Måns Zelmerlöw recreates the UK's greatest Eurovision moments! - BBC 

If enough vote for us every year this could be arranged ;)

I don’t mind Petra, Måns and Mel trio tbh

I hate Petra Mede, she is awful. Ruins her own jokes if they now are jokes.

@@MathiasEggimann pretty sure the hoast dont decide what to say. But just "deliver" what the writers come up with. But sure. You are entitled to not like her way of delivering lines :)

I say that every year, they need to host forever

ITS almost like they didnt cover up for paedos...almost

The BBC put on decent shows - imagination costs nothing after all. Look at 98!

I agree .he's so funny and talented

This guy is great! A real entertainer!

@@MrSpookyLover people are still talking about that! over here in america almost all tv networks cover up paedos like kevin spacey. he was being covered up by 17 different networks in america and bill cosby was being covered up by 24. the bbc are decent compared to what happens in america.

This is a good thing! I love watching Melodifestivalen every year, just wish I understood the language 😂

pity the uks chances wont be as good as with Melodifestivalen. could this be the year that bucks the trend ?deserves top 15.

A swedish audience would never clap along with the song. This is British thing to clap for everything; when the aeroplane lands, when their food arrives, when the lights go out.

Jakob Söderkulla I think you’ll find the aeroplane clapping is more synonymous with the Italians!

@@jaydeebee3656 I am Swedish and I would clap😏, and isn't it Swedish that we're having this conversation in English😂😂

Lewis McGown *2 minutes later* wears Swedish underwear

He lives in the UK now anyway

@@laurapugh7944 he has a British wife aswell

Ahaha this joke works well in Swedish, but no so much in English 😁

@@326Alan Yes, I told him in Swedish as you have guest. But what can I do? 😉

@@OlssonDaniel I guess you have 55 likes from fellow bilingual Scandinavians, Daniel 😅 so it’s going okay hahaha

@@326Alan är jag dum? För jag fattar inte hur skämtet inte funkar på engelska

@@charliecederblad8900 nej, du är inte dum - inte alls! :) engelska är mitt modersmål, svenska är ditt (antar jag)! På engelska säger man oftast bara "last" när man skulle säga "senast" på svenska. På svenska finns det någon pedantisk skillnad mellan "sist" och "senast": "sist" (enligt pedanter) betyder att det inte ska bli mer av något därefter, medan "senast" betyder något som "nyast". "Last" på engelska brukar användas utan att implicera slutgiltighet 😁

I mean, SVT, which until 2019 was also funded by a TV tax, still tries...

@@RBenjo21 it's still funded by tax money

Eter Puralis But I believe it’s “normal” government spending now, rather than a TV tax.

@@RBenjo21 SVT is still funded by a TV tax, it is just baked in with all your other taxes instead of its own bill every quarter.

I wanted to put this out there as well everybody is rightfully praising Måns, Edward deserves credit for making the show entertaining amongst the bland and uninspiring songs the BBC chose (nothing against the talented artists, but the songs they’ve were given were awful...the BBC needs to sort themselves out)

@@nashathegleek I completely agree with everything you've just said and this doesn't surprise me. I've already had two rants elsewhere on RU-vid tonight about the BBC's lack of interest so I'm not going to rant on again but suffice to say the BBC really do need to sort themselves out or the EBU needs to give either Sky or ITV the rights - a broadcaster who'll put the effort into picking a decent song. I do think Michael Rice was the best of the bunch but realistically, we all know in advance that we're going to get hammered the minute Europe starts voting because no one knows him (not even the Brits) while we all know in advance that Russia will either win (or come top 5) because they're going to be represented by a major worldwide star even if the song he sings ends up being absolute shit. Anyway once again, well done to Mans and the equally talented Mel Giedroyc plus a big thank you to Edward af Sillén for at least making the pre-selection enjoyable.

AND beyond all these great accomplishments there's the fact that Edward is Brazilian. As far as I know, he was born in the state of Santa Catarina and adopted by a Swedish family when he was quite young, but at least I can have some pride being an ESC fan from Brazil.

Arthur Mezacasa Oh I didn’t know that, but that’s a really interesting back story!

He also tends to do the live comments of the Eurovision finals, even the Oscars. And the fact he knows a lot about Eurovision means he can easily write something like this. But I doubt, he living in Sweden, he could deliver a full show with the same comedic touch as he does with Melodifestivalen, for the simple fact that he lives in Sweden, not the UK, and therefore will not have much to spin jokes around - except anything related to Eurovision. But there are plenty of great comedic writers in the UK who easily is of the same standard as Edvard, but who also have the inside knowledge of British society, current affairs and popular culture to deliver something similar to what Edvard delivers for Melodifestivalen, but better adapted to a UK audience and setting. The one you really should study and copy, because he is the guy who has been in charge of Melodifestivalen for donkeys years now, an era when Sweden has performed better than any other nation in that competition, is Christer Bjørkman. He is the guy in charge of everything from selecting presenters, and writers like Edvard, to deciding the running order of the songs, and also have a say in how they are selected and presented. Melodifestivalen is a huge success mainly for two reasons: Bjørkman`s dedication and enthusiasm for the competition - and for the fact the acts that do well in Eurovision will secure their artists gigs for the coming summer, thanks to the many summer festivals around Sweden. The problem for the UK is that it is not the major players on the music scene who takes part. They have to much to lose, so the UK keeps sending either hasbeens or new comers, and the songs are not penned by the Cathy Dennis` and colleagues either, but far more unknown and less merited song writers. Had it not been for the big 5 rule, UK most likely would have been knocked out of the semis every single year, with the exception of Blue and the Andrew Lloyd Webber song that came 5th the year Norway won with Alexander Rybak and Fairytale, over the last 10-15 years - and Blue had international help and a solid fanbase to help them, and Andrew Lloyd Webber is Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Mmm no, televote will destroy they

We could send Adele and we'd still lose. It's political. We are the biggest and best exporters of talent in Europe nonetheless. Besides, we've sent way better people than that Mans guy.

