Fans had "high hopes" as Sam Ryder performed for the UK on Eurovision tonight.
He was the 22nd act to appear on the European singing show as he performed his song Space Man at the finals in Turin, Italy. The singer-songwriter had made a name for himself on TikTok through his covers of major hits, as well as his own original music.
His popularity began to grow on the app during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020 and has since garnered millions of views on his videos. He has amassed 100.7m likes on TikTok and has 12.3m followers.
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While watching the Essex-born singer perform tonight, fans took to Twitter to exclaim how proud of him they were. They said his act was "unbelievable" and have the country "very high hopes" for being crowned this years winners.
Maria said: "Hope @SamRyderMusic wins us this year for UK #Eurovision. I have very high hopes this year come on lad." Ferdie said: "UK can be proud of Sam Ryder. Sam deserves win or Top 5 at least #Eurovision. Best UK song since Jade Eden (and Andrew Lloyd Webber/Diana Warren)"
Lucas said: "I literally cried of joy with Sam Ryder's performance. It MUST win, it was so incredible #ESC2022 #Eurovision."
Gill said: "Even if he doesn’t win, that song has blown the past few years of #UK entries out of the water #Eurovision @SamRyderMusic." Gavin said: "Astonishing and wonderful performance by #SamRyder at #Eurovision. The best performance of the night. He deserves to win."
The Eurovision Song Contest Grand Final 2022 will air from 8pm on Saturday (May 14) on BBC One and BBC iPlayer
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