He’s the singer that has turned around England’s Eurovision fortunes after 25 years.
For the first time since 1998 the UK placed in the top five, with his track Space Man light years ahead of the competition in the jury votes.
And while the huge public vote for Ukraine may have knocked him into second place, Sam is coming home from Turin, Italy, having won the UK something much more valuable than a trophy: he’s given us back some Eurovision pride.
