Sebastian Villalobos is a Colombian YouTuber, actor, singer and television personality who is known for his eponymous YouTube channel. He has written a book titled YouTuber School to guide others about succeeding on YouTube. He hosted Nat Geo Kids on National Geographic (Latin America). He has acted on Television in series like Soy Luna, Despierta America and Nuestra Belleza Latina. He had a cameo appearance in the film Men in Black: International.
Career
At the age of 15, Sebastian Villalobos began making videos with a pink camera that his mother gave him and began uploading on his eponymous YouTube channel. After completing his studies, he joined a group of Colombian YouTubers and went to live in Mexico City, where he was contracted by talent manager and producer Lina Caceres from Latin World Entertainment who helped him develop his career as a multiplatform artist.
He made his first television appearance on La Voz Kids Colombia in November 2014 and attended his first awards show, Premios Shock, later that year. The same year, he made his first appearance in an American show, Yo soy el artista. In 2015, he co-hosted Gana con ganas with Marcela Venegas and Adrián Lara in Colombia and hosted the Kids' Choice Awards Colombia. He was a contestant on Bailando con las estrellas in 2016, but was eliminated in the sixth round. That year, he launched a book titled YouTuber School in which he offered to teach 16 lessons for a successful YouTube career.
In 2016, Sebastian Villalobos was offered a five episode story arc in the Argentine telenovela Soy Luna, a Disney channel co-production, where his appearance was later extended to include 20 more episodes. He served as a panelist at the Billboard Latin Music Awards conference and was the co-presenter of the Kids Choice Awards Mexico along with Galilea Montijo.
He was invited to feature in two of Univision’s highest rated shows, Despierta America and Nuestra Belleza Latina. In January 2017, he featured alongside former Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutiérrez in the music video for Al Filo de tu Amor by Carlos Vives. Next month, Univision invited him to co-host the reality show Pequeños gigantes with Giselle Blondet. He took his first step into urban music in January 2018 when he collaborated with his best friend RK (Sebastián Suárez) on Cafecito. In 2018-19, he served as the host of Nat Geo Kids on National Geographic (Latin America). He released his first original song, Hospedaje, in 2019, and has since then released numerous songs and music videos.
Family Life
Sebastian Villalobos has two younger brothers. In 2015, he revealed that his father left the family a day before his sixth birthday and he did not see him ever since. He further revealed that his mother came out as homosexual when he was 12, adding that he was raised by two mothers, and further emphasized his support for homoparental adoption. He has been in a relationship with actress Maria Laura Quintero since 2017.
