Kristina Petrushina (born 27 February 1997
), better known as Keyyo, is a Russian-born Swedish comedian, television presenter and former
YouTuber
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.
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Career
She was born in Omsk, Russia and moved to Sweden at the age of nine, residing in
Smedjebacken
Smedjebacken is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Smedjebacken Municipality, Dalarna County, Sweden, with 5,100 inhabitants in 2010.
Geographically, the town Smedjebacken is situated by the lake Barken, with an area of , which in ...
.
In 2014, Keyyo got her own comedy show on
SVT Play called ''Keyyo & Co'', the script to the show was written by herself and
Sissela Benn.
[ Retrieved 28 February 2021.] In 2015, Keyyo again had her own show on SVT Play where she tried on different summer jobs, called ''Ombytta roller med Keyyo''.
Keyyo had the role of Irina in the SVT series ''Må underbart med Tiffany Persson'', in 2016 with
Anders Jansson
Lars ''Anders'' Jansson, (born 9 October 1967 in Staffanstorp), is a Swedish comedian known for such TV-shows as Hipp Hipp and the Swedish version of QI.
Jansson, as well as his close companion Johan Wester, started out his entertaining care ...
playing the lead role.
In 2018, Keyyo and
Carina Berg presented the gala ''Barncancergalan – Det svenska humorpriset''. The same year she was a contestant on ''Fångarna på fortet'', the Swedish version of ''
Fort Boyard'', on
TV4.
Keyyo presented ''
Talang'' in 2017 and 2018 which was broadcast on TV4 along with
Pär Lernström
Pär Hugo Gustav Lernström, born 4 September 1980, is a Swedish television presenter, perhaps best known for presenting the Swedish Idol series on TV4 since 2011. He also was the main program host for UEFA European championships in Germany 2024 ...
. Since 2017, Keyyo presents ''Morgonpasset'' on
Sveriges Radio
Sveriges Radio Aktiebolag, AB (; "Sweden's Radio") is Sweden's national publicly funded radio programming, radio broadcaster. Sveriges Radio is a public limited company, owned by an independent foundation, previously funded through a television ...
.
In 2019, Keyyo along with
Johan Rheborg travelled to Russia, which resulted in the travel show ''Keyyo med Rheborg i Ryssland'', which was broadcast on
SVT.
In 2020, Keyyo participated in the fourth season of ''
Bäst i test
''Bäst i test'' () is a Swedish comedy panel show based on the British show ''Taskmaster (TV series), Taskmaster''. It has been broadcast on Sveriges Television, SVT since spring 2017 to 2023 and on TV4 (Swedish TV channel), TV4 from 2024.
The ...
'', the Swedish version of
''Taskmaster''.
On 7 November 2024,
Sveriges Television
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announced that Keyyo would host
Melodifestivalen 2025
Melodifestivalen 2025 was the 65th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, organised by (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 1 February and 8 March 2025, hosted by Edvin Törnblom and Kristina "Keyyo" Petrus ...
alongside
Edvin Törnblom.
On 17 May 2025, Keyyo was the spokesperson revealing Sweden's jury votes in the final of the
Eurovision Song Contest 2025
The Eurovision Song Contest 2025 was the 69th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Basel, Switzerland, following the country's victory at the with the song "The Code (Nemo song), The Code" by Nemo (singer), Nemo. Organised ...
.
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21st-century Swedish actresses
21st-century Swedish comedians
Swedish television personalities
Swedish YouTubers
YouTube channels launched in 2007
YouTube channels closed in 2017
Living people
1997 births
Swedish women comedians
People from Omsk
Russian emigrants to Sweden