Frans Jeppsson-Wall

Frans Jeppsson Wall
Jeppsson Wall in 2016
Background information
Birth name	Frans Jeppsson Wall
Born	(1998-12-19) 19 December 1998 (age 18) Ystad, Skåne, Sweden
Genres	Pop folktronica
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2006–present
Associated acts	Elias

Frans Jeppsson Wall (born 19 December 1998), better known as Frans, is a Swedish singer-songwriter. He won Melodifestivalen 2016 and represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 in , Sweden, with the song "If I Were Sorry" finishing in fifth place.

Frans was born in Ystad, Sweden. He is best known for his football anthems with the band Elias, including the 2006 hit "Who's da Man", dedicated to Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimović. The song, credited to Elias and featuring vocals by Frans, stayed at the top of Sverigetopplistan, the official Swedish Singles Chart, for 13 weeks.

For Christmas 2006, he scored a minor hit with his song "Kul med Jul", which entered the Swedish Top 10 reaching #6. Another sports-related chart-topper by Frans was the 2008 song "Fotbollsfest", a song launched in support of the Sweden national football team.

After years of absence from the charts, Frans returned with his participation in Melodifestivalen 2016 in a bid to represent Sweden the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "If I Were Sorry", co-written by Oscar Fogelström, Michael Saxell, Fredrik Andersson and Frans. He performed it in Gävle during the fourth and last semi-final leg of the competition on 27 February 2016, thereby securing a place in the final-10 competition on 12 March 2016 in , Sweden.