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

It’s confirmed: The fabulous Basti Schmidt of 1 in 360 fame will join Jess & Jen on stage as backing vocalist at Eurovision 2018. #1in360 #robots #Eurovision #SanMarino pic.twitter.com/NHgBsTMcHn

— 1in360 (@1in360talent) 21 March 2018

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.