"Human" is a song by Swedish singer

Oscar Zia Oscar Zia (born 10 October 1996) is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and actor. In 2012, he first came to national attention for coming eighth in the Swedish version of ''X Factor (Swedish TV series), X Factor''. In 2014, Zia finished as runner-up ...

. It was released on 28 February 2016 as a digital download in Sweden. The song was written and composed by

along with Victor Thell and Maria Smith. It placed second in the final of

Melodifestivalen 2016 Melodifestivalen 2016 was the 56th edition of the Swedish music competition Melodifestivalen, which selected Sweden's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. The competition was organised by (SVT) and took place over the six-week period betw ...

. The song was subsequently certified Platinum in Sweden.

Melodifestivalen

Being Zia's third participation in the Swedish Eurovision selection, "Human" participated in the third semi-final of the 2016 Melodifestivalen which was held in

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on 20 February 2016. The song was performed last at the semi-final. It direct qualified to the final as it got one of the first two places. On 12 March, during the final at the

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, Zia performed the song at the fifth position of the running order and got the highest score from the 11 international juries. Overall "Human" placed second in the competition with 132 points.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Human (Oscar Zia song) Melodifestivalen songs of 2019 Oscar Zia songs 2019 singles 2019 songs Parlophone singles