Måns Zelmerlöw is a Swedish singer, TV presenter, model and actor. He finished in 5th place in the 2005 edition of Sweden's Idol series and from 2011-2013 hosted the summer music series Allsång på Skansen. He also participated in Melodifestivalen 3 times, finally making it on his third try.
He represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song Heroes, winning with 365 points, becoming the first male soloist to win since 2009.
On 14 December 2015, it was revealed that he would co-present the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in Stockholm alongside 2013 presenter Petra Mede, making him the 4th former contestant to present the contest in the year immediately following his victory.
He also co-presented the 2018 and 2019 editions of Eurovision: You Decide, the United Kingdom's national final, with Mel Giedroyc.
He also voiced the characters of Flynn Rider and Branch in the Swedish dubs of the animated films Tangled and Trolls respectively.
In 2025, he entered Melodifestivalen 2025 in an attempt to return to Eurovision 10 years after his victory with the song "Revolution". Despite being the heavy favorite to win, he finished runner-up to KAJ.
Trivia[]
- Måns is one of six Eurovision representatives to have voiced the character of Branch in an foreign-language dub of Trolls, the others being Waylon, Eyþór Ingi, Ralfs Eilands of PeR, Vaidas Baumila and Dima Bilan in the film's Dutch, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian and Russian dubs respectively.
- Additionally, he met Justin Timberlake, Branch's original voice actor, who performed as an interval act at the 2016 contest.