Music like Tooji

Touraj Keshtkar (Persian: تورج کشتکار‎) (born 26 May 1987), better known under his stage name Tooji, is a Norwegian-Iranian singer, painter, model and television host. Tooji represented Norway in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan and finished 26th (last) in the final. starting with his single "Cocktail" he also started using as part of his name and identity the Chinese-language characters 冬至 (pronounced dōng zhì and also as too ji in Japanese) meaning Winter Solstice celebrated on December 21 of each year.

Tooji was born in Shiraz, Iran, and moved to Norway when he was one year old. At the age of 16 he started modelling. After the model work, 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. Now he works as a child protection consultant in the department of after-care.