Kishti Tomita
Background information
Birth nameKirsti Sylvia Margareta Olsén
Born (1963-11-19) 19 November 1963
OriginFarsta, Sweden
GenresSoul
Years active2008–present
Websitekishtitomita.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 Kishti 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]

References

  1. ↑ "Hon blir nya medlemmen i Idoljuryn". 15 March 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "De lämnar 'Idol'". 25 February 2008. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Av TT spektra 9 MAJ 2011 10.28 2011-05-09 10:28:51 (2011-05-09). "Kishti Tomita på scen i schlager-EM - Nöje - Skånskan.se". Skanskan.se. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-08-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "Kishti Tomita: "Diagnosen var en aha-upplevelse"". Hälsoliv (in Swedish). Retrieved 2021-10-11.
  5. ↑ "Kishti Tomita: "Jag är den mest impulsiva"". 20 August 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
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