Elecktra and Benjamin Ingrosso received a prize at the QX Gala

Benjamin Ingrosso crowned a successful year at the QX gala at Cirkus in Stockholm. His "Honey boy" won the award for the best Swedish song of the year. Drag show artist Vanity Vain was named the LGBTQ person of the year.

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Elecktra and Benjamin Ingrosso received a prize at the QX Gala
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Benjamin Ingrosso has already won four awards at the P3 Gold Gala a couple of weeks ago and now he gets another trophy to his prize cabinet. The song "Honey boy" is made together with Purple Disco Machine as well as Nile Rodgers and Shenseea.

The international equivalent of Ingrosso's prize goes to Chappell Roan for "Good luck babe". The song was also performed during the gala by the trio Alba August, Mariette Hansson, and Lisa Miskovsky.

The two "Drag race Sweden" participants Vanity Vain and Elecktra were awarded as the LGBTQ person of the year and the drag of the year, respectively. The film of the year became "As long as the heart beats" by Ella Lemhagen and the stage prize went to the over seven-hour-long theater performance "Heritage" by Matthew Lopez, which is played at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm.

The Green Party member and former Minister of Culture Alice Bah Kuhnke was named the darling of the year at the gala, which will be broadcast on SVT1 on Saturday.

The LGBTQ person of the year: Vanity Vain

The darling of the year: Alice Bah Kuhnke

The drag of the year: Elecktra

The stage of the year: "Heritage"

The film of the year: "As long as the heart beats"

The TV of the year: "Young royals"

The book of the year: "The dancer and the demons" by Mian Lodalen

The Swedish song of the year: "Honey boy" by Benjamin Ingrosso and The Purple Disco Machine featuring Nile Rodgers and Shenseea

The foreign song of the year: "Good luck babe" by Chappell Roan

The keep up the good work of the year: Lo Lill (16-year-old trans pioneer in Malmö).

The honorary prize of the year: Sattajärviborna Eva Rova and Per Johansson

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