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Tusse
Toussaint Michael Chiza, better known as Tusse, is a Congolese-Swedish singer who Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. Life and career Chiza was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo When he was five years old he had to flee his country. He lived in Uganda in a refugee camp with his aunt for three years. He came to Sweden with his aunt as a refugee at just 8 years old. In Sweden, he started to live with a family in the village of Kullsbjörken where he has resided since 2015. He participated as a singer in the Swedish talent show Talang 2018 (as Tousin Chiza) which was also broadcast on TV4; he made it to the semifinals before being eliminated. He received praise for his semifinal performance from judge Bianca Ingrosso. Tusse was a finalist in Idol 2019 (Sweden), Swedish Idol 2019, broadcast on TV4 (Sweden), TV4, alongside Freddie Liljegren, and was ultimately declared the winner in the final. After winning Swe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idol 2019 (Sweden)
Idol 2019 was the fifteenth season of the Idol (Swedish TV series), Swedish Idol series. New season It was confirmed on the 30 November 2018 semifinal of Idol 2018, that the series would return again on TV4 (Sweden), TV4. Top 20 *Aida Secka, 24, Gothenburg *Annie Moreau, 21, Jönköping *Astrid Risberg, 20, Örebro *Christoffer Hamberg, 29, Tibro *Dao Di Ponziano, 17, Stockholm *Eden Alm, 19, Hässleholm *Filippa Johansson, 17, Alingsås *Freddie Liljegren, 26, Örebro *Gottfrid Krantz, 24, Härnösand *Hampus Israelsson, 21, Falun *Hugo Burlin Nyström, 18, Vaxholm *Iana Kovalova, 26, Kyiv *Kim Lilja, 25, Luleå *Ludwig Hahn, 30, Västerås *Madelief Termaten, 17, Ängelholm *Malik Miller Sene, 23, Lund *Matilda Gramenius, 16, Lidingö *Nathalie Ulinder Cuti, 23, Gothenburg *Pawel Piotr Pospiech, 31, Malmö *Tusse Chiza, 17, Leksand (Tällberg) New to this season Something new to this season in the weekly finals was that the jury could use a lifeline that meant they coul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voices (Tusse Song)
"Voices" is a song performed by Congolese-Swedish singer Tusse, composed by Joy Deb, Linnea Deb, Jimmy "Joker" Thörnfeldt and Anderz Wrethov. The song competed in Melodifestivalen 2021, where it made it through to the final on 13 March 2021. The song received the most points from both the viewers and the international jury in the final and won the final with 175 points, 57 points ahead of the runner-up. It represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam. Following the song's win at Melodifestivalen, it ascended to number one on the Swedish Sverigetopplistan chart. It was later certified Platinum by the Swedish Recording Industry Association Grammofonleverantörernas förening (GLF), or the Swedish Recording Industry Association in English, is an organization representing the music recording industry of Sweden. It has compiled and published the official record charts for the Swedish mu .... In the semi-final, the song managed to qualify for the final on 22 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melodifestivalen 2021
Melodifestivalen 2021 was the 61st edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen. The competition was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 6 February and 13 March 2021. Due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, COVID-19 pandemic, all shows of this edition took place in the Annexet in Stockholm, and without an audience. The winner of the competition was Tusse with the song "Voices (Tusse song), Voices", who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where he came fourteenth with 109 points. The format of the competition consisted of 6 shows: 4 heat rounds, a second chance round and a final. An initial 28 entries were selected for the competition through three methods: an open call for song submissions, direct invitations to specific artists and songwriters, and a wildcard given to one of the artists that participated in the ''P4 Nästa'' competition organised by Sveriges ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Sweden participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Tusse represented the country with the song " Voices", following his victory in the national selection organised by (SVT). Background Prior to the 2021 contest, Sweden had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-nine times since its first entry in . Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in 1974 with the song " Waterloo" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song "" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song " Euphoria" performed by Loreen, and in 2015 with the song "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final except for 2010 when the nation failed to qualify. The Swedish national broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden In The Eurovision Song Contest
Sweden has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times since making its debut in Eurovision Song Contest 1958, 1958, missing only three contests since then (Eurovision Song Contest 1964, 1964, Eurovision Song Contest 1970, 1970 and Eurovision Song Contest 1976, 1976). Since 1959, the Swedish entry has been chosen through an annual televised competition, known since 1967 as Melodifestivalen. At the contest, Sweden was one of the first five countries to adopt televoting. Sweden hosted the contest six times: three times in Stockholm (, , ), twice in Malmö (, ) and once in Gothenburg (). Sweden is one of the most successful competing participants at the Eurovision Song Contest, with a total of six victories, second only to 's seven wins. Sweden also has the most top five results of the 21st century, with 12; in total, Sweden has achieved 26 top five results in the contest. After finishing second with Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson in , Sweden went on to achieve its six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
