Sam Ryder won't have gained Eurovision 2022 for the UK, however he was removed from upset as he celebrated his unbelievable second place place after the ultimate.
The outcomes of this yr’s competitors was a nail-biting affair to say the least, with Sam topping the leaderboard after the jury vote and making it look as if a victory might be on the playing cards.
Nonetheless, the televote confirmed that Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra had reigned supreme, with followers lauding Sam as a ‘nationwide hero’ and urging for him to obtain a knighthood.
As Twitter turned awash with messages congratulating the singer on his sensible run within the contest, radio presenter Scott Mills shared a video of himself behind the scenes with TV presenter Rylan Clark and the UK’s man of the second, Sam himself.
Because the trio had their arms round one another, Sam grinned from ear to ear as he fortunately exclaimed about ‘destroying the stigma’.
‘Simply destroyed the stigma! Thanks everybody for supporting. That was an unbelievable, unbelievable, rewarding journey. I hope you loved it!’ he stated to the digicam, as chants for the UK might be heard within the background.
On the finish of the video, Rylan joined within the chanting whereas pulling Sam away, as Scott blew a kiss on the digicam.
In one other video shared by Scott, Sam stated it was ‘job completed’ after Eurovision got here to an finish.
Throughout an interview with forward of the ultimate, Sam opened up concerning the stigma that seems to encompass Eurovision within the UK, describing the damaging perspective in the direction of the competitors as ‘poisonous’.
‘I might adore it if we might even simply have a dialog about that damaging stigma and the way it was perpetuated how we’ve obtained to the place the place we at the moment are the place it’s obtained so nearly poisonous, that we consider that Europe doesn’t just like the UK,’ he stated.
‘There’s different international locations like Norway, they’ve misplaced 11 instances – God bless Norway – however they don’t have that. Are you aware what I imply?’
After the ultimate ended, followers from the UK recommended Sam on how properly he did, whereas additionally congratulating Ukraine on their win.
Blue – who competed in Eurovision in 2011, wrote on Twitter: ‘Nicely completed @SamRyderMusic. We're so pleased with you, thanks for carrying the flag.’
‘Nicely completed #Ukraine 👏🏻 Sensible stuff @SamRyderMusic … you took us to the left aspect of the leaderboard & confirmed us that possibly everybody doesn’t hate us as a lot as we thought 😂 #Eurovision,’ wrote information broadcaster Dan Walker.
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