Tuure Boelius

Tuure Boelius
Boelius at Helsinki Pride in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Tuure Boelius
Born	(2001-01-03) 3 January 2001 (age 24) Pori, Finland
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	2017–present
Labels	Kaiku Entertainment
YouTube information
Channel	Tuure Boelius
Years active	2014–present
Subscribers	146 thousand [1]
Total views	40.05 million [1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
Last updated: 17 June 2020

Tuure Elmeri Boelius (born 3 January 2001) ^[2] is a Finnish YouTuber, singer and actor. He was born in Pori, Finland.

Career

Boelius signed a contract with Kaiku Entertainment in January 2017, with his first single, "Eikö sua hävetä", published in August 2017. ^{[3] [4]}

He has worked as an actor at several plays in Pori Theatre. He has also played Touko Laaksonen as a child in Turku City Theatre. ^[5]

Boelius competed on the eleventh season of Tanssii tähtien kanssa and placed third. ^{[6] [7]}

In 2024, Boelius competed on the second season of Amazing Race Suomi with his sister Saana and placed tenth. ^[8]

Personal life

Boelius came out as gay on a YouTube video in November 2016. ^[9] He was chosen as Gay of the Year in February 2017 by QX Gay Gaala. ^[10] Some people contacted the Finnish Ombudsman for Children because the award had been given to a minor. The Ombudsman commented that children's privacy should be protected but that children are also free to express themselves. ^[11]

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details and chart positions

Title	Details	Peak chart positions
		FIN [12]
Mun totuus	Released: 29 September 2023 Label: Sony Finland	24 [13]

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions

Title	Year	Peak chart positions
		FIN [12]
"Eikö sua hävetä"	2017	1
"Oh Boe"		19
"Lätkäjätkä-Ville"	2018	4
"Naiivi"		7 [14]
"Vihaan rakastaa sua"	2019	8 [15]
"Tytöt tykkää"		5 [16]

References

1. "About Tuure Boelius". YouTube.
2. Rauhalammi, Pia (13 September 2016). "Tämä Porin tubettaja kerää jopa miljoona katselijaa kuukaudessa" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
3. "Kaiku Entertainment 24. tammikuuta 2017". Facebook (in Finnish). 24 January 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
4. "Tube-tähti Tuure Boelius, 16, on jo homoikoni ja näyttelijä - julkaisee nyt musiikkia: "Sanoin jo kuusivuotiaana, että menen Euroviisuihin"". 8 August 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
5. Salonen, Sanni (8 May 2017). "Tubetähti Tuure Boelius tahtoo olla esikuva" (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 September 2018.
6. "Tuure Boelius & Ansku Bergström" (in Finnish). 14 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
7. Silander, Iriz (2018-11-26). "Tähtitanssija Tuure Boelius TTK-voittajasta: "Voitto meni oikeaan osoitteeseen"". MTV Uutiset.
8. "Amazing Race Suomi -kuvaukset ovat alkaneet – Nämä 11 paria lähtevät elämänsä seikkailuun!". Nelonen (in Finnish). 22 May 2024.
9. "OLEN HOMO". YouTube (in Finnish). 1 November 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
10. "Vuoden homoksi valittiin 16-vuotias Tuure" (in Finnish). 3 February 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
11. "Lapsiasiavaltuutettu Vuoden homo -kohusta: Aikuinen, kohtaa omat pelkosi". Satakunnankansa.fi (in Finnish). 2017-02-08. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
12. "Tuure Boelius" . Retrieved 20 September 2018.
13. "Albumit 40/2023" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat . Retrieved 7 October 2023.
14. "Suomen Virallinen Lista".
15. "Suomen Virallinen Lista".
16. "Suomen Virallinen Lista".