Salden was born in Antwerp and lived in Schoten. In 2006, at the age of eight, he participated in the Belgian preselection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. Salden won both the first semi-final of 17 September and the final of 1 October 2006 of the selection. In the opening of the shows, he performed together with Attic and Clouseau.