Nico Semsrott
Nico Semsrott (born 11 March 1986) is a German Kabarett artist, slam poet, and politician. He was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in 2019 as a member of Die PARTEI, but left the party in 2021, and sits as an independent. Career Entertainment In school, he founded the satirical school newspaper Sophie's Underworld () together with his younger brother, at the Hamburg . Its sale was banned on the school grounds by the school's headmistress, though it was continued to be sold from a portable toilet. Since 2008, Semsrott has portrayed a depressive persona on poetry slams and cabarets. He usually introduces himself to the audience as a “demotivational speaker”. This was also a profession on the ballot for the 2019 European elections. His first solo show, titled "Joy is just a lack of information" (), premiered on 14 June 2012 in Hamburg. He performed updated versions from Autumn 2014 until Christmas 2018. In 2019, Semsrott announced a pause in favor of his political work. Semsrott was part of the ZDF heute-show team from 2017 until 2019, hosting the segment No Fun Facts. Politics Semsrott ran in the 2017 German federal election as leading candidate for Berlin