Eric Khaled Saade (born 29 October 1990) is a Swedish pop singer and children's television presenter.^[1] After two years with the boyband What's Up!, he left in February 2009 to pursue a solo career. Eric Saade represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany after winning the national Swedish selection Melodifestivalen 2011 with his entry "Popular".^[2] In the final Saade came in third place which was Sweden's best result in the contest since 1999.