this year. Catchy melody, well produced, great staging. Easy top 10.
Luktelk - translation ‘wait a bit’ ❤
I can concede it might not win but i stand firmly on the side of "this has mass appeal, it will do well".
On the Luke Black comparison, that entry suffered a lot from a weak vocal and a not strong hook - i dont think theyre totally comparable
Luktelk is better than Luke black but less memorable. I’d be surprised if it finished higher than Luke black, it’s so forgettable. Sorry ,I’m not hating, just stating the obvious
Not to mention Luke Black's song was pretty contemporary and 'out there', which doesn't usually fare well with the older audiences, but is right up the younger internet Eurovision follower alley. Silvester's song is much more palatable and easy to consume. If anything, I think the televote is going to be one that will lift him up in the final (esp with the diaspora heyyyy), the juries is what I'm more worried about.
And the comparison between Austria 2023 is also not the best, I felt their stage presence and the staging itself was rather underwhelming. Their vocals were not the best either, while Silvester's stays uniform throughout the performance, even with the dancing.
@@goonerbean4680thats your opinion, not the obvious. Luktelk is very easy to remember even if its in one of the hardest to speak languages in Europe
@@rds7516People keep comparing it to those songs, I can see why, but it's really not what's going to happen imo. This to me has more of a Kaarija vibe, something that will do really well with the televote because it's so memorable and easy to sing along.
Love the commentary. As someone from the US who isn't as familiar with Eurovision as everyone else in the world, I appreciate the videos and I'm definitely getting into it now! Thanks for widening my world-view 💜
Maybe I need that slap back to reality, but I can at least dream that this could become Lithuania’s best result so far 😂
All these little extra videos are such a treat, I'm already getting pre-depressed thinking about when Eurovision is over and we're back to waiting for our once a week Sunday dose of Novympical escapism! 😢😢😂😂😂
the doors monika liu has opened!!!
It's SO much more accessible than Luke Black was 😂
the comparison with Luke Black seems a bit forced. there's little that unites the two- as others have said this is more approachable and better performed. I agree with your point overall that esc fans are being quite delusional this year and several fan faves will not do as well as thought, and I would also be surprised if this won, but I don't think there's any cause to already say it can't get top 10.
As an outsider from the US, I’ve only gotten into the fandom last year. I will say I LOVED Luke’s performance last year but his vocals were weaker and I think this year Luktelk will have more appeal to a wider audience. That being said, I still don’t think it will be top 10, but certainly not bottom 5. I just hope it will make the left side of the board
I hope you do this every year from now on!
Love what you said about how it can be your favorite and not win is so important. So many people don't seem to understand how these are two separate questions. But its easier to consider when Doomsday Blue is my favorite lol
The issue with all these hype songs is that Gen Zs never actually end up voting. But they'll SCREAM robbery!
I couldn't be prouder of my country's entry this year and I do really hope we can maybe top our best result this year. It's been so nice seeing all the praise from different countries and having even some conversations about possibly winning is awesome to hear as a Lithuanian myself but I don't think that will happen and that's ok. I don't really think our song is a eurovision winning type of song anyways
Now that's banter, I love it 😄💕
He sounds like a Baltic Troye Sivan which isn't a bad thing
We, lithuanians, are proud oh him
To be fair to Austria they came 2nd on their semi but going first in the finale is a death sentence
This^
I adore this song, it’s my favourite this year, but I am also a little worried about the fandom potentially overhyping it and then becoming argumentative if it doesn’t score high. I think something the fanbase needs to remember is that you are allowed to like the songs that don’t score high! I think inevitably some of the popular songs this year are going to be left behind in the vote because so many of them are great.
LOVE LUKTELK. Love the song, love the staging, love the performance. With Nova on this one!
Guys, let's talk about the final result after grand final ;)
I think Luke Black was a bit too weird for general audiences and also the vocals just werent there
I love Luktelk, but I do see what you guys are saying. I also see some people say the song is repetitive. And it kinda is, but I think it might work in its favor. It might help the song get stuck in people’s heads. I do think Silvester needs a music video and radio play outside of Lithuania to build hype and capture people’s attention before Eurovision to get it to top 10.
It probably has even stronger appeal to those, who can understand the lyrics.. appertaining it’s very poetic and romantic. I do speak Lithuanian a bit and I’m amazed to see how much can be expressed in such few words, it’s so minimalist and tells very emotional story! Best of luck in malmo, I’d dance my shoes off to this!
Luktelk: it is wait a minit!
I'm following this one. The bass is epic.
This one really reminds me of Switzerland 2019 and that shocked me by coming 4th. I’m a fan of this so really hoping it can perform well too, and get the televote support it needs. You never know!
This reminds you of Jon’s tears???!! How is it remotely similar?
