"fail to qualify for the final. The album also features the Romanian entry which was withdrawn from the contest by the EBU due to non-payment of debts. Eurovision Song Contest 2016 The Eurovision Song Contest 2016 was the 61st edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Stockholm, Sweden, following Måns Zelmerlöw's win at the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria with the song ""Heroes"". This was the third time the contest had taken place in Stockholm, after and . The contest was held at the Ericsson Globe and consisted of two semi-finals on 10 and 12 May"
"Heroes (Måns Zelmerlöw song) ""Heroes"" is a song by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 28 February 2015 as a digital download in Sweden. The song was written and composed by Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad, Joy Deb and Linnea Deb. On 14 March, the song won Melodifestivalen 2015 and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna, Austria, which it won. It is the lead single for Zelmerlöw's sixth studio album ""Perfectly Damaged"". Writing in ""The Independent"", Kiran Moodley also compared it with the Guetta song, concluding ""indeed the resemblance is uncanny."" Being Zelmerlöw's third"
"entry also beat the second placed song with a record margin of 149 points. ""Heroes"" won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with a total of 365 points. It is the third-highest-scoring song in the history of the contest from 1975 to 2015. It is also the first winning song, since the introduction of the split jury-televoting system in 2009, that has not won the televoting. ""Heroes"" defeated a record number of twenty-six other songs in the final, as it won the largest Eurovision Song Contest final ever with 27 participating countries. Heroes (Måns Zelmerlöw song) ""Heroes"" is a song by"
"during the first live show of ""X Factor Adria"". Leading up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, Zelmerlöw was predicted as the winner by the majority of the betting companies. Zelmerlöw participated in the second semifinal on 21 May, where he came first with 217 points (the best score in any Eurovision semifinal - after the 298 points, scored from the Serbian entry, ""Molitva"" from the 2007 semi final - and receiving the highest score from a record 14 countries) and qualified for the final. Zelmerlöw won the Eurovision 2015 final, scoring 365 points, which made ""Heroes"" the third-highest-scoring song"
"represented Sweden in 2011, Jessica Andersson who represented Sweden in 2003 as part of the duo Fame and Marie Bergman who represented Sweden in 1971 and 1972 as part of the group Family Four as well as in 1994 performing in a duet with Roger Pontare. The final of Melodifestivalen 2015 was held on 14 March 2015 at the Friends Arena in Solna, Stockholm. The two winners from each semi-final and the four second chance winners qualified for the final, creating a twelve-song lineup. A mix of televoting/SMS voting and international jury voting selected ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw as"
"Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer and television presenter. He took part in ""Idol 2005"", eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of ""Let's Dance,"" and scored a hit with his 2007 song ""Cara Mia"", which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen. Zelmerlöw was the host of ""Allsång på Skansen"" from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2009 and won in 2015. Zelmerlöw represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song ""Heroes"", winning the contest with 365 points. Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede"
"countries. In particular, Austrian jury results was announced by Conchita Wurst, winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Melodifestivalen 2015 Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song ""Heroes"". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2014) and comedian Robin Paulsson. For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four semi-finals, a ""Second Chance"" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four semi-finals,"
"Melodifestivalen 2015 Melodifestivalen 2015 was the Swedish music competition that selected Sweden's 55th entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Måns Zelmerlöw won with the song ""Heroes"". The hosts for the show were Sanna Nielsen (winner of Melodifestivalen 2014) and comedian Robin Paulsson. For the fourteenth consecutive year, the competition consisted of four semi-finals, a ""Second Chance"" round, and a final. However, the total number of competing entries was reduced from 32 to 28. The 28 competing entries were divided into four semi-finals, with seven compositions in each. From each semifinal, the songs that earned first and second place went"
