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Måns Petter Albert Sahlén Zelmerlöw (; born 13 June 1986) is a Swedish 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 "
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", which was his entry in that year's
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. Zelmerlöw was the host of ''
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'' from 2011 to 2013. He participated in Melodifestivalen three more times: in
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, and
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; his 2015 win with " Heroes" led him to represent Sweden in the
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, which he won as well.


Early life and education

Born in
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, in southern Sweden, Måns Zelmerlöw is the son of Birgitta Sahlén, a professor at
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, and surgeon Sven-Olof Zelmerlöw. He is partly of Danish descent, with a grandmother from
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in Lund and was part of a school choir project. In 2002, he played one of the brothers in the musical ''
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'' at Slagthuset in
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Career


2005: ''Idol''

Zelmerlöw first entered the public eye in 2005, when he took part in
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of the Swedish version of '' Idol'', which was broadcast on TV4. He came in fifth place overall, and was eliminated on 11 November after eight weeks on the show. He had placed in the bottom three once and the bottom two twice.


2006: ''Let's Dance''

Zelmerlöw took part in the first season of '' Let's Dance'' in
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, partnering with Maria Karlsson. They won the competition, defeating singer Anna Book in the final. In the same year, he also appeared in the Swedish version of the musical '' Grease'', playing the lead role of Danny Zuko. As a result, Zelmerlöw signed a record deal to release a solo album with M&L Records, a division of
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Sweden.


2007–2008: Melodifestivalen and ''Stand by For...''

In November 2006, it was announced that Zelmerlöw would compete in
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, Sweden's national final for the
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, to be held in
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,
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. He competed with the song "
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" in the third semi-final on 17 February 2007 in
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, and progressed to the final, which was held on 10 March at Globen in
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. There his performance of "Cara Mia" finished in third place behind winners The Ark and runner-up
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. "Cara Mia" was released as a single and Zelmerlöw's debut album '' Stand by For...'' followed shortly after. The album reached number one in Sweden and was certified platinum by
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. Four singles were released from the album, all of which reached the top 50 in Sweden. ''Stand by For...'' was also released in
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in September 2007. On 5 October 2007, Zelmerlöw was the presenter of '' Lilla Melodifestivalen'' on SVT. He also participated in the musical version of ''
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'', playing Tommy. The musical was performed in both Gothenburg and Stockholm. In 2008, he participated in the ''Diggiloo'' tour along with singers
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, Linda Bengtzing,
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, Thomas Pettersson,
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.


2009: Melodifestivalen and ''MZW''

On 18 November 2008, it was announced that Zelmerlöw would again compete in Melodifestivalen, this time with the song " Hope & Glory". The 2009 contest featured many former entrants, including Sarah Dawn Finer,
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, BWO and
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. He took part in the second semi-final on 14 February 2009, and again progressed to the final on 14 March at Globen. "Hope & Glory" ultimately placed fourth, despite receiving the most votes from the jury. In 2008, Zelmerlöw went back to the studio to work on his second solo album, '' MZW'', which was released in late March 2009. It was certified gold by the IFPI and reached number one on the Swedish album charts. The album was also released in Poland. In 2009 he played a summer tour of Sweden performing songs from both albums.


2010–2011: hosting Melodifestivalen and ''Allsång på Skansen''

On 10 November 2009, it was announced that Zelmerlöw would host Melodifestivalen 2010, alongside
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and Christine Meltzer. He hosted the first semi-final and the final with Lundgren and Meltzer, and the remaining semi-finals with only Meltzer. In the opening of the Second Chance round, he performed the
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song "
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", and in the final he sang the
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song "
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" with his fellow presenters. He also acted as
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in the musical
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, and guest starred in the talent show Jakten på Julia at SVT, where Lisette Pagler won the role as Juliet. The musical had its premiere in December at Göta Lejon. In January 2011, Zelmerlöw was announced as the replacement for Anders Lundin as presenter of ''
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'', broadcast on SVT. He also presented the show in 2012.


