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Måns Zelmerlöw

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Zelmerlöw in 2013

Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish singer and television presenter. He is known for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2015.

He was a contestant on the Swedish talent singing competition Idol 2005. He won Let's Dance 2006, both broadcasted on TV4.[1]

Zelmerlöw won Melodifestivalen in 2015, earning the right to represent Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with his song "Heroes".[2] In the Eurovision final Zelmerlöw won with 365 points. He was the presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm along with Petra Mede. He has also been involved with other Eurovision events.[3] He had placed in the bottom three once and the bottom two twice.[4]

References

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  1. "Idolartisterna framåt i melodifestivalen". Göteborgs-Posten. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  2. "Eurovision Sweden: Måns Zelmerlöw wins Melodifestivalen 2015!". esctoday.com. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  3. "Måns utröstad ur "Idol"". Expressen. Archived from the original on 3 January 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  4. "Idolartisterna framåt i melodifestivalen". Göteborgs-Posten. Archived from the original on 23 July 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2015.