Love, Love, Peace, Peace - Måns Zelmerlöw and Petra Mede create the perfect Eurovision Performance |

Måns Zelmerlöw and Comedian Petra Mede have the recipe for the perfect Eurovision Performance: Love, peace, memorable costumes and some strange old folkloristic instrument.

Lyrics:

[Måns]: Step 1! Get everyone's attention. A powerful, majestic start. Maybe a battle horn of some kind?

[Petra]: Step 2! Drums! There has to be drums! It doesn't hurt if the drums are played by gorgeous topless men. It's proven very efficient throughout the years. But, please feel free to try other alternatives. It's proven very helpful to go the exact opposite way. Use a grandmother!

[Måns]: Step 3! Show the viewers your country's ethnic background by using an old traditional folklore instrument that no-one's heard of before
[Petra]: No, no - in this case, it's proven much more efficient to not use a young model. Go with an old man instead. A beard helps!
[Måns]: This instrument is called a Swedish kvinnaböske - a small roundish piece from the horn family, inherited from the Vikings. Just make something up. No-one will know!

Step 4! In Eurovision, nothing says winner like a violin. Trust us - bring a violin

[Petra]: Step 5! The violin, the drums and the kvinnaböske might make it all feel a little bit old fashioned, but this can easily be fixed by adding a DJ who pretends to scratch. In real life of course, this is thirty years old but in Eurovision, it will give your number a contemporary feel

[Måns]: Step 6 - costumes! You need to look memorable, something that the viewers will notice.
[Petra]: Oh! Perfect!

Step 7! The song. Everything else might be important, but the song is essential. Let it be about something everyone can connect to. Love works. Peace is also a popular way to go
[Måns]: Yes, peace is good. ABBA actually won the competition with a song about war with Waterloo, but this is not something we recommend
[Petra]: Now when you have everything you need and the pieces are gathered - go for it and don't look back!

[Verse 1]
[Måns]: Let the song begin with passion
Let the wind begin to blow
[Petra]: You can break the rules of fashion
And your chance to win shall grow
Look into the TV camera
So the audience can see
[Måns]: That you're lovable - not desperate
Smile and they will vote for me

[Pre-Chorus]
[Both]: Fill the stage with light
As dancers will join us
The expectations grow
It's time for the chorus

[Chorus]
Love love peace peace
[Måns]: Old women baking bread
Peace peace love love
[Petra]: And a man in a hamster wheel
Love peace peace love
Make it unforgettable
You will be the best
And win the Eurovision Song Contest

[Verse 2]
[Måns]: Now we'll go down a notch
Our hands will touch
Pretending we're in love
[Petra]: It's you and me and when we change the key
[Both]: We'll give the world a show
It begins to snow

[Chorus]
Love love peace peace
[Petra]: And a burning fake piano
Peace peace love love
[Måns]: And a Russian man on skates
Love peace peace love
It'll be incredible
You will be the best

Love love peace peace
[Måns]: Party for everybody!
Peace peace love love
[Petra]: More tricks in a hamster wheel
Love peace peace love
And we can guarantee
That you will be the best
And win the Eurovision Song Contest
And win the Eurovision Song Contest

[jemmaisweird]

Wait. The best Eurovision parody ever was done by...
Eurovision?
This is next level.

[rachelblue]

And the best Eurovision parody is by.... the Eurovision itself.

[Maria-hypy]

no one makes fun of Eurovision better than Eurovision

[CatalinaLinal]

This entire performance is one Gigantic inside joke and I fucking love it

[nathancreek]

"Loreen" dancing across the stage like she's possessed never fails to get me

[jarjardaze]

Nothing screams more Eurovision than this

[MarieKyriney]

This is so ridiculus, it's actually the best song of this evening.

[morrzila]

In case someone didn’t post it, here’s all the references!
Horns: Ukraine 2004
Drums by topless men: Ireland 2013
Grandma on drums: Moldova 2005
Old guy with instrument: Azerbaijan 2012
Violin: Norway 2009
DJ: UK 2006/Greece 2014
Stripping: UK 1981
Måns’ outfit: Russia 2008
Petra’s outfit: Sweden 1999
Ripping shirt: Russia 2008 again
Songs about love: way too many
Songs about Peace: way too many
Songs about war: ironically Ukraine 2016
“Wind to blow”: Spain 2012
“Break the rules of fashion... “: Austria 2014
“Smile on the TV camera... “: Sweden 2015
Lights: way too many
Flags: Sweden 2006
Melody structure of the song: S&M 2005
Grannies: Russia 2012
Hamster wheel: Ukraine 2014 (watch that one)
“Pretending we’re in love”: Azerbaijan 2011
Key change: way too many songs
Snow: Sweden 2012
Burning piano: Austria 2015
Russian man on skates: Russia 2008 again
Girl churning butter: Poland 2014
Stump/Fistpump: Sweden 2015 again
Lordi: Finland 2006
Måns’ dance move: Greece 2009
Loreen appearing: Sweden 2012 again
“Party for everybody”: Russia 2012 again
Random Swedish dancers: Sweden 2013 interval act
Fire: way too many entries
Pyro: way too many entries

[_onlyrus]

every year, we all return here. Don't lie.


Edit: OMG TY EVERYONE! For the likes and BC my country just won so, , , THANK U EUROPE 💖

[matylda]

When presenters sing better than half of the vocalists in contest :")

[anaittovmasyan]

Does Alexander Rybak even age?? Like, he looks the EXACT SAME as 8 years ago!

[dajanafairy]

We need this duo to host next year ESC 2024!

[BlazingBanana]

When an American friend asks you to explain what Eurovision is

[shaolin]

Mans and Petra should ALWAYS be the hosts of Eurovision..nobody could match this! :D

[davidvisser]

Marvel: Infinity war is the most ambitious crossover event in history
Me:

[Nereidhar]

5 years down the road, and this still is the best intro this show has ever had

[emelienivala]

"Abba won the contest with a song about war, but this is not something we recommend"

1 hour later: Ukraine wins with a song about war

[zsvntt]

They actually parodied the whole Eurovision cliché. 😂 Best hosts ever.

[totorominion]

Nobody:
Will Ferrell: Taking notes when he watched this four years ago.

[Lario]

And Alexander's just there like hey remember me