Tone Sekelius (born 16 July 1997) is a Swedish social media influencer and singer.
Career
Sekelius' song "Awakening" entered
Sverigetopplistan
Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...
, the official Swedish singles' chart, at place 89 in February 2017.
In a 2021 interview with ''
Aftonbladet
''Aftonbladet'' (, lit. "The evening paper") is a Swedish daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden. It is one of the largest daily newspapers in the Nordic countries.
History and profile
The newspaper was founded by Lars Johan H ...
'', Sekelius came out as transgender and revealed that she would change her name to Tone. Sekelius' first name had previously been Thomas.
Sekelius competed in
Melodifestivalen 2022 with the song "
My Way". She was the first openly transgender performer in the contest. She placed 5th in the final with 84 points.
In 2023, Sekelius was a guest celebrity judge in the episode "Marathon Talent Hunt" of the reality television series ''
Drag Race Sverige
''Drag Race Sverige'' (sometimes called ''Drag Race Sweden'') is a Swedish reality competition television series based on the American series ''RuPaul's Drag Race''. It is broadcast by SVT1 and SVT Play in Sweden and airs on WOW Presents Plus els ...
'' broadcast on
SVT1
SVT1 (SVT Ett; commonly referred to as Ettan) is the primary television station of the Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Television in Sweden.
History
Television in Sweden officially launched on 4 September 1956 with the launch of '' ...
and
SVT Play. She competed in
Melodifestivalen 2023
Melodifestivalen 2023 was the 63rd edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which was organised by Sveriges Television (SVT) and took place over a six-week period between 4 February and 11 March 2023. The winner of the competit ...
with the song "
Rhythm of My Show", which went on to place 12th (last) in the final with 20 points.
Discography
Singles
References
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1997 births
Living people
People from Växjö
Transgender singers
Swedish LGBT singers
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2023
Melodifestivalen contestants of 2022