Nothing can define you - Remember Monday was chosen by Ryder’s former manager David May, who headed up the BBC’s search for ...

Sam Ryder performing at Eurovision 2022 (Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images) Which is when he got an unexpected call from the president of the label. “I was on a layby on the M4,” he recalls.

It’s an approach that says a lot about Sam Ryder. Having stormed through the door at Eurovision after spending more than 15 years trying to prize it open, he isn’t about to mess anything up.

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Sam Ryder may have been pipped to the post at Eurovision last year by Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra, but that hasn’t held him back from packing out London’s iconic Eventim Apollo as part of his ...

Essex-born former Eurovision song contest star Sam Ryder says this years British entrants "should not be defined" by their placement ...

Sam Ryder came in second place at the Eurovision Song Contest in Turin with his song Space Man in 2022 - and his life has never been the same since ...

A whopping 90 per cent of UK children will be tuning into Eurovision this year - thanks to the so-called 'Sam Ryder effect' sweeping through schools. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to ...

Sam Ryder could reasonably be described as the ... thanks to his success at the Eurovision Song Contest in May (more on which shortly). That was followed in quick succession by an appearance ...