Blossom Tainton-Lindquist

Blossom Alexandra Liliana Tainton-Lindquist (born 29 June 1962[1] in Stockholm) is a Swedish singer, dancer, publisher, fitness coach and personal trainer.[2]

Tainton-Lindquist in Stockholm in May 2011

Her father, Graham Tainton, is a choreographer. Tainton danced and sang at an early age. She attended the Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm.[3] She featured in musicals and had a very short career as a solo artist. In 2002 she represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest as a member of Afro-dite with the song "Never Let It Go", and finished 8th. The group released an album, and the single "Never Let It Go" stayed in the Swedish chart for 17 weeks, peaking at No. 1.[4]

As of 2011 Blossom Tainton works as a personal trainer,[5] and has released training videos, books and (2010–2011) the monthly publication Blossom Magazine.[6] She also performs with Afro-dite, as the group still does small tours and occasional concerts.[7]

She has previously hosted her own fitness program, Toppform on SVT as well as being featured in various entertainment television shows such as Jackpotkväll[8] and Så ska det låta[9] among others.

On Christmas Eve 2005 Tainton was the Christmas host on SVT.[10][11]

Personal life

Her father is South-African born choreographer Graham Tainton, best known for his work with ABBA. He is black and left South Africa due to apartheid.[12][13]

References
  1. "Sök personer". Birthday.se.
  2. "blossom tainton". LINDAU PRODUCTION AB. 24 January 2013. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010.
  3. Mia Bornberger Wibacke (8 February 2013). "Blossom i nya hemmet i Sundbyberg" (in Swedish). Magasin Sundbyberg (Swedish local news magazine). Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  4. Steffen Hung. "Swedish Charts Portal". swedishcharts.com.
  5. "Yogan som ger Blossom kraft | Träning | Hälsa". Aftonbladet. 11 March 2011.
  6. "Egmonts nya hälsosatsning" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2010.
  7. Stockholm TT Spektra (27 April 2010). "Afro-Dite gör comeback | SvD". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish).
  8. Foto: TV4 & Scanpix (10 June 2009). "Jackpotkväll med Blossom och Erik Linder – TV4". tv4.se.
  9. Lena Söder lena.soder@dn.se (9 March 2010). "Många debutanter i "Så ska det låta"". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010.
  10. Marcus Boldeman (16 November 2005). "Blossom årets julvärd i SVT". Dagens Nyheter. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
  11. "Barn ska inte flytta runt på jul". Aftonbladet. 24 December 2005.
  12. "Mediepedagogiskt Center Helsingborg (AV)". Sli.se. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012.
  13. "Mikory's ABBA-blog: ABBA – October 1978". Abbamikory.blogs.com. 23 June 2005.
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