@@goonerbean46802019…john tears was in 2020 and 2021
@@goonerbean4680jon’s tears was not participating in 2019 but in 2020/21
@@goonerbean4680 fourth place 2019 was Luca Hänni with "She Got Me" for Switzerland
@@goonerbean4680 not quite - he was 2021
Lymp I LOVE ur top in this vid, where is it from? ❤❤
Today i heart this song Lujtelk in radio bbc uk and Radio 1 and i can say what place its takes but we already lising in playlist
My number 1! I get that this is not your favorite song or your type of music, but I would say look at Karja last year, I don't think there was any challenging vocal and they ended up being second.
At this point we are all just speculating lol but one thing for sure is that Silvester is definitely going to throw a PARTY on the stage and that's what I'm here for!
Agree on it not being winning material (despite it being my favorite so far), but hard disagree on it being bottom 5.
About the Luke Black comparison, I sorta see why that is (aesthetic-wise), but they're still very distinct. Luke's entry was a lot more conceptual and experimental, Silvester's is way more immediate and accesible. It would have a lot more appeal to jurors and audiences.
Would it bring Lithuania's best result? Probably not. But it definitely won't flop hard.
My winner so far !!! this is such a big slay
Superrrr….. song❤❤❤
I didn't get this for a long time, but I'm completely sold now, and it's my new favorite. But yeah, in Eurovision it's not a top 10. I'll be happy if it gets to the final though 😅
so funny intro :D P.S. Rave is back!
I agree with your points entirely, whilst this is one of my favourites (and so was luke) people are just a bit delulu when it comes to their faves, I mean Echo was my favourite last year but I didnt expect it to make the top 15 (if it qualified). The only point I dont agree with is the possibility of this coming bottom 5, I think Lithuania's diaspora is so strong, especially if we compare it to 2023 where Solo and Stay both got alot of 10's and 12's. Great reactions as always dols x 😍😍😍
2:32 "Luktelk" means "Wait a bit", by the way :P
My heart hurts - Olympia do not love this pepecry.
I suppose this is so hyped because it's Lithuania, an underdog, sending something what fandom loves (like in 2020). Personally, I feel we should definitely do mid-table (like in 2022-2023).
Regarding comparisons with Luke Black, I would disagree. I feel Silvester's song is much more accessible than Luke's song last year + we have diaspora and this is a song juries could go for, I feel.
this feels more like a mix between Benjamins - Hoida Mut from Finlands last year selection and Luke Black and combine that with a touch of Maruv
not to mention that Hatari got 10th in the finals
The backing dancers for Kane is sending me
I do not hate this, it is entertaining and among the current lineup i do see it sticking out, thestaging is pretty solid already, i dont see it winning , but i do see it on the higher position in the right side of the board
I don't dislike the reaction. However, I love the song.
I miss Monica too, she is an icon. I like this song, " Luktelk" it is energetic, modern and not usual eurovision song
I'll be honest I still didn't quite Luke Black's performance. Though I very much accept that's more of a 'me' problem, I just didn't get on with it, I'm sure it's really rather good.
I do hope this does well! Lithuania has really impressed me in recent years and I'd love a country that hasn't won before to do so. I don't think this will, but I hope it at least gets to a solid mid-table. Where Monika ended up (14th?) would be really decent.
omg i didnt realize Olly was going to rep UK thats awesome. I love Years and Years
While I agree with some of your points, I think saying that this will be in the bottom 5 is as outrageous and off as saying it will be top 5.
for real, it's one thing for them to say it's not a winner but to dislike the song so much they insist it'll come bottom 5 is wild.
@@sirprintalotI also loved the part where they're like scolding people: "it's not like the song must win just because you like it!!". And then 20 seconds later they go ahead and be like "oh this will be bottom 5" on a song that is obviously doing well. isn't it the same subjective exaggeration, just in reverse (predicting the bottom)
I was really happy that this was chosen as this was the only song I felt confident about this year. Not sure how it will do in Eurovision, but I do like it as it's catchy and well produced.
The thing with our national selections is that we usually have about a good chunk of bad songs that have a very dated sound, some strange 'comedy numbers' or we have just complete snoozefests, so there's about 3 clear front-runners that we have to pick from lol. (I'm just glad we didn't send off KABOOM)
Either way, will definitely root for a twink any time, so let's get this to top 10 💙
I love LT selections second place (Shower - Impossible). I would like to see your reaction to that one 😊
IMO this song is about a heartbreak, he wants his lover to stay a little longer and without him/her the days grow longer
I love this song but even I'm not that delusional when it comes to where it will most likely place after all the songs come in. While I think it's accessible and super catchy, it'll probably be more of a mid table result. Definitely not a winning song, though I also don't see this bottoming because there's already some bland and boring songs in the mix.
