Jimmie Wilson (singer) - Misplaced Pages

Jimmie Wilson
Wilson in 2017
Background information
Born	(1981-02-07) February 7, 1981 (age 43) Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres	R&B soul
Occupations	Singer Songwriter musical theatre actor
Instrument	Vocals

Musical artist

Jimmie Wilson (born February 7, 1981) 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 for the final.

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. 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.

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

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

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)

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

Preceded bySerhat
with "I Didn't Know"

San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
2017
(with Valentina Monetta)

v t e San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	2008 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Jenifer Brening Flo Rida Jessika Achille Lauro Megara Miodio Valentina Monetta Michele Perniola Piqued Jacks Senhit Serhat Anita Simoncini Jimmie Wilson
Songs	"11:11" "Adrenalina" "Chain of Lights" "Complice" "Crisalide (Vola)" ~~"Freaky!"~~ "I Didn't Know" "Like an Animal" "Maybe" "Say Na Na Na" "The Social Network Song" "Spirit of the Night" "Stand By" "Stripper" "Who We Are"
Note: Entries scored out signify where San Marino did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

Countries

Final	Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark France Germany Greece Hungary Israel Italy Moldova Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Spain Sweden Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Albania Czech Republic Estonia Finland Georgia Iceland Ireland Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Montenegro San Marino Serbia Slovenia Switzerland
Withdrawn	Russia

Artists

Final	Alma Anja Artsvik Robin Bengtsson Blanche Demy Dihaj Francesco Gabbani Jacques Houdek Hovig Ilinca feat. Alex Florea Imri Isaiah Lucie Jones Jowst Kristian Kostov Levina Kasia Moś Manel Navarro Naviband OG3NE O.Torvald Joci Pápai Salvador Sobral SunStroke Project Nathan Trent
Semi-finals	Martina Bárta Tijana Bogićević Jana Burčeska Claudia Faniello Fusedmarc Tamara Gachechiladze Slavko Kalezić Lindita Valentina Monetta and Jimmie Wilson Brendan Murray Omar Naber Norma John Svala Timebelle Koit Toome and Laura Triana Park
Withdrawn	Julia Samoylova

Songs

Final	"Amar pelos dois" "Beautiful Mess" "City Lights" "Do It for Your Lover" "Don't Come Easy" "Flashlight" "Fly with Me" "Grab the Moment" "Gravity" "Hey Mamma" "I Can't Go On" "I Feel Alive" "Lights and Shadows" "My Friend" "Never Give Up on You" "Occidentali's Karma" "Origo" "Perfect Life" "Requiem" "Running on Air" "Skeletons" "Story of My Life" "This Is Love" "Time" "Where I Am" "Yodel It!"
Semi-finals	"Apollo" "Blackbird" "Breathlessly" "Dance Alone" "Dying to Try" "In Too Deep" "Keep the Faith" "Line" "My Turn" "On My Way" "Paper" "Rain of Revolution" "Space" "Spirit of the Night" "Verona" "World"
Withdrawn	"Flame Is Burning"