Lithuania was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "", written by Silvestras Beltė, Džesika Šyvokaitė, and Elena Jurgaitytė, and performed by Beltė himself under his stage name Silvester Belt. The Lithuanian participating broadcaster, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), organised the national final 2024 in order to select its entry at the contest.
Lithuania was drawn to compete in the first semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 7 May 2024 and was later selected to perform in position 3. At the end of the show, "" was announced among the top 10 entries of the first semi-final and hence qualified to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Lithuania placed fourth out of the fifteen participating countries in the semi-final with 119 points. In the final, Lithuania performed in position 7 and placed fourteenth out of the 25 performing countries, scoring a total of 90 points.
Background
Prior to 2024, Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest representing Lithuania twenty-three times since its first entry in . Its best placing was achieved in , with "We Are the Winners", performed by LT United, finishing in sixth place in the final. Following the introduction of semi-finals in , LRT had managed to qualify to the final twelve times. It was by the song "Stay", performed by Monika Linkytė, who qualified for the final and ended 11th overall with 127 points.
As part of its duties as participating broadcaster, LRT organises the selection of its entry in the Eurovision Song Contest and broadcasts the event in the country. Between and , the national final format was used to select its entry. LRT confirmed its intention to participate in the 2024 contest in mid-July 2023; three months later, the broadcaster announced that it would use a new format, titled .
Before Eurovision
Eurovizija.LT 2024 2024 was the national final format organised by LRT to select its entry 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. The shows were broadcast on and as well as online via the broadcaster's website lrt.lt and official LRT YouTube channel, while the final was also broadcast on and official Eurovision Song Contest YouTube channel.
Format 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. 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. 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.
Performances for the semi-finals were pre-recorded, while they were delivered live in the final.
Competing entries 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. At the end of the submission period, over sixty applications had been received. The selected artists were privately informed of their selection by 18 December 2023 and were able to withdraw until 31 December 2023.
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. In January, withdrew from the competition and was replaced by Marius Petrauskas.
Key: Entry withdrawn Replacement entry Artist Song Songwriter(s) Agnė Buškevičiūtė "Puppeteer" Aistay "You" Aistė Tomkevičiūtė-Pajaujienė Aistè "We Will Rule the World" Andrius Pojavis "Sing Me a Hug" Andrius Pojavis Antoine Wend "Say No More" Anžela "" April Frey "New Years" Ieva Andriuškevičiūtė "In the Night" Clockwork Creep "Empty" Paulius Mscichauskas Danielė "Cold Shower" Deividas Valma "Blood on Your Hands" "Rock My Body" Emilija V "Trophy Wife" Freya Alley "Serenade" Hansanova "Dragons and Rainbows" Giedrius Balčiūnas "Time" Kàro "Weightless" Karolė Virbickaitė Kasparas "Fool" "Let's Get Lost" Lina Štalytė "Perfect" Lina Štalytė Luka "Move On" Marius Petrauskas "" Mary Mo "Done" Martin "Jigsaw" Monika Zenkevičiūtė Meidė "Zoo" "Unlove You Starting Tomorrow" Multiks "" Paulius Burba Paula Urbana "It Is What It Is" Petras "Run" "Be Careful" Queens of Roses "Walk Through Fire" Shower "Impossible" Sid Hallow "Here We Go Again" Silvester Belt "" Sun Francisco "" The Roop "Simple Joy" Thomas G "Us" "Kaboom!!!" Vidas Bareikis Vilija "Save Me" Vilija Matačiūnaitė "" Živilė Gedvilaitė "Save Me"
Jury members +Jury members by show Jury member Semi-finals Final Occupation(s) 1 2 3 4 5 Ieva Narkutė singer-songwriter music reviewer, radio host, Eurovision commentator Kristupas Naraškevičius TV and radio host radio host, former Eurovision commentator Ieva Zasimauskaitė Jievaras Jasinskis as part of InCulto Giedrė Kilčiauskienė singer-songwriter Monika Liu Gerūta Griniūtė radio host, former Eurovision commentator singer (known as FC Baseball) Monika Linkytė and Leonas Somovas producer and composer Jurijus Veklenko Mindaugas Bendžius producer and composer Olga Filatova-Kontrimienė designer and stylist
Semi-finals 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. In each semi-final, 8 of the 40 competing acts performed, with the top two entries progressing to the final.
Each semi-final opened with a performance of dancers staged by choreographer Marijanas Staniulėnas. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, interval acts performed: Monika Liu performed "" () and "Kodėl tu čia?" in the first semi-final; Ieva Zasimauskaitė performed "" (Lithuanian version of "When We're Old", ) and "" in the second semi-final; Ieva Narkutė performed "" and "" in the third semi-final; Giedrė Kilčiauskienė with Happyendless performed "" and "" in the fourth semi-final; performed "" and "" in the fifth semi-final. + Semi-final 113 January 2024 Artist Song Jury Televote Total PlaceVotes 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 "" 6 454 7 13 5 4 Silvester Belt "" 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 + Semi-final 220 January 2024 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 "" 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 "" 4 605 5 9 7 + Semi-final 327 January 2024 Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place Votes Points 1 Anžela "" 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 "Be Careful" 12 520 7 19 2 5 Sun Francisco "" 4 457 4 8 7 6 Mary Mo "Done" 6 1,011 10 16 4 7 "In the Night" 7 637 8 15 5 8 Shower "Impossible" 8 2,444 12 20 1 + Semi-final 43 February 2024 Artist Song Jury Televote Total PlaceVotes Points 1 Agnė Buškevičiūtė "Puppeteer" 5 771 7 12 5 2 "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 + Semi-final 510 February 2024 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 10 153
Final The live final of the competition took place on 17 February 2024 at the Švyturys Arena in Klaipėda. The final was opened by a performance of dancers staged by choreographer Marijanas Staniulėnas, followed by a parade of participants presenting all ten finalists. In addition to the performances of the competing entries Mango performed "", "", "", "" and "", Dons performed 2024 Latvian Eurovision entry "Hollow" and Monika Linkytė performed 2023 Lithuanian Eurovision entry "Stay" 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.
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 "" received 16,688 votes, that "Impossible" received 9,066, and that "Simple Joy" received 6,884 votes. Two days later, it was revealed that "" 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.
+Final17 February 2024 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 "" 49 3 2,750 5 8 7 3 "Be Careful" 59 5 578 1 6 9 4 Silvester Belt "" 97 10 25,502 12 22 2 5 VB Gang "Kaboom!!!" 59 6 7,679 7 13 4 6 "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 +Superfinal17 February 2024 Artist Song Televote Place 1 Shower "Impossible" 20,307 2 2 Silvester Belt "" 34,691 1 3 The Roop "Simple Joy" 15,046 3 + Song Juror Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1 "We Will Rule the World" 7 3 1 5 6 6 3 3 10 4 6 54 2 "" 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 "" 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
Ratings
+Viewing figures by show Show Air date Viewership Share(%) Semi-final 1 176,400 16.6% Semi-final 2 209,800 20.4% Semi-final 3 227,100 23.2% Semi-final 4 214,700 19.6% Semi-final 5 236,400 21.8% Final 325,200 35.8%
Promotion As part of the promotion of his participation in the contest, Silvester Belt attended 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. In this period, he met with Lithuanian communities in Stockholm, Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen and Malmö. In addition, he performed at the Eurovision Village in Malmö on 9 May 2024.
On 16 April 2024, LRT launched the social media campaign ("We need to dance!"), during which Lithuanian residents were invited to film themselves dancing to the song "" and upload it to social networks. The selected material was used by LRT during the Eurovision week.
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