Kayo Shekoni

Kayo started out as a singer in the 1980s with Swedish synthpop band Freestyle Kayo left the group with the release of the fourth single Vill ha dej She then worked as a backup singer and dancer for various Swedish artists such as The Creeps and Anders Glenmark She is a classically trained ballet dancer and performed professionally for many years In 1990 she became part of the Nordik beat scene and released a selftitled influenced clubsoul album on The SweMix Label the music was mostly new jack swing but some tracks were reggae and house and featured hip hop influences It was produced by label cofounder Stonebridge with Christian Falk and Alexander Bard from Army of lovers She released 4 hit singles of the album Her second album was a Swedish language soulpop album entitled Kärleksland and featured songs by Orup and was well received by radio After acting in a couple of teenage movies in the mid 1990s she became onehalf of Le Click who had several hit singles in North America and Germany during the 1990s Later on she became part of the pop group Afrodite in the early 2000s reaching the finals at Melodifestivalen 2002 with the song Never Let It Go and representing Sweden in the Eurovision song contest in Tallinn the same year In 2003 Afrodite once again was at Melodifestivalen with the song Aqua Playa In 2006 Kayo sang in Melodifestivalen as a solo artist and did not reach the finals She has released some solo singles such as Another Mother 11 in Sweden in 1991 and If It Makes You Feel Good in 2006 Kayo Shekoni has also hosted Förkväll on TV4 and Fångarna på fortet the latter with crosscountry skiing star Gunde Svan Today she works as a skin therapist and but also takes on showbiz assignments In spring 2010 she performed at the Melodifestivalen not as a competitor but performing a medley of past winning songs with several previous winners In 2010 the cohosted panScandinavian TVshow Inför Eurovision Song Contest 2010 series of four episodes analyzing all the competing songs submitted to that years Eurovision Song Contest She also works as a DJ coruns a night club and performs with disco amp cocktail jazz band Cotton Club and AfroDite