2013–2014: ''Barcelona Sessions''

In March 2013, Zelmerlöw revealed plans for his third studio album, '' Barcelona Sessions'', unveiling a new single, " Broken Parts". He also performed a new track on Swedish television called " Run for Your Life". In September 2013, Zelmerlöw unveiled the second single from the new album, called "Beautiful Life", and performed another album track entitled "Parallels". The album was released on 5 February 2014, preceded by "Run for Your Life". In the summer of 2013, Zelmerlöw presented ''Allsång på Skansen'' on SVT and revealed that he was leaving the show in the final programme on 13 August. Singer Petra Marklund replaced him. Zelmerlöw participated as a songwriter in
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, co-writing the song "Hello Goodbye", performed by singers Erik Segerstedt and
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. The song made it to the second-chance round. In late 2013, he had the lead role in the new version of the Swedish musical ''Spök'' along with Loa Falkman,
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and
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.


2015–2016: Eurovision Song Contest and ''Perfectly Damaged''

In 2015, Zelmerlöw again participated in
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with the song " Heroes", which scored 288 points and won the final. In the same festival, he co-wrote the entry " Det rår vi inte för", which was performed by Behrang Miri, and which made it to the second-chance round. On 11 May 2015, Zelmerlöw revealed the artwork and track list for his fourth studio album '' Perfectly Damaged'', which was released on 5 June 2015. On 17 May, Zelmerlöw performed the song "Heroes" in
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during the first live show of ''
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''. Leading up to the
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, Zelmerlöw was predicted as the winner by the majority of the betting companies. Zelmerlöw participated in the second semifinal on 21 May, where he came first with 217 points (receiving the highest score from a record 14 countries) and qualified for the final. Zelmerlöw won the Eurovision 2015 final, scoring 365 points. Throughout the summer of 2015, he made several appearances at music festivals in Sweden and Finland before embarking on a 17-date European tour in September. According to his Twitter and Instagram, before the European tour, he would make his way to
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for a visit, promoting his latest album "Perfectly Damaged". In the end of January 2016, Zelmerlöw travelled to Australia and sang at
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's 28 date Concert Tour "You..Me..Us Tour" as a surprise guest artist. Zelmerlöw and his band performed at two dates to the delight of Australian audiences who attended Jupiters Hotel and Casino, Gold Coast and regional Grafton to see the Guy Sebastian show. In May 2016, he co-hosted
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in
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with Swedish TV presenter
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. During the three shows Måns performed his winning song "Heroes", his new song " Fire in the Rain", and two musical sketches both co-written with Edward af Sillén, "Story of ESC" and the acclaimed "Love, Love, Peace, Peace" with Petra Mede. In October 2016, he was featured in the TV series ''Chevaleresk'' with host Alexander Wiberg. It was broadcast on TV6.


2016–2018: ''Chameleon''

Zelmerlöw's seventh studio album, ''Chameleon,'' was released in December 2016. The lead single " Hanging on to Nothing", had been released the previous August. The song failed to chart on the Official Swedish Singles chart, but peaked at number 2 on the Heatseekers chart. On 5 November 2016 the French version of " Hanging on to Nothing" was released titled "Rien que nous deux" ("Only the two of us" in English). In 2017, Zelmerlöw was the co-commentator for SVT at the
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alongside Edward af Sillén, Zelmerlöw also appeared in a sketch involving the three hosts; Oleksandr Skichko, Volodymyr Ostapchuk, and
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. On 16 November 2017, it was announced that Zelmerlöw would co-host BBC's '' Eurovision: You Decide'' with
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on 7 February 2018 at the
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. He opened the show with a medley of
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hits, duetting with UK Eurovision entrant Lucie Jones. In 2018 his song "Happyland", released on the ''Chameleon'' album, was chosen by confectionery company Kinder to celebrate its 50th anniversary through commercials broadcast in European countries such as Germany and Italy.


