Eurovision is back and, potentially, bigger than ever.
TikTok star Sam Ryder to represent the UK at Eurovision
10.03.2022 - 15:15 / completemusicupdate.com
Right, so this year’s UK Eurovision entry has been announced. And my natural instinct is to be sarcastic about it. But I just listened to Scott Mills on Radio 1 desperately pleading with the nation to get behind our 2022 entry and stop being so negative about Britain’s Eurovision dabblings.
So now I don’t know what to do. I guess I should just tell you that this year the UK will be represented in Eurovision by Sam Ryder with his song ‘Space Man’.Now, for anyone who is or has recently been anywhere near a committed Eurovision fan – online or off – this will be no surprise at all. Thanks to not entirely subtle hints dropped by Scott Mills on Radio 1 and Ken Bruce on Radio 2, it was already widely expected that ‘Space Man’ would be announced as our entry.“Having been a fan of Eurovision since I was a kid, I am so honoured to have been presented with the opportunity to sing at an event alongside some of Europe’s most talented creatives, performers and songwriters”, says Ryder.
“I hope to sing my head off in a way the UK can be proud of, and to showcase a song I wrote with my friends last summer makes the whole experience even more special. See you in Turin, legends!”TikTok star Ryder is, of course, best known for his cover versions of popular songs on the social media platform. Rest assured though, this is not a new version of the Babylon Zoo song.
It’s a Sam Ryder original, which was actually released last month. The covert plan seemingly to get people to like the song before they had a chance to complain that it was our Eurovision entry and therefore shit.Because, you see, that’s an attitude that results in Eurovision failure. When officially announcing the song this morning, Mills said that the negativity of the British
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