does Eurovision
By
thecaligarmo
, Published on Sun 26 April 2015
Category:
Eurovision 2015
Up next in our look at the second semi-final is Sweden! Sweden has had one of the best histories in Eurovision history. Not only have they won Eurovision 5 times, but their previous winners have gone to know amazing worldwide success, most notably Abba in 1974 and Loreen in 2012. So it's no wonder that competition in Sweden's annual selection show Melodifestivalen has fierce competition. Last year Sanna was chosen after 7 previous attempts at representing Sweden. This year's performer tried 3 times before finally before being selected.
This year Sweden is sending Måns Zelmerlöw to sing Heroes and it's got a nice vibe to it. Måns has had a veried career. As mentioned before he tried to represent Sweden in Eurovision 2 times previously, in 2007 and 2009. He came in 5th place in Sweden's version of Idol, and has hosted Melodifestivalen 2 times. Måns made the biggest headlines though when he made homophobic comments in March 2014 when he called homosexuality a "deviation". From looking at how the conversation occured (http://www.expressen.se/noje/mans-forsokt-att-fa-den-delen-bortklippt/) it easy to see that Måns knew that he had made a mistake. It seems more that he made bad comments due to ignorance rather than an actual phobia. Since then he has apologized for his mistakes and the community seems to have accepted his apology.
Without any more controversy, let's look at his song.
As we see the song is a very well made song. On first hearing the song it doesn't necessarily stick well, but after hearing it a couple times, it sticks in your ear and turns out to be a really nice song. The only problem with the song is that it might not work as well on a stage. It works very nicely in the music video as he can mess with his voice to get certain sounds that normally would be impossible (such as a slight echo and voice overs), but all of that will change on the stage. The song itself is really good, and it will be exciting to see how it works out on stage.
Click here to visit Måns' participant profile at Eurovision.tv