| Måns Zelmerlöw | |
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| Zelmerlöw at Sommarkrysset 2016 | |
| Background | |
| Birth name | Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw |
| Born |
13 June 1986 Lund, Scania, Sweden |
| Occupation | Singer, songwriter, television presenter, model, actor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label | Warner Music Sweden |
| Website | http://www.mzw.se/ |
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 co-hosted the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 held in Stockholm.
Early life and education[]
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.
Personal life[]
Zelmerlöw has one younger sister, fanny. He most enjoys padel, football, tennis and golf.
On 26 December 2004, Zelmerlöw and his family survived the Indian Ocean earthquake while on vacation in Khao Lak, Thailand.
In March 2014, while a guest on Swedish cooking show Pluras kök, Zelmerlöw commented that he considered homosexuality an avvikelse. On the show, he said he did not think there was anything wrong with homosexuality, but that it is not natural biologically, since it does not lead to reproduction. He later apologised repeatedly for his remarks, claiming that they were a miscommunication. After his Melodifestivalen win a year later, the incident came under international media scrutiny, prompting members of gay, Swedish and Eurovision media to come to Zelmerlöw's defence. He later said that "if I got that feeling" he would date a man.
Between 2008 and 2011, he was in a relationship with the Swedish singer and model Marie Serneholt, a former member of the Swedish pop band A-Teens. In 2016, Zelmerlöw began dating English actress Ciara Janson and they later announced their engagement. In December 2017, Zelmerlöw announced that they were expecting a child together. A few weeks later, he confirmed that the child would be a baby boy. The couple lives in London. On May 25, 2018, he announced via social media that Ciara had given birth to their son, Albert.
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