"Albert. Måns Zelmerlöw Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish pop singer and television presenter. He took part in ""Idol 2005"", eventually finishing fifth, won the first season of ""Let's Dance,"" and scored a hit with his 2007 song ""Cara Mia"", which was his entry in that year's Melodifestivalen. Zelmerlöw was the host of ""Allsång på Skansen"" from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen in 2007, 2009 and won in 2015. Zelmerlöw represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song ""Heroes"", winning the contest with 365 points. Zelmerlöw and Petra"
"the contest with 11 songs whereas two of them were the winnings songs. The first winning song was in 2013 with ‘You’ by Robin Stjernberg. The same year the song also broke a Swedish record for most played song during one day and it got nominated for a Swedish Grammy as ‘Song of the year’ 2014. The second winning song was ‘Heroes’ performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015. The song also won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. It sold 5X Platinum in Sweden and Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. In Melodifestivalen 2016 his production-team “The Family” managed to get"
"Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015 with the song ""Heroes"". The entry also broke the record for the biggest difference between the winning and second placed song, with 149 points between it and Jon Henrik Fjällgren's ""Jag är fri (Manne leam frijje)"". ""Heroes"" also garnered the largest amount of both jury and viewer points received by an entry since 1999, gathering 122 points and 166 points, respectively. Two songs have scored top marks from each voting region: Carola Häggkvist in 1983 with ""Främling"", and Arvingarna in 1993 with ""Eloise"". However, in 1993, experimental televoting was used and the two are not entirely"
"The Family (songwriters) The Family is a Swedish songwriting and music production team consisting of the married couple Joy & Linnéa Deb and Anton Hård Af Segerstad. They have worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, and Måns Zelmerlöw. Together they wrote and composed the Eurovision Song Contest winning song ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015. The song has had huge success and is the third-highest-scoring song in the history of the ESC. ""Heroes"" also peaked at #1 in 22 countries and was certified 5X Platinum in Sweden. The trio first met in 2013 while competing with different"
"Should've Gone Home ""Should've Gone Home"" is a song by Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 7 August 2015 as the second single from Zelmerlöw's sixth studio album, ""Perfectly Damaged"" (2015), following the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 winning song ""Heroes"". The song was written by Fredrik Sonefors, Martin Bjelke, and Micky Skeel. The song has peaked at number 27 on the Swedish Singles Chart. Zelmerlöw also released a bilingual English/French version titled ""Should've Gone Home (Je ne suis qu'un homme)"" aimed at French-speaking markets. That single charted on SNEP, the official French Singles Chart. Zelmerlöw performed the song"
"official Swedish Albums Chart, in its first week of release. It also entered the Finnish Albums Chart at number 45. On 10 June 2015 the album was at number 87 on ""The Official Chart Update"" in the UK. The album peaked on the UK Albums Chart at number 107. On 12 June 2015 the album entered the German Albums Chart at number 46. On 13 June 2015 the album entered the Dutch Albums Chart at number 26. ""Heroes"" was released as the lead single from the album on 28 February 2015. Zelmerlöw won the Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song, and"
"role in the new version of the Swedish musical ""Spök"" along with Loa Falkman, Sussie Eriksson and Lena Philipsson. In 2015, Zelmerlöw again participated in Melodifestivalen with the song ""Heroes"", which scored 288 points and won the final. In the same festival, he co-wrote the entry ""Det rår vi inte för"", which was performed by Behrang Miri, and which made it to the second-chance round. On 11 May 2015, Zelmerlöw revealed the artwork and track list for his fourth studio album ""Perfectly Damaged"", which was released on 5 June 2015. On 17 May, Zelmerlöw performed the song ""Heroes"" in Belgrade"
"became the Swedish representative at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. ""Heroes"" then went on to win the subsequent contest, making Sweden the official host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. ""Should've Gone Home"" was announced as the second single from the album on 7 August 2015. ""Fire in the Rain"" was released as the first single from the reissued edition of the album on 4 May 2016. Notes Perfectly Damaged Perfectly Damaged is the sixth studio album from Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw. It was released on 3 June 2015 through Warner Music Sweden. On 11 May 2015, Zelmerlöw revealed the"
