Tousin Chiza, known professionally as Tusse is a Congolese-Swedish singer. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, he fled to Sweden alone as a refugee.
He took part in the 8th series of Talang (the Swedish version of the Got Talent franchise) in 2018, but was eliminated in the semifinal. A year later, he participated in the 15th series of the Swedish version of Idol, winning the competition and released his winner's single "Rain".
Tusse participated at Melodifestivalen 2021, making it his debut in the competition. He performed the song Voices, which won the contest and thus would represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021. He finished in 14th place in the final.
Trivia[]
- Tusse voiced Camilo Madrigal in the Swedish dub of Encanto. He is one of two Eurovision representatives to have voiced the character in a foreign-language dub of the film, the other being Damir Kedžo in the film's Croatian dub.
- Additionally, Sahlene voiced Camilo's mother Pepa Madrigal in the same dub of the film.
- He also voiced Ethan Clade in the Swedish dub of the Disney film Strange World, with Dinah Yonas Manna of The Mamas voicing Ethan's mother Meridian Clade in the same dub of the film.