Biography
Silvestras Belte, professionally known as Silvester Belt, is a Lithuanian singer and songwriter. 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. In 2019, he graduated from the University of Westminster in London with a degree in Commercial Music Performance. 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. n 2010, Belte competed in Vaiku Eurovizijos nacionaline atranka, the Lithuanian preselection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010. He performed the song "Pi-pa-po" and qualified to the final, later placing 8th out of 12 finalists. In 2017, after being encouraged by his sister to apply, Belte competed and later won the Lithuanian reality competition television show As - superhitas (I Am a Superhit). Upon winning, he moved from his hometown to Vilnius, where he later released his debut single, "Noise". 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. 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. On 19 December 2023, it was announced that Belte 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". He was drawn to compete in the first semi-final, which he won, qualifying to the final. He went on to win the competition, earning the right to represent the country at the contest.
