Tusse - from child refugee to Sweden's Eurovision Song Contest contender


  • World
  • Monday, 12 Apr 2021

Swedish Eurovision entrant Tousin quotTussequot Chiza is pictured in a recording studio in Stockholm Sweden March 31 2021.  REUTERSPhilip OConnor

Swedish Eurovision entrant Tousin "Tusse" Chiza is pictured in a recording studio in Stockholm, Sweden March 31, 2021. REUTERS/Philip O'Connor

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - For Tusse, Sweden's 2021 Eurovision Song Contest contender, it felt like entering a new world coming to the Nordic country at the age of eight from a Ugandan refugee camp.

The 19-year-old Tusse, short for Tousin Chiza, will represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in the Netherlands in May with the song "Voices".

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