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]

Kishti Tomita
Background information
Birth nameKirsti Sylvia Margareta Olsén
Born (1963-11-19) 19 November 1963 (age 60)
OriginFarsta, Sweden
GenresSoul
Years active2008–present
Websitekishtitomita.se

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 edit

  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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