Kishti Tomita | |
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Birth name | Kirsti Sylvia Margareta Olsén |
Born | 19 November 1963 |
Origin | Farsta, Sweden |
Genres | Soul |
Website | kishtitomita.se |
Kishti Tomita (born 19 November 1963) is a Swedish voice coach, TV personality and singer. Together with A&R manager Daniel Breitholtz and manager and talent scout Peter Swartling, she was a part of the Swedish Idol 2004 , Idol 2005 , Idol 2006 and Idol 2007 jury. [1]
On 26 February 2008, it was revealed that Tomita had quit the Idol jury and would not appear in Idol 2008; none of the other two jury members attended the next season. [2]
On 10 May, Tomita was a background singer for the Russian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 after one of the other Swedish background singers became ill. [3] In 2014, she discovered that she had Asperger syndrome. [4]
Tomita returned as a judge in Idol 2017. [5]
Kishti Tomita placed third in the final of the fifth season of Masked Singer Sverige, which was broadcast on TV4. [6]