Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Sweden participated in and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Heroes" written by Linnea Deb, Joy Deb and Anton Malmberg Hård af Segerstad. The song was performed by Måns Zelmerlöw. The Swedish broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) organised the national final Melodifestivalen 2015 in order to select the Swedish entry for the 2015 contest in Vienna, Austria. After a six-week-long competition consisting of four heats, a Second Chance round and a final, "Heroes" performed by Måns Zelmerlöw emerged as the winner after achieving the highest score following the combination of votes from eleven international jury groups and a public vote.
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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| Country | Sweden | |||
| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | Melodifestivalen 2015 | |||
| Selection date(s) | Heats: 7 February 2015 14 February 2015 21 February 2015 28 February 2015 Second Chance: 7 March 2015 Final: 14 March 2015 | |||
| Selected entrant | Måns Zelmerlöw | |||
| Selected song | "Heroes" | |||
| Selected songwriter(s) | ||||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (1st, 217 points) | |||
| Final result | 1st, 365 points | |||
| Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Sweden was drawn to compete in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 21 May 2015. Performing during the show in position 13, "Heroes" was announced among the top 10 entries of the second semi-final and therefore qualified to compete in the final on 23 May. It was later revealed that Sweden placed first out of the 17 participating countries in the semi-final with 217 points. In the final, Sweden performed in position 10 and placed first out of the 27 participating countries, winning the contest with 365 points. This was Sweden's sixth win in the Eurovision Song Contest, having previously won in 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999 and 2012.