"during the interval act of the final. A record-breaking 204 million viewers worldwide watched the contest, beating the 2015 viewing figures by over 5 million. The contest took place in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, following Sweden's victory at the 2015 contest in Vienna with the song ""Heroes"", performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. The Ericsson Globe has a capacity of approximately 16,000 attendees, and this was the second time the contest has been staged at the venue, after the Eurovision Song Contest 2000. Host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) announced on 24 May, the day after winning the 2015 contest, that the"
"played song during one day and it got nominated for a Swedish Grammy as ‘""Song of the year""’ in 2014. The second winning song was ‘Heroes’ performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015. The song also won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. It sold 5X Platinum in Sweden and Gold in Spain, Norway and Austria. In Melodifestivalen 2016 her production-team “The Family” managed to get 4 different contributions to the contest -performed by Lisa Ajax, Ace Wilder, Molly Pettersson and ISA. Thanks to these contributions, they were appointed as ‘Songwriter of the year’ in the contest. The contribution with Ace Wilder"
"the song ""Heroes"" in the 4th semi-final on 28 February 2015 in Örebro, and progressed to the final, which was held on 14 March 2015 at the Friends Arena in Stockholm. There his performance of ""Heroes"" finished first and will represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015, to be held at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria. He performed during the 2nd Semi-final on 21 May 2015 for a place in the Final. The song progressed to the Final which took place on 23 May 2015. The song went on to win the contest with 365 points. ""Should've Gone"
"Side"", a spin-off of the British version of ""Big Brother"". She represented Finland in the Sopot Festival in concert ""Top of the Top"" on 23 August 2013 with her entry ""Marry Me"". Siegfrieds was the spokesperson for Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 in Vienna and gave the top mark of twelve points to Sweden's Måns Zelmerlöw and his song ""Heroes"", which went on to win the contest. Siegfrids has presented ""Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu"", the Finnish national selection show for Eurovision since 2016. At the same time she participated in the Swedish national selection show ""Melodifestivalen 2016"" with the"
"Family, Augustine Grant and Phil Collins, as the song contains lyrics and music from Collins' song ""In the Air Tonight"". Below is a selection of songs written and produced by The Family. The Family (songwriters) The Family is a Swedish songwriting and music production team consisting of the married couple Joy & Linnéa Deb and Anton Hård Af Segerstad. They have worked with artists such as Fifth Harmony, JoJo, and Måns Zelmerlöw. Together they wrote and composed the Eurovision Song Contest winning song ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw in 2015. The song has had huge success and is the third-highest-scoring"
". Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in 1974 with the song ""Waterloo"" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song ""Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song ""Fångad av en stormvind"" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song ""Take Me to Your Heaven"" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song ""Euphoria"" performed by Loreen, and in 2015 with the song ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final except for 2010 when the nation failed to"
"pre-allocated to vote and perform in the first and second semi-final respectively due to requests from their respective broadcaster, which were approved by the EBU. It was announced on 1 May 2016 that the opening act of the first semi-final would be a performance of ""Heroes"" by Måns Zelmerlöw, while the opening act of the second semi-final would be a musical theatre comedy song entitled ""That's Eurovision"", composed by Matheson Bayley and written by Bayley, Edward af Sillén and Daniel Réhn, and performed by Zelmerlöw and Mede. The opening act of the final was a parade of flags similar to"
"Jupiters Hotel and Casino, Gold Coast and regional Grafton to see the Guy Sebastian show. In May 2016, he co-hosted Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm with Swedish TV presenter Petra Mede. During the three shows Måns performed his winning song ""Heroes"", his new song ""Fire in the Rain"", and two musical sketches both co-written with Edward af Sillén, ""Story of ESC"" and the acclaimed ""Love, Love, Peace, Peace"" with Petra Mede. In October 2016, he was featured in the TV series ""Chevaleresk"" with host Alexander Wiberg. It was broadcast on TV6 . Zelmerlöw's seventh studio album, ""Chameleon,"" was released"
"co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm. Born in Lund, Måns Zelmerlöw is the son of Birgitta Sahlén, a professor at Lund University, and surgeon Sven-Olof Zelmerlöw. Zelmerlöw studied music in high school in Lund and was part of a school choir project. In 2002, he played one of the brothers in the musical ""Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat"" at Slagthuset in Malmö. Zelmerlöw first entered the public eye in 2005, when he took part in season 2 of the Swedish version of ""Idol"", which was broadcast on TV4. He came in fifth place overall, and was"
