Beltė was born in
Kaunas,
Lithuania. At the age of four, he developed an interest in music and began to attend music school. After his graduation, he continued his studies at the Juozas Gruodis Conservatory in Kaunas.[2]
In 2019, he graduated from the
University of Westminster in
London with a degree in Commercial Music Performance.[3][4] After graduation, he began working in a beauty salon. In January 2021, he returned to Lithuania where he signed with a record label; initially, he intended to return to London, but could not due to
quarantine regulations.[4]
In 2017, after being encouraged by his sister to apply, Beltė competed and later won the Lithuanian
reality competition television show Aš – superhitas (I Am a Superhit).[4] Upon winning, he moved from his hometown to
Vilnius, where he later released his debut single, "Noise".[7][8] Shortly after winning the show, he worked behind the scenes of the television show 2 Barai, the Lithuanian counterpart of the reality competition The Bar.[9] The following year, he competed in the sixth season of X Faktorius, the Lithuanian version of The X Factor, where he was eliminated in the fourth week.[10]
Silvester Belt at the Eurovison Song Contest 2024
On 19 December 2023, it was announced that Beltė would be competing in Eurovizija.LT, Lithuania's national selection to select the country's entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Luktelk".[11] He went on to win the competition, earning the right to represent Lithuania at the contest.[12]In the contest itself, held in
Malmö,
Sweden, he performed in the first semi-final, held on 7 May 2024, where he placed 4th out of 15 with 119 points, qualifying to the final, where he placed 14th out of 25 with 90 points.[13][14][15][16]
On 29 March 2024, several entrants, including Silvester Belt, released a joint statement calling for "an immediate and lasting ceasefire" in
Gaza, as well as "the safe return of all hostages".[17]