2019–2022: ''Time''

In February 2019, Zelmerlöw once again co-hosted BBC's Eurovision: You Decide alongside
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. As show act both presented the musical history of the best British ESC moments. On 1 March 2019 Zelmerlöw and Swedish singer Dotter released the song '' Walk With Me''. Zelmerlöw announced in May 2019 that he would release the songs '' Better Now'' and ''Grow Up to Be You''. As part of the
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interval act, he covered his favourite entry of 2018, " Fuego", by
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, whilst the
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singer covered " Dancing Lasha Tumbai" and
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covered his song "Heroes", before the acts convened for a version of "
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". Måns released his version of "Fuego" on iTunes, where the mention of the word "pelican" is removed due to the possible reference to the female anatomy. On 18 October 2019 Zelmerlöw released his eighth studio album, ''Time''. As a third single, the song ''
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'' has been released on 21 November 2019 for digital download. In November and December 2019 Zelmerlöw was seen in the Christmas show "The Grand Wonderland Show", which was held at the Grand Hôtel Stockholm. Zelmerlöw was part of the jury of ''Eurovision: Australia Decides 2020'' and also performed the single ''Walk With Me'', which has been re-released with Australian singer
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on 6 February 2020. At Melodifestivalen 2020, Zelmerlöw sang the song ‘Nygammal Vals’ as a duet with Lill Lindfors in the show Andra Chansen, and he was also admitted into the Melodifestivalen Hall Of Fame. Zelmerlöw and Morgan Sulele released the Single ''Gamle Dager'' on 10 April 2020. The song contains Norwegian and Swedish lyrics. As the fourth single from Zelmerlöw's album ''Time'' the song ''On My Way'' has been released on 24 April 2020. In the winter of 2020, Zelmerlöw and Per Andersson did a Christmas show together called Tomen och Bocken - En slags julshow at Hamburger Börs directed by Edward af Sillén who he had previous worked with on
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and
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, but because of the
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pandemic only a few days of the show was able to be done before it had to be cancelled. In 2021, he teamed up with fellow Eurovision 2015 contestant
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to record the official song for the World Figure Skating Championships 2021. Released on 21 February 2021, the single was called ''Circles and Squares''. Due to the pandemic, Melodifestivalen 2021 was held differently than usual, without an audience and with all 6 shows from Stockholm. There were separate presenters for each show. The final on 16 March 2021 was hosted by Måns Zelmerlöw, Shima Niavarani and
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. Zelmerlöw also presented his single ‘Come Over Love’ as an interval act. Since 26 March 2021, Swedish television TV4 has broadcast a season of Masked Singer Sverige every year in 4 seasons with 9 episodes each. The 4 permanent members of the guessing panel are Måns Zelmerlöw, Pernilla Wahlgren, Felix Herngren and Nour El Refai. These were occasionally supplemented by guest appearances by other celebrities. The show has been hosted by David Hellenius since the beginning. A particular highlight of the show was the Viking's mask in the third season, behind which Zelmerlöw's wife hid without him having any idea. At the
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, Zelmerlöw appeared alongside other former winners, such as
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, in the interval act ‘Rock The Roof’. In autumn 2022 Zelmerlöw took part in the Swedish television show "
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", in which various singers interpret each other's songs. It was recorded on
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back in June. Måns guest-starred in 5 of the episodes and provided 4 new songs as his own renditions: "Faller (Tell Her)" by Molly Hammar, "Sober (Mer För Varandra)" by Norlie & KKV, "Hatar Dig" by Daniela Rathana and "This Is The One" by
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. Zelmerlöw and also Swedish Eurovision star
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went on a big X-Mas tour named "A Grand X-mas" in November and December 2022 to 11 big arenas in cities across Sweden. Together with a 13-headed band and choir, the two performed a mixture of modern and classic Christmas songs in English and Swedish, as well as their own (Christmas) songs. As a special encore, the two sang their ESC winning titles ‘Heroes’ and ‘ Främling’ in a joint ballad. The pair's Christmas song "Let's Sing (It's Christmas Time) ’ was released as a single in advance on 11 November 2022.


