Boris René Lumbana Kapasa (born 19 June 1991) is a Congolese-born Swedish former footballer and an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René. Boris is also an alternative pop musician, using the stage name Boris René. He used to make music with his brothers from his childhood days. He released his first single "Alive" in 2013. He competed in Melodifestivalen 2016 with the song "Put Your Love on Me". He placed tenth in the final. He competed in Melodifestivalen 2017 with the song "Her Kiss". In the first semi-final held on 4 February 2017, he came 3/4 and qualified for "Second chance" round. He then won his duel with Dismissed in the Andra Chansen round and then went to the final, which he placed 8th overall in. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Boris+Ren%C3%A9">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.