The Eurovision Song Contest 2021 was the 65th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Rotterdam, Netherlands, following the country's win at the with the song "Arcade" by Duncan Laurence. The Netherlands was set to host the , before it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcasters (NPO), (NOS) and AVROTROS, the contest was held at Rotterdam Ahoy, and consisted of two semi-finals on 18 and 20 May, and a final on 22 May 2021. The three live shows were presented by Dutch television presenters and singers Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit, and Dutch YouTube personality and makeup-artist Nikkie de Jager. Thirty-nine countries participated in the contest, of which twenty-six re-entered the artists chosen for 2020 (albeit with different songs, as per the contest's rules). and returned after their absence from the 2019 contest, while and did not return after their participation in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Liljegren
Freddie Wilhelm Clemence Liljegren (born 19 May 1993) is a Swedish singer, who first came to widespread attention as a finalist in Swedish Idol 2019, broadcast on TV4, alongside Tusse Chiza, in which he was ultimately placed second. Liljegren was born in Örebro. He has released two singles, both from his participation in ''Idol'': a cover of "Uptown Funk" on 22 November 2019 as a Top 12 contestant and, as a finalist, his version of this season's winning song, "Rain Rain is water droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides water f ...", on 3 December 2019. Singles References 1993 births Living people Idol (Swedish TV series) participants Swedish male singers {{Sweden-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelia Jakobs
Anna Cornelia Jakobsdotter Samuelsson (born 9 March 1992), known professionally as Cornelia Jakobs, is a Swedish singer and songwriter. She is best known for representing Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 with the song " Hold Me Closer", placing fourth in the final. Biography Early life Jakobs was born in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, and grew up in Stockholm. The daughter of the Poodles' singer Jakob Samuel and Fia Lönnborn, she first entered music by auditioning for ''Idol 2008''; she received some media attention after being mocked by the judges. 2011–2021: Love Generation and songwriting She started her music career as a member of the girl group Love Generation, who participated in Melodifestivalen 2011 and 2012. Love Generation's 2011 entry "Dance Alone" peaked at number 26 on the . In 2020, Jakobs composed and performed the song "Weight of the World" which became the soundtrack for the HBO Nordic series . She participated in Melodifestivalen 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mamas
The Mamas are a Sweden, Swedish-United States, American Soul music, soul and Gospel music, gospel group. They won Melodifestivalen 2020 with their single "Move (The Mamas song), Move", which reached number one in Sweden in March 2020. Career The group consists of Ashley Haynes (born 19 January 1987 in Washington, D.C.), Loulou Lamotte (born 16 April 1981 in Malmö) and Dinah Yonas Manna (born 5 September 1981 in Stockholm). Founding member Paris Renita left the group in 2019. As a four-piece, the group provided Backing vocalist, backing vocals for John Lundvik's Melodifestivalen 2019 entry "Too Late for Love (John Lundvik song), Too Late for Love". Lundvik went on to win the competition and got to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 held in Tel Aviv, Israel, with the Mamas continuing to provide backing vocals. The song finished 5th in the grand final on 18 May 2019. In late 2019, it was announced that the Mamas (without Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move (The Mamas Song)
"Move" is a Gospel music, gospel-pop song by Swedish music group the Mamas. The song was performed for the first time in Melodifestivalen 2020, where it made it to the final. The song won Melodifestivalen with 137 points and was to represent Sweden in the first semifinal of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, before the contest was cancelled in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It peaked at number one on the Swedish singles chart. Eurovision Song Contest Melodifestivalen The winner of Melodifestivalen represents Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. Melodifestivalen 2020 was held over six weeks from early February through early March 2020, with a show each Saturday evening. "Move" appeared in the first semi-final of the competition on 1 February and qualified for the 7 March final. After a close round of final voting, the Mamas edged out Dotter (singer), Dotter and her song Bulletproof (Dotter song), Bulletproof" by one point to win the competition and the oppo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talang 2018
''Talang 2018'' is the eighth season of the '' Talang'' series in Sweden. It will be broadcast on TV4 and premiere on 12 January 2018. Bianca Wahlgren Ingrosso is a new judge after Kakan Hermansson Karin Signhild Hermansson (born 7 August 1981), better known as Kakan Hermansson, is a Swedes, Swedish television presenter, radio host, comedian and artist. She has had her own television show on Sveriges Television (SVT) called ''Kaka på Kaka ... left the series after one season. Semi-Final 1 Semi-Final 2 Grand Final References External links TV4 - Talang {{Talang Talang (Swedish TV series) 2018 Swedish television seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rotterdam
Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"New Meuse"'' inland shipping channel, dug to connect to the Meuse first, but now to the Rhine instead. Rotterdam's history goes back to 1270, when a dam was constructed in the Rotte. In 1340, Rotterdam was granted city rights by William IV, Count of Holland. The Rotterdam–The Hague metropolitan area, with a population of approximately 2.7 million, is the 10th-largest in the European Union and the most populous in the country. A major logistic and economic centre, Rotterdam is Europe's largest seaport. In 2020, it had a population of 651,446 and is home to over 180 nationalities. Rotterdam is known for its university, riverside setting, lively cultural life, maritime heritage and modern architecture. The near-complete destruction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
