Eurovision star in bid for UK No 1

SAM Ryder’s Eurovision single Space Man could top the charts by the end of the week after his success at the contest in Turin.

The singer and Tiktok star, 32, came second behind Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra on

Saturday night, giving the UK its best result in more than 20 years and ending its dismal two-year run of zero points.

A special update issued by the Official Charts Company yesterday indicated that Space Man is currently sitting at number three behind Cat Burns and last week’s charttopper Harry Styles.

Only 340 chart sales separate Ryder and singer Burns.

Space Man would be the first Eurovision single to hit number one in the UK since Gina G’s Ooh Ahh (Just A Little Bit) in 1996.

Ryder landed at London’s Heathrow Airport on Sunday wearing a pink Kalush Orchestra hat, a celebratory nod to this year’s winners.

DOMINIC LIPINSKI Sam Ryder, arrives at Heathrow Airport in London after finishing second in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest in Italy