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Måns Zelmerlöw : Sweden 2016

It’s official, we have the winner of the 60th anniversary of the most popular TV show of all times in the entire world, Eurovision Song Contest. Sweden is the Big Winner in the Grand Final of the 23rd of May, with the song “Heroes.” Before three years in 2012, the incredible Loreen won in Baku with one of the most popular songs in this competition, “Euphoria,” now Måns bring the victory again in Sweden and make her automatically the second country after Ireland with six trophies!

We had the honour to have in our site an interview with the amazing talented Mr. Måns. Let’s remember some parts of this interview:

Did you immediately click with Heroes?
 I felt that it was a great song but I wasn’t sure if it would fit my voice immediately. I was still thinking about doing the kind of music that I did on the Barcelona Session album, more of a rock thing. But then people close to me reminded me how much I really love to perform up tempo songs and I felt that Heroes could really become something great.

How do you feel about competing in Eurovision?
 It is totally a dream comes true and I am very much looking forward to coming to Vienna in May. I going to try to just have as much fun as possible and I am so proud to represent Sweden. To win Melodifestivalen was one big dream coming true and to enter the Eurovision is the next one.

What does the drawn character in your performance mean to the story of the song?
 The song is about the fact that anyone can be a role model and a hero. And that’s what we’ve tried to illustrate on stage with the animated little character “MP”. I take him to my heart and that makes him stronger. The story is based on my own experience in middle school when I was shut out by some friends because of a bully in my class. I had to find a new friend, and when fall came, he luckily even entered my class. His companionship gave me strength to confront the boy who had been bullying me, which also gave me my old friends back again. The animated figure “MP” (stands for Måns Petter) represents a young version of myself, and I represent that new friend I made who helped me stand up for myself.