San Marino have announced that Sebastian ‘Basti’ Schmidt will perform as a backing vocalist in Lisbon.

Basti was one of the eight contestants selected by the 1 in 360 jury to compete in the San Marinese national final, ultimately losing out to Jessika & Jeny. He will however now be joining them on the Eurovision stage in May.

San Marino will compete in the first half of the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song Who we are.

 


Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.