Måns Zelmerlöf is this years youngest participant in Melodifestivalen. But this is not his first appearance on television. Måns became famous when he participated in Pop Idol 2005 where he was ranked second. esctoday.com got that chance to have a word with Måns before his rehersal yesterday.

Måns also took part in the tv-show Let's Dance on Channel 4 which he actually won toghether with Maria Karlsson. This victory made him even more popular in Sweden. He has also played Danny in the musical Grease in Malmö during the past year. Måns has always had music as a big interest and at school he played in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat he has also played in A Little Shop Of Horrors.

Måns has always liked Melodifestivalen and the Eurovision Song Contest, so when SVT called and asked if he wated to take part in this years Melodifestivalen he said yes in less then one second. So now one of his dreams comes true will the next one come true as well – representing Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki?

Read the full interview with Måns Zelmerlöf here.