Swedish singer Mans Zelmerlow was given his own ‘heroes’ welcome when he returned to his home town of Lund as winner of Saturday’s Eurovision Song Contest.<br /><br /> Hundreds turned out to greet the the twenty-eight-year-old who successfully beat off stiff competition from Russia and Italy with his song entitled “Heroes”. <br /><br /> Zelmerlow hopes the win will help him launch an international career:<br /><br /> “This was definitely a big dream and to win the Eurovision Song Contest is, as I said, almost too good to be true. But the dream is an international tour, an international career and I hope that this has opened some doors for that and that is what I will continue to work for.” <br /><br /> Sweden has won the 60-year-old competition six times, more than any other nation apart from Ireland. After this latest success the country gets to host next year’s singing extravaganza.<br /><br /> Saturday’s contest which is the world’s biggest international show was watched by more than 195 million people in 45 countries.