This year is already shaping up to be a relatively strong year and I think the community tends to overhype a song when a song they like gets chosen by a country, and temporarily forgets what other songs are in the mix that it's competing against. Still, great choice for Lithuania, definitely a bop, a song with lasting power and in a category we have yet to fill in imo, so they definitely can be proud of what they're sending.
I think you're quite wrong about the placement on the scoreboard, but we'll see
Didn't hear this until after he'd won but I can see why people were hyping it. It's jumped straight to the top of my ranking. Nova is right, it's a gay song.
You make a good point about 'winning' songs, I don't even think of that in my rankings, just what I personally enjoy.
I love this song. I love jou
Poland dropped their entry song not long ago ... Give us your opinion darlings...
Love and kisses ❤
I have instantly fallen in love with this song and I listen to it everyday. I feel kind of sad because I thought, if this same track came from Sweden , of course with English lyrics, like the Sweds always do, it would be expected to finish top5 for sure. But now, coming from Lithuania we all think, it will steuggle to finish top10
the Winner!!!❤❤❤
Lithuania will be in top 3!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Just shy of the top 10 for me, I don’t mind it whilst listening, but I just find myself listening or thinking of the 12 songs that I’ve put above it more. I can definitely see this qualifying but if it does make it, i then see it ending up middle of the pack, with running order potentially having an impact.
Without being a crazy fan of this package and entry, (i just enjoy it but I'm never coming back to it and i was just happy that The Roop didn't win lol) i disagree with y'all in the way that i think that this can transcend the contest and become a hit... Sure, it has the language barrier but who cares at this point. To me it feels more rave-y and current than the comparisons you guys did... And i see this winning the televote and possibly the whole Contest 👀
this is probably the first video this whole series where I disagreed with you all the way through. This is nothing like Luke Black, and this definitely isn't coming bottom 5. Kinda feels like your low opinion of the song and it being popular in the fandom clouded your judgement here.
I mean I (Nova) love the song 😂 And it's absolutely comparable to Luke Black in that it's a young twinky artist with darker visuals and a sort of electronic sound that's very popular in the fandom. Obviously the songs are different but we can still compare different songs that's the whole point of comparison 😅 Honestly idk where it's gonna place in Malmö we just think people need to temper their expectations 😂💕
i am suprised that they know Monika Liu :O
I like it because it's uptempo and at the moment there are very few dance tracks that have been released. Bear in mind we only have 20 songs at the moment and looking a them there are some that follow the same rhythmic beat. I think it will be Top 10 because when you break the evening down you can bet we'll have some ballads to come and this will break the monotony if it follows a few slow songs in the running. It's very much a personal taste thing. My #1 right now is Luxembourg
Your number 1 is Luxembourg? Hah!
was@@scorpioninpink
You don’t know who will win every year people comment that nothing will do what Lithuania send and it always do ok so this song will defo be in top 10 because he is different
I'm firmly on the Luktelk hype train, and I do believe that with good press, it could score high, as it seem that queer artists don't get a lot of visibility from Lithuania, and "This Time" from 2015, to me, still seem like a fandom darling.
So the state of Monika Liugend could try to pull a "we're not homophobic you guys!" win, in the vein of Lena, Conchita and Maneskin.
But as you said, Dizzy will be the twink mirror, Zorra will be the queer mirror, La Noia will be the "change" mirror, and we'll see what will come as well...
So I'm sure Lithuanian Troye Sivan will qualify, but in the Finale, he can end up everywhere :D
My pet peeve with Eurovision staging in recent years is when the peformer has their face plastered across the background screen as a motif. I think it really cheapens the performance. Could they not come up with something that actually represents the themes of the song or their country? Case in point, compare this to Gåte's display with features from the majestic Norwegian landscape. No one's mug is that interesting.
In this case it works for me because it conveys different moods and energies. The LED content actually helps me connect to him when the lights on stage are almost pitch-dark (which they need to be). This isn't Claudia Faniello showing off her gigantic boobs kind of accidentally. Silvester and his team made some conscious, informed choices. I understand if it's not for you. It works very well for me.
I've no doubt that it was a conscious and informed choice, I just don't think it's a particularly interesting, clever or creative one. The face shot in the LED display is more about selling the artist than it is about selling their ideas.
@@ohlord7043Any performance at Eurovision is about "selling" the artist. They want you to pick up the phone for them, unless they're German. Silvester arguably toned down the "selling" aspect for himself on stage and shifted it towards the LED content instead.
I do like this. I think this might just barely scrape it's way into the Top 10. I have it at 9th on my scoreboard app. I think it's a good song and I would be more than happy if it was played on a night out.
i don't think your point about a song requiring prior knowledge to understand and appreciate fully meaning that it has failed holds. Look at Serbia in 2022
Strongly disagree, this will be in the top 5.
