Sebalter

Also known as Sebastiano Paù-Lessi

Sebastiano Paù-Lessi, (born 1 July 1985) better known by his stage name Sebalter (stylised SEBalter) is a Swiss singer, fiddler, and attorney who represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He performed the song "Hunter of Stars" in the final on 10 May 2014, finishing 13th with 64 points. Sebalter was born in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino. Prior to Eurovision he worked as a business lawyer, putting his law career on hold to focus on his music career.

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Sebastiano Paù-Lessi, known professionally as Sebalter, is a Swiss male singer, lawyer, composer, and television presenter. Born in Faido on July 1, 1985, he began his work period in 2002. He is educated at the University of Zurich and speaks Italian and English. His musical genres include pop music and folk.

Sebalter plays the violin and uses his voice as an instrument. He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. He has one child. His work is associated with tags such as Eurovision, pop, Swiss, and Switzerland.

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Switzerland
Active from: 1985

Discography

Hunter of Stars2013
Day of Glory2015

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 21,922
Total plays: 270,008

Key facts

Musical artist.name: Sebalter
Musical artist.birth_name: Sebastiano Paù-Lessi
Musical artist.image: Sebalter, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 01 (crop).jpg
Musical artist.caption: Sebalter (2014)
Musical artist.birth_place: Giubiasco, Ticino, Switzerland
Musical artist.genre: Pop folk
Musical artist.occupation: Singer, fiddle player, songwriter, attorney
Musical artist.years_active: 2002–present
Musical artist.label: Phonag Records

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Sebastiano
Gender: male
Citizenship: Switzerland
Place of birth: Faido
Occupation: television presenter
Educated at: University of Zurich
Languages spoken: English language
Participant in: Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Genre: pop music
Instrument: voice
Official website: www.sebalter.com
Image: ESC2014 - Switzerland 10 (crop).jpg
Number of children: 1

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Commons category: Sebalter
date of birth: 1985-07-01
birth name: Sebastiano Paù-Lessi
start of work period: 2002-00-00
social media followers: 5780

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Music career
2000–2012: Early career
2013–15: Eurovision Song Contest 2014 and ''Day of Glory''
2016–present: ''Awakening''
Discography
Albums
Singles
With The Vad Vuc
References

==Music career== ===2000–2012: Early career=== From 2000 to 2002, Sebalter played bass in a Swiss hard rock band called The Stalkers, who specialised in covers of early '70s groups, such as Uriah Heep, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin. From 2002 to 2012, Sebalter played the fiddle in a Swiss folk rock band The Vad Vuc, where he released three albums with the band and toured extensively. He left the band in 2012 to pursue a solo career. In 2005, while he was studying at university, Sebastiano co-presented the youth television series Le vostre vacanze (Your Holiday) on Swiss channel TSI and two New Year specials in 2006 and 2007.

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