United Kingdom UNITED KINGDOM 2022 - Sam Ryder - Space Man

[escYOUnited]

If I was an astronaut, I'd be floating in mid-air
And a broken heart would just belong to someone else down there
I would be the centre of my lonely universe
But I'm only human, and I'm crashing down to earth

If I was an astronaut, I'd have a bird's eye view
I'd circle 'round the world and keep on coming back to you
In my floating castle, I'd rub shoulders with the stars
But I'm only human, and I'm drifting in the dark

I'm up in space, man
Up in space, man
I've searched around the universe
Been down some black holes
There's nothing but space, man
And I want to go home

If I was an astronaut, I'd speak to satellites
My navigation systems would search for other life
But I'd be up here thinking 'bout what I'd left behind
'Cause I'm only human with the real world on my mind

I'm up in space, man
Up in space, man
I've searched around the universe
Been down some black holes
There's nothing but space, man
And I want to go home

Gravity keeps pulling me down
As long as you're on the ground, I'll stick around
Stick around
I'll stick around

I'm up in space, man
Up in space, man
I've searched around the universe
Been down some black holes
There's nothing but space, man, no
Oh, I'm in the wrong place, man
Nothing but, nothing but, nothing but space, man
Nothing but, nothing but, nothing but space, man

I've searched around the universe
Been down some black holes
Nothing but space, man
And I want to go home​

 

[voteme]

He's such a good singer and charismatic as hell, but all these falsetto notes, I'm not sure.

With those you're either going to love it or hate it, and as the UK knows, people don't vote for songs they just like...

 

[ChiversLookDivine]

With those you're either going to love it or hate it, and as the UK knