Måns Zelmerlöw from Sweden – Winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. Photo source: Andres Putting (EBU/EUROVISION)
After a very exciting voting it was decided that Måns Zelmerlöw is the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015. He won Europe’s favorite television show with his song “Heroes“.
In the beginning of the voting it was a very close race between Italy, Russia and Sweden. First Italy was out of the picture and a little later Russia was not able to gain enough points to keep track of Sweden. In the end Måns Zelmerlöw of Sweden won with 365 points. Russia came second with 303 points and Italy became third with 292 points.
Watch the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes (Live at the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015)
Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes (Live performance after winning Eurovision 2015)
Who is Måns Zelmerlöw?
Måns Zelmerlöw is a Swedish singer-songwriter who rose to fame by taking part in the second season of Swedish Idol. Although he didn’t win this competition he is one of the most successful artists coming out of it. He released three studio album and numerous singles. Some notable single releases are “Cara Mia”, “Hope & Glory”, “Broken Parts”, “Brother Oh Brother”and “Run For Your Life”.
Who did take part during tonight’s show?
The running order of last night’s Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was:
- Maraaya – Here for You [Slovenia]
- Lisa Angell – N’oubliez Pas [France]
- Nadav Guedj – Golden Boy [Israel]
- Elina Born & Stig Rasta – Goodbye to Yesterday [Estonia]
- Electro Velvet – Still In Love With You [United Kingdom]
- Genealogy – Face the Shadow [Armenia]
- Monika Linkyté & Vaidas Baumila -This Time [Lithuania]
- Bojana Stamenov – Beauty Never Lies [Serbia]
- Mørland & Debrah Scarlett – A Monster Like Me [Norway]
- Måns Zelmerlöw – Heroes [Sweden]
- John Karayiannis – One Thing I Should Have Done [Cyprus]
- Guy Sebastian – Tonight Again [Australia]
- Loïc Nottet – Rhythm Inside [Belgium]
- The Makemakes – I Am Yours [Austria]
- Maria Elena Kyriakou – One Last Breath [Greece]
- Knez – Adio [Montenegro]
- Ann Sophie – Black Smoke [Germany]
- Monika Kuszyńska – In the Name of Love [Poland]
- Aminata – Love Injected [Latvia]
- Voltaj – De la capăt (All Over Again) [Romania]
- Edurne – Amanecer [Spain]
- Csemer Boglárka (Boggie) – Wars for Nothing [Hungary]
- Nina Sublatti – Warrior [Georgia]
- Elnur Hüseynov – Hour of the Wolf [Azerbaijan]
- Polina Gagarina – A Million Voices [Russia]
- Elhaida Dani – I’m Alive [Albania]
- Il Volo – Grande Amore [Italy]
If you want to see a short recap of the songs that were performed during last night’s show you’re able to watch it below.
How did Europe decide the winner
The final result of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 was decided by a 50:50 split between professional juries and televoting from all 40 participants. The jury votes were decided at last Friday’s Jury Final and the televotes were decided in last night’s show. Besides the countries that took part in the Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 thirteen other countries voted during last night’s final. The other countries were Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Macedonia (F.Y.R.), Malta, Moldova, Portugal, San Marino, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Each country gave 12, 10 and 8-1 points to their favorite songs. Countries ranked outside of the top-10 did not receive points.
Did you miss the show?
If you missed the second semi-final of Eurovision 2015 you’re able to re-watch the show here and here.
Buy or stream the winning song and upcoming album
“Heroes” is available on iTunes and Spotify.
“Heroes” is part of Måns Zelmerlöw’s upcoming album “Perfectly Demanged” which is available for pre-order on iTunes.
Do you agree with the result of the Eurovision Song Contest 2015? What do you think about the winner?