@@alisharosey7948 it's not political ! Should I remind that Albania, Serbia and Slovenia were very low in ESC 2018 odds, they qualified and Albania ended up 11th ! Everyone can win with a good song ! Portugal won in 2017, Poland won in JESC 2018...

@@trhrvs it is political. Nearly all of the countries vote for the countries closest to them or who they have strong political ties with. You'd be naive to think it's based on musical talent judging by the previous winners. Some of the best acts last year like from France came at the very bottom. Name me some Eurovision winners who have had success afterwards and gone on to tour the United Kingdom, Europe and America, other than Abba from 1970s who were the only real talent. I'll wait. Watching Eurovision in the UK is a big joke and considered a comedy to most of us. The music is terrible and cheesy and ridiculous and clearly not based on true talent but politics. We just listen to Graham Norton laughing at the whole pointlessness of it. The UK even voted for a really cheesy Europe-style act to represent us last year as an experiment (Surie) and she still came last and even got attacked on stage.

@@alisharosey7948 it's not our fault that UK is always bad in Eurovision since 2012(2014 and 2017 were good)... 😂😂😂😂

MarsMeLow MÅNS

Don't think so. If you see a person with out at least one necessary article of outer clothing in Britain, chances are they're not or they're force to for the embarrassment.

Still a swedish flag, so he's still ours. Btw, good luck UK. BR from Sweden

You´ll find that Swedish are very proud to be Swedish. Much more to be proud of right now ;-) Why would they want to be anything else?

@@Erik_Emer His accent has changed

@@bobbyboo1478 it is American.

@skeleton tiger The script for this sketch was by Edward af Sillén (Eurovision 2013, 2016).

This is very true

dont forget the undead CHrister BJorkman... he has more power than Jan Ola Sand, I swear...

To be fair, most years the only entertainment derived from the Eurovision hosts is second-hand embarrassment.

Well this comment is rather awkward now that we know the result...

@@Zhellybelly yep. Also I always thought having Phillip and Holly host would be a barrel of laughs

Zhellybelly this is more proof that the U.K. could send the worlds best artist and they’d come in the bottom 3. Like, the U.K. song last year was alright. Nothing special, nothing bad. And got fewer points that Germany’s caterwauling... and then even had some points taken off us.

But that's the thing in Eurovision the worst thing you can be is bland, you can be terrible in a fun way and someone will love it but you can't be forgetable

2015, 2012, 1999, 2014, 2011... The Swedish language seems to be very popular with the European crowds.

Hi is Swedish man from Skåne

We've kidnapped him! He makes everything that little bit better!! ;)

@@Graciekate910 Here you go, you did right, he has done everything it can do already in Sweden, so I wish that Swedish his luck where he wants to work and do some good.

Måns it's actually part of the brexit treaty, as long as he's there brexit won't happen. #ConspirationTheory

I think it's really fair. We get to enjoy it all without doing anything :-D

@@Ketutar I meant it's not fair that one man has all that, and I have ... well not a lot :P LOL

I was trully surprised when he didn't appear in "Eurovision: The Story Of Fire Saga"...

That's not needed for him to compete in ESC for GB

Mans is british now

@@Ikajo I second this because Gina G represented us in the 90s and she was an Aussie

No he is ours Im swedish

@@thomasfellows7541 Yep, and Katrina Leskanich is American.

Kevin Lawhorn katrina still sounds fab. We need a song like that to restore our esc fortunes

Yes and don't forget the Aussies and Swedes have affection for each other 🇦🇺🇸🇪

the hosts were funny, just not the actual contestants

Can't we just have Måns host Eurovision regardless of where it is? Pretty please??

Well, he lives in London, so it's more Måns who has adopted the UK. That is, unless Brexit forces him out...

yes.

@@realmenchangediapers Pardon my ignorance but why would the Brexit force him out? What does the Brexit says?

Well, it's due to the EU that Swedish citizens can live and work in the UK without needing any special permits.

If you can't get Britain to win Eurovision, make a Eurovision winner become British. It's the perfect plan.

can you imagine the results if BBC actually tried something like Melodifestivalen on any scale? #WeCanDream

Loreen Wil Win Again In2023

Nice try, he belongs to Sweden

@@EterPuralis oh I know, I was just joking

Time for that dream of yours!

she did something with Graham Norton, didnt she?

Shawn Putnam Yeah, they co-hosted Eurovision: Greatest Hits in 2015!

He lives here - his wife's British!

@@davidkgame This is very good news!

Gordon Ramsay maybe with a song full of swear words.

Sorry, måns belongs to sweden 💪🏼

@@nathaliejohanssonwahlstrom6741 not anymore!

Shame about the song.

Mans is overrated I prefer Måns

@@AlfredJ fair enough!