Yeah! Heroes Won!!

The reigning hero, Måns Zelmerlöv, came back to Sweden after a victorious night at the Eurovision contest on Saturday!! 

Malmö waits for Måns Zelmerlöv

My cousin (with thousands more) waited and took this shot on Stortorget in Malmö, Sweden.  I've been a fan since the get-go, see my post here where I rated the Swedish contestants and chose him as my #1.  So exciting for Sweden, they've really got this Eurovision thing nailed!  Sweden has won 5 times - 1974, 1984, 1991, 1999, 2012 and this year 2015! facts here

Check out this live video from him winning the 60th annual Eurovision contest.  It starts with a recap of his winning on Saturday in Austria and then shows the Lundapåg (Lund boy) coming home to celebrate! Plus a nice choral verson of "Hero"  http://www.svtplay.se/video/2960966/hyllning-till-mans

The show is in Swedish but I think the crowd and screaming girls translates pretty easily.  (One of the questions is how he doesn't seem to sweat.  Ha, ha)  The man is a hero for life in Sweden now.  This is something I've written about before, it's taken pretty seriously as you can see from the crowds. Heja Sweden!  :-)  And one more time, here's a link to the song, "Heroes":

Lindström thank you very much! And Måns Z!

Happy Memorial Day weekend kick-off everyone!  An extra day off here in the States, and we sure can use it. I hope that you have a wonderful Friday.  I'm all set to watch the Eurovision Semi Finals from 3 - 5:00 (Eastern Standard time) today on SVT,play.  Handsome hubby linked up the laptop and I think all I have to do is hit play (hope so). ;-) Here's the line up for the second semifinal:

• Azerbaijan
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Israel
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Malta

• Montenegro
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• San Marino
• Slovenia
• Sweden
• Switzerland

All the countries are clickable in the list above so you can hear the songs.  And here's the link: Semi #2.  Heja Sverige och Måns (the Swedish singer of Heroes, our Eurovision song).

Speaking of Sweden, love those Minnesotan descendants who made sure to keep the ö in the o! Check it out here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/17/us/lindstrom-minnesota-umlaut-scandinavian-roots-governor-dayton.html?smid=fb-share  In Lindstöm they know that the ö makes a diff, but some people don't know that ä, å, and ö are actually letters with their own sounds and not just put there to look fancy and "Swedishy" like Häagen-Dazs®.  Actually I have no idea how that would sound but it does taste good.  Have a great däåög!  :-)

man candy - aka Måns Zelmerlöv (See all the umlauts folks?)