Euro Vision Song Contest 2015: Mans Zelmerlöw wins – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Yes, there was a sense of relief, as for example in the middle of the voting marathon of Vienna Sweden on hitherto leading Russia vorbeizog (Read the minutes Protocol) – also viewers who are not in the Euro Vision Song Contest 2015 Sweden kept their fingers crossed. At the problematic Russian peace pathos was given the political situation.

For a victory of the Swedish singer Måns Zelmerlöw other hand nobody could really have something. At the end of Sweden’s projection was on Russia even quite considerable – 365 points from 303.

Zelmerlöws song “Heroes” can by itself easily run in mainstream radio – the electronic beat is a bit braver than that of Avicii and David Guetta , the “Oh-ho-ho” of choruses will immediately hang in the ear, and the idea that it was a hero who is point his inner demons, is also not a particularly unusual.

What “Heroes” but made the winning song, which was ultimately primarily the production on stage. The star-choreographer Fredrik Rydman (“Swan Lake Reloaded”) staged for Zelmerlöw a dance with his demons, but as pronounced therefore came cute, animated characters males. The manufactures sophisticated the timing dance task to interact with the invisible for him figures, mastered the singer – albeit somewhat awkwardly

“We are all heroes, no matter who we love”

Måns Zelmerlöw is not a newcomer, he started his career – like so many ESC participants – in a talent show, that in 2005 at the Swedish “Idol” -Entsprechung. Since then, he tried twice without success as participants in Melodifestivalen (missing here no “e”, it means in Sweden), in which numerous Aussieb- and consolation rounds every year the Swedish ESC candidate is found. 2015 at the third attempt, he sat down with “Heroes” by

Only once threatened a shadow on the popular figure status of contagious smiling to fall -. When he at a cooking show on Swedish TV about homosexuality as the Norm “outlandish” commented – after a little too much cooking wine. . Zelmerlöw apologized afterwards often and, in the opinion of prominent homosexual friends, credible

When he raised the glass microphone in the Viennese night, as winner of the Euro Vision Song Contest, he said the right words: “We are all heroes, no matter whom we love, with whom we are together, who we are. ”

Now Måns Zelmerlöw is the sixth Swedish ESC-winner, a success story that began in 1974 with ABBA and is matched only by the seven-time winner of Ireland, in which, however, has long had the feeling that he wanted the show as soon as possible no longer align

completely different Sweden. Just three years after Loreens triumph in Baku Swedish television 2016 turn again. Swedish expertise, especially in the songwriting is, demand across Europe. Long since understood the country as a pop-exporting nation – and sees the Euro Vision Song Contest as a showcase. With Success.

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