"times since its first entry in . Sweden had won the contest on six occasions: in 1974 with the song ""Waterloo"" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song ""Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song ""Fångad av en stormvind"" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song ""Take Me to Your Heaven"" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song ""Euphoria"" performed by Loreen, and in 2015 with the song ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final except for"
"after placing second with the international jury vote and winning the public vote to finish with an overall 156-point total. A record total of 12,643,477 votes were cast by the viewers during the show with a total of 2,174,489 SEK collected for Radiohjälpen. In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the interval acts featured an anti-bullying themed performance of the Melodifestivalen 2015 winning song ""Heroes"", in a new arrangement by Moh Denebi, performed by Måns Zelmerlöw together with a children's choir and a medley of past Melodifestivalen hits intended to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the current format"
"he covered and released the song ""All I Want For Christmas Is You"" with season two winner Agnes Carlsson, which peaked at number 3. His second album ""MZW"" was released on March 25, 2009 and after debuting at number 4, it made a sudden jump from number 26 to number 1 in its ninth week, becoming Zelmerlow's second chart-topping album. It has so far been certified gold with sales in excess of 30,000 copies. Zelmerlow would go onto enter the Melodifestivalen 2015 with the song ""Heroes"" and would win the competition with 288 points. He went on to the 2015"
"with the song ""Waterloo"" performed by ABBA, in 1984 with the song ""Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley"" performed by Herreys, in 1991 with the song ""Fångad av en stormvind"" performed by Carola, in 1999 with the song ""Take Me to Your Heaven"" performed by Charlotte Nilsson, in 2012 with the song ""Euphoria"" performed by Loreen, and in 2015 with the song ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. Following the introduction of semi-finals for the , Sweden's entries, to this point, have featured in every final except for 2010 when the nation failed to qualify. The Swedish national broadcaster, Sveriges Television (SVT), broadcasts the event"
"song ""Euphoria"", making Sweden one of only two countries (along with the United Kingdom) to have Eurovision victories in four different decades, and winning for the sixth time with Måns Zelmerlöw's ""Heroes"" in . Sweden is one of only two countries - along with Ukraine in and with Ruslana and Jamala respectively - to win twice since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004, performing the feat in both and with 372 and 365 points respectively, making Sweden additionally the first country to have scored 300 points or more twice. They also finished third in with Eric Saade and ""Popular"","
"room. Forty countries participated in the contest, with making a guest appearance, and , the , and returning. , however, announced their withdrawal due to financial and political reasons around the Ukrainian crisis. Once all the votes had been announced, based on 50% jury and 50% televoting, won the contest for the sixth time, with Måns Zelmerlöw's song ""Heroes"". Sweden became the first country to win the contest twice in the current format, and this was the country's second win in four years and the 21st century. won the viewers voting with in second place, and Sweden in third place."
"participation in the selection, ""Heroes"" participated in the fourth semi-final of the 2015 Melodifestivalen which was held in Örebro's Conventum Arena on 28 February 2015. The song was performed last at the fourth semi-final. It direct qualified to the final as it got one of the first two places. Right after the second chance, the running order of the final was revealed with ""Heroes"" being performed at the sixth position. ""Heroes"" won the selection with 122 points from the international jury and 166 points from the public, receiving 288 points in total, a record under the current voting system. The"
"""Eurovision Song Contest 2016"" took place at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm on 10, 12 and 14 May 2016. In addition to participating in the contest, the Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) hosted the Eurovision Song Contest after winning the competition in with the song ""Heroes"" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. As the host nation, Sweden qualified to compete directly in the final of the contest on 14 May. Performing in position 9 during the final, Sweden placed fifth out of the 26 participating countries with 261 points. Melodifestivalen 2016 Melodifestivalen 2016 was the 56th edition of the Swedish music competition"