Jimmie Wilson (singer)

Jimmie Wilson is an American singer and musical theatre actor. He represented San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, with the song "Spirit of the Night" in a duet with Sammarinese singer Valentina Monetta but failed to qualify to the final.[1]

Jimmie Wilson
Wilson in 2017
Background information
Born	February 7, 1981 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	R&B soul
Occupation(s)	Singer Songwriter musical theatre actor
Instruments	Vocals

Career

He studied acting in Hollywood, and then acted in the musical Sisterella, produced by Michael Jackson. He later moved to Germany to play Barack Obama in the musical Hope! – Das Obama Musical.[2] In 2012 he took part in the third series of the Polish version of Must Be the Music. He was eliminated in the semi-finals.[3]

Discography

Albums

Title	Details
So Damn Beautiful	Released: 12 May 2017 Label: So Damn Beautiful Recordings Formats: Digital download, CD

Singles

As lead artist

Title	Year	Album
"Spirit of the Night" (with Valentina Monetta)	2017	Non-album single
"So Damn Beautiful"		So Damn Beautiful

As featured artist

Title	Year	Album
"Summer Time" (Burak Yeter featuring Jimmie Wilson)	2014	Non-album singles
"No More" (Divided Souls, Le Alen and Samuri featuring Jimmie Wilson)
"We Can Touch the Sky" (DJ Andi featuring Jimmie Wilson)

Promotional singles

Title	Year	Album
"You're the One (Miss Model of the World)"	2015	Non-album singles
"The Color Red"	2016

References

1. Vranis, Michalis (12 March 2017). "San Marino: Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson to Kyiv". esctoday.com. ESCToday.
2. Scarpone, Cristian (12 March 2017). "SHE'S BACK! VALENTINA MONETTA AND JIMMIE WILSON WILL SING "SPIRIT OF THE NIGHT" FOR SAN MARINO". wiwibloggs.com. Wiwibloggs.
3. Kasprzyk, Jakub (12 March 2017). "Szok! Valentina Monetta wraca na Eurowizję!". eurowizja.org. eurowizja.org.

Preceded by Serhat with "I Didn't Know"	San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 (with Valentina Monetta)	Succeeded by Jessika feat. Jenifer Brening with "Who We Are"