2023–present: ''Nightcaps'' EP and Melodifestivalen return

January 2023, Zelmerlöw took on a presenter role alongside
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. He hosted Idrottsgalan, a major Swedish sports gala, aired live from the Aviccii Arena in Stockholm on
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on 16 January 2023. In 2023, as part of the lead-up for the
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set to be held in
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, he was a co-presenter of the weekly
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podcast ''Eurovisioncast'' on BBC Radio 5. Zelmerlöw, Nina Warhurst, Daniel Rosney and Ngunan Adamu hosted the podcast, which provided further information and interviews about the ESC. Zelmerlöw was also involved in the two semifinals of the ESC, each time in a quiz match against Filomena Cautela. As in 2017, he commentated on the final together with Edward af Sillén for Swedish television SVT. On 13 October 2023, a complete EP by Zelmerlöw and his band ‘The Agreement’ was released for the first time: ‘Nightcaps’. This contains all three previously released singles ‘Andetag’, ‘Running Low’ and ‘Perfectly Damaged’ as well as two additional songs ‘History’ and ‘Side Effects’. In winter 2023, Zelmerlöw did not only release the Christmas single "Christmas Christmas Everywhere", but also reunited with comedian Per Andersson. Both returned and toured Sweden with the sequel to Tomten och Bocken, a new show named "Tomten och Bocken Rider Igen", directed by Klas Wiljergård. January 2024 Zelmerlöw again hosted the 25th anniversary of the Idrottsgalan, the Swedish sports gala, alongside
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, which was aired live from Stockholm. In March 2024, Zelmerlöw appeared as a guest performer at the
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final, this time as a member of
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's parody boy band Björnzone, performing "Still the One" with host Carina Berg. Other members were Eric Saade, Loa Falkman,
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, Adam Lundgren, Casper Jarnebrink, Victor Leksell, Boris René and
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. Björnzone released the Christmas single "A Christmas Song" on November 29. In late November 2024, Zelmerlöw was announced as one of the participants of
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, ten years after his victory with "Heroes" and in his 20th anniversary year as an artist. He competed in the fourth heat on 22 February 2025 in
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with the song "
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" and qualified directly to the final on 8 March. In the finale he finished in second place, behind the winner KAJ.


Personal life

Zelmerlöw has one younger sister. He most enjoys padel,
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,
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and
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. On 26 December 2004, Zelmerlöw and his family survived the Indian Ocean earthquake while on holiday in
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,
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. In March 2014, while a guest on Swedish cooking show , Zelmerlöw commented that he considered
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an '' avvikelse'' (English: deviation). 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 a few members of gay, Swedish and Eurovision media to come to Zelmerlöw's defence. He later said that he would date a man "if egot that feeling". Between 2008 and 2011, he was in a relationship with the Swedish singer and model
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, a former member of the Swedish pop band
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. In 2016, Zelmerlöw began dating British actress Ciara Janson and they later announced their engagement. In December 2017, Zelmerlöw announced that they were expecting a child together. On 25 May 2018 he announced via social media that Ciara had given birth to their son. The couple married on 5 September 2019. On 9 August 2022, Zelmerlöw announced on Instagram that Janson had given birth to their second son. As of 2024, Zelmerlöw and Janson live on a vineyard in
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, with Janson travelling to England every other week for her son from a previous relationship. On 8 July 2024, Zelmerlöw opened a coffee and wine trailer named ''Beans and Grapes'' which is in the garden adjacent to the tennis museum in
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,
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. The coffee and wine trailer is said to feature live music and have room for 50 guests. In March 2025, Janson filed for divorce, accusing Zelmerlöw of toxic and abusive behaviour. In May 2025,
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published an interview with ''
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'', who disclosed that it had turned down an interview with Zelmerlöw due to demands he made; among those were not to allow Janson to comment on what he said in it or do an interview on her own. ''Göteborgs-Posten'' instead made the interview.


Discography

*'' Stand by For...'' (2007) *'' MZW'' (2009) *'' Christmas with Friends'' (2010) *'' Kära vinter'' (2011) *'' Barcelona Sessions'' (2014) *'' Perfectly Damaged'' (2015) *''
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'' (2016) *''
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'' (2019)


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