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Touraj Keshtkar (; born 26 May 1987), known professionally as Tooji, is an Iranian-born Norwegian singer, painter, model and television host. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan and finished 26th (last) in the final.

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Tooji, born Touraj Keshtkar in 1987 in Shiraz, is an Iranian-Norwegian male singer, model, and television presenter. He began his work period in 2008 and is known for performing pop music using his voice. He holds citizenship in both Iran and Norway and speaks Norwegian.

He participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. His musical style is associated with tags including Norwegian, pop, and male vocalists. He is also a social worker and identifies as homosexual.

His work has been referenced by 284 other encyclopedia articles. On Last.fm, he has 26,087 listeners and a playcount of 315,615. He has 6,695 social media followers.

Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Norway
Active from
1987

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
26,087
Total plays
315,615

Tags

norwegianpopEurovisionmale vocalistsNorway

Tooji (born Touraj Keshtkar in 1987 in Shiraz, Iran) is a Norwegian singer, presenter and model. He began his career in modeling at the age of 16 and afterwards began working at MTV Norway where he presented the programs “Super Saturday” and “Tooji’s Top 10″. He made his live music début at the Melodi Grand Prix 2012 and won the ticket to represent Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan with his entry "Stay". His first single was called “Swan Song” and was released back i

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Recent publications · Crossref

1 total works indexed

  1. On the Vehicle Development of the Dual Mode Bus System

    · 1977

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Key facts

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Tooji
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Tooji at "Vg-lista" Top 20
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Touraj Keshtkar
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Tooji
Musical artist.birth_place
Shiraz, Iran
Musical artist.origin
Norway
Musical artist.occupation
Singer, model, television host, social worker
Musical artist.years_active
2008–2015
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winter solstice

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
Norway
Place of birth
Shiraz
Occupation
model
Languages spoken
Norwegian
Instrument
voice
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date of birth
1987-05-26
start of work period
2008-00-00
social media followers
6695
sexual orientation
homosexuality
birth name
Touraj Keshtkar
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Career
  • The Father Project and single
  • Personal life
  • Discography
  • Extended plays
  • Singles
  • References
  • External links

Touraj Keshtkar (; born 26 May 1987), known professionally as Tooji, is an Iranian-born Norwegian singer, painter, model and television host. He represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan and finished 26th (last) in the final.

==Career== Tooji Keshtkar was born in Shiraz, Iran, and moved to Norway when he was one year old. His mother is author and political commentator Lily Bandehy. At the age of 16, he started modelling. Afterwards, he started working on MTV Norway where he presented "Super Saturday" and "Tooji's Top 10". He was also educated as a social worker and has worked in asylum reception centres.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tooji” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.