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Ken Bruce: Mans Zelmerlow and SuRie pick the Tracks of My Years

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Mans Zelmerlow and SuRie pick the Tracks of My Years

10/05/2018

BBC Radio 2 - Ken Bruce, Mans Zelmerlow and SuRie pick the Tracks of My Years

Mans Zelmerlow and SuRie pick the Tracks of My Years as we prepare for Eurovision 2018.

Mans Zelmerlow, the Swedish Eurovision champion from 2015 and SuRie, the UK's hopeful for this year choose the Tracks of My Years. Plus, Graham Norton talks Eurovision 2018.

Måns Zelmerlöw, the Eurovision champion from 2015 and SuRie, the UK's hopeful for this year choose the Tracks of My Years. Måns is a Swedish singer and television presenter who won the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria in 2015 with the song 'Heroes', scoring 365 points. The song was also a huge hit across Europe, going to number one in Iceland, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden. Måns then went on to co-host the TV coverage in Sweden in 2016 with Petra Mede and the show also featured Justin Timberlake performing live, leading to record breaking audience figures of over 200 million worldwide. Recently Måns co-hosted the UK's selection show, 'You Decide' alongside Mel Giedroyc live from the Brighton Dome on BBC Two.
SuRie is an English singer-songwriter who is representing the UK this year with the song 'Storm' at the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon, Portugal. With classical roots in piano, voice and oboe, SuRie's musical career started as a child soloist, performing at iconic British venues such as The Royal Albert Hall and St. Paul's Cathedral. A graduate of The Royal Academy of Music SuRie has held residencies in jazz lounges throughout London and performed backing vocals for artists like Chris Martin and Will Young. She has prior Eurovision experience as she was a backing vocalist and dancer for Loic Nottet at Eurovision 2015 in Vienna, Austria, representing Belgium with Rhythm Inside. She returned two years later as Musical Director for Blanche's City Lights in Kyiv, Ukraine last year. 
Plus, Ken chats to Graham Norton about this year's Eurovision final in Lisbon.

Ken also has another round of the PopMaster music quiz, the daily Love Song and the record and album of the week. If you want to contact the show, email - ken.bruce@bbc.co.uk.

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