Blossom Alexandra Liliana Tainton-Lindquist (born 29 June 1962 in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, dancer, publisher, fitness coach and

personal trainer A personal trainer is an individual who creates and delivers safe and effective exercise programs for apparently healthy individuals and groups, or those with medical clearance to exercise. They motivate clients by collaborating to set goals, p ...

. Her father, Graham Tainton, is a choreographer. Tainton danced and sang at an early age. She attended the

Adolf Fredrik's Music School Adolf Fredrik's Music School ( sv, Adolf Fredriks Musikklasser) is a general municipal junior high school ( sv, grundskola) in Stockholm, Sweden with a focus on choral music, and highly competitive admission based on audition in singing and mu ...

in Stockholm. She featured in musicals and had a very short career as a solo artist. In 2002 she represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of Afro-dite with the song

Never Let It Go "Never Let It Go" is a 2002 song written by Marcos Ubeda and recorded by Swedish group Afro-dite. The song won Melodifestivalen 2002 and was the entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2002, where it placed 8th out of 24 competing entries. Melod ...

, and finished 8th. The group released an album, and the single

stayed in the Swedish chart for 17 weeks, peaking at no 1. Blossom Tainton works as a

, and has released training videos, books and (2010–2011) the monthly publication ''Blossom Magazine''. She also performs with Afro-dite, as the group still does small tours and occasional concerts. She has previously hosted her own fitness program, ''Toppform'' on SVT as well as being featured in various entertainment television shows such as ''Jackpotkväll'' and ''Så ska det låta'' among others. On Christmas Eve 2005 Tainton was the Christmas host on SVT.

Personal life

Her father is South-African born choreographer Graham Tainton, best known for his work with

ABBA ABBA ( , , formerly named Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid or Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Frida) are a Swedish supergroup formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The group ...

. He is black and left South Africa due to

apartheid Apartheid (, especially South African English: , ; , "aparthood") was a system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa (now Namibia) from 1948 to the early 1990s. Apartheid was ...

References

External links

Blossom Magazine
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tainton-Lindquist, Blossom 1962 births Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Sweden Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 2002 Swedish pop singers Living people Singers from Stockholm Swedish people of South African descent Melodifestivalen contestants of 2012 Melodifestivalen contestants of 2003 Melodifestivalen contestants of 2002