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Tusse
Tusse in 2019
Tusse in 2019
Background information
Born
Toussaint Michael Chiza

(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002 (age 24)
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
OriginLeksand, Sweden
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Years active2018–present
LabelsUniversal Music AB

Toussaint Michael Chiza (born 1 January 2002), better known as Tusse, is a Congolese-Swedish singer who represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.[1]

Life and career

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Chiza was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[2] 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 and then came to Sweden. There, he lived in the village of Kullsbjörken, near Leksand, where he has resided since 2015.[3][4] 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.[5] He received praise for his semifinal performance from judge Bianca Ingrosso.[6] Tusse was a finalist in Swedish Idol 2019,[7] broadcast on TV4, alongside Freddie Liljegren, and was ultimately declared the winner in the final.[8][9]

After winning Swedish Idol, he released three singles, two of them songs he performed on Idol: a cover of Whitney Houston's "How Will I Know" on 22 November 2019 as a Top 12 contestant.[7] And as the winner, he released his version of the season's winning song, "Rain", on 3 December 2019.[10] As a result of his victory, he got to release his debut single as a CD single as well as on the iTunes Store. His third single is called "Innan du går"[11]

Tusse participated in Melodifestivalen 2021 with the song "Voices".[12] He qualified directly to the final, scheduled for 13 March 2021, and ultimately won with 175 points.[13][14] As a result, he represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[15][16]

After his first Eurovision rehearsal, Tusse was the victim of racist comments on social media.[17]

In the semi-final, Tusse managed to qualify for the final on 22 May.[18] In the final, he reached 14th place with his song.[19] After Eurovision, he did an interview with the magazine Vanity Teen in which he talked about his personal life, his experience in Eurovision and his future career.[20]

In June 2023, it was revealed that a film about Tusse's life was to be produced in 2024.[21]

Discography

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Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certification Album
SWE
[22] 		IRE
[23] 		LAT
[24] 		NLD
[25] 		NOR
[26] 		UK
Down.
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"How Will I Know" 2019 — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Rain" 63 — — — — —
"Innan du går" 2020 — — — — — —
"Jag tror på sommaren" — — — — — —
"Crash" — — — — — —
"Voices" 2021 1 99 2 56 11 31
  • GLF: 2× Platinum[28]
"Grow"[29] — — — — — —
"This Is Our Christmas Song" —[A] — — — — —
"Happiness Before Love" 2022 — — — — — —
"Dream of Gold" — — — — — —
"I Wanna Be Someone Who's Loved" — — — — — —
"Home" 2023 — — — — — —
"I Won't Spend Christmas On My Own"[31] — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

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  1. ^ "This Is Our Christmas Song" did not enter the Swedish Singles Chart, but peaked at number four on the Swedish Heatseeker chart.[30]

References

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