Totally agree with the fandom echo chamber - that’s why I only listen to comments on the fandom filtered through yer girls!
It can definitely be top 10 though
I see this being really enjoyable in the club, and maybe a great experience live too. It gives me like, a moodier version of Rush by Troye Sivan.
I am that person but I'm not delusional enough to say that my faves are gonna win when realistically they're just not going to, it's enough for me that they get recognized for their music and that they grow as an artist with further success by letting those who like their music find them. I'm more concerned about having a good time and looking for artists who enjoy what they do and you can see really love their own music and is having fun on stage.
I really hope that the yk goes before this as he looks very similar to oli Alexander
Comparing Luktelk with Luce Black and whatever that song was IS SO BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS. And so far currently there are only like 3 songs worth of being top 5. Though I agree, what the little fandom thinks and what hundreds million people think is way different!
Yes aint nobody gonna be looking up the lyrics but also the majority of viewers dont speak fluent english and barely have any idea what the songs are about so this being in lithuanian makes no difference, only gets bonus points for being sung in NATIVE (not FOREIGN) language
You are quite right to correct us on saying "foreign" language as opposed to "native" - apologies!
@@Novympia love the reaction. Specificaly Olympia being scared to to not have this song as their top 5 hahahaha. Speak your truth!
The only lyrics that I cared to translate was zorra :D and it was totally worth it
Everything is Top 5 material these days if you look at social media comments. Except Germany of course. I love how catchy this song is, but it needs more than 90's basic dance music samples to stand out.
Kane! HA!
I'm gonna second something someone else has said on a previous video, and that's my appreciation for Nova's opinions on the music and song breakdowns. Very cool and interesting.
💜 Olympia's honesty hehe.
Twas not a fan of this tune.
Luktelk means - wait a little , like you are being told to do that
Monika!
yeah it's a euro bop.
Silvester will be at 5 pls.
you dont get it... You can interpretate that in so many diferent ways, it can be talk in romantic way, it can be an iternal conversation.. wait a bit(hold on for a moment) I ll dance and deal with the shit tomrw. I dont want to but I have to. (life LOL))
Molympia Liu
I love you girls, but this entry is definitely the best Lithuania has ever sent and he deserves lots of support
so you watched but didn't listen?
DID I ASK?
@@lewis3492 I did, and I fully appreciate the fact that they don't hate the song, especially Nova, it's very clear she loves it. All I'm saying, from all of the song Lithuania has sent so far (minus the cancelled event) this is the best contender to land in the top 10, maybe even top 5 depending what the juries will think, and it deserves all the support and love
@@mandy7674that is typical Lithuanian behaviour and honestly I'm embarrassed by it :(
@@lewis3492and to be completely honest with you, the comparison to Luke Black was very upsetting... It's like comparing Diego to Adrenalina (mind you I love both songs). But Lukes song was whispers, lack of vocals, lack of excitement, lack of well... Everything really, hence why it performed so bad. Comparing it to Silvester, who has much better (not incredible) stage presence, much better vocal control and much much better music production level is just plain unfair. Just because they both used blue and red colours is simply not enough to compare.
Labia?!
Troye Sivan vibesssss voice and face ✨
🇱🇹😍
Miss Monika ❤
Interesting fact, Monika Liu had a song with Jerry Heil and alyona alyona who represent Ukraine this year
@@georgiyburlachenko5750but wasn’t the song in italian? I loved it but they lied about it being sung in slovenian😮
@@vejoka I meant the song "Dai Boh", which was a mix of Ukrainian and Lithuanian lyrics. Other songs in the same album had lyrics in Polish and Deutsch, but those were with other artists, not with Monika. I'm not aware of any in Slovenian or Italian.
@@georgiyburlachenko5750 ohhhh. I thought you meant the song zitti e buoni by mahmood
I really like the vocals the energy and the staging. But in the stiff competition I agree will qualify... not top 10 tho
I love this, my third place after Ukraine and France
quite a funny reaction, but - yea - quite a professional one :) ok, guys, let's wait and watch :)) It'll be funny, if you were wrong :)) Let's Lithuania have fun and... win :D
I believe it might be outside of bottom 5 in the final(if it's 1st half in the running order, below top 10 in the 2nd)
Olly finally got some competition in the twink category this year! I actually think this song will have SO much more mass appeal, Luke Black had a song no one in their right mind would put on the radio and this one is a big radio hit in Lithuania with almost 1 million plays on Spotify already. My mum hated Serbia last year but downloaded Luktelk bc it's pleasing to listen to in the car. I don't think this is a great comparison tbh, while I also agree it's unlikely to be top 5 and will only be able to squeeze into top 10 with some effort.
This song is repetitive and bland, making it easily accessible. Meaning more people will like it, but not LOVE it. Luke black was similar but with much more interest and originality which was always going to make it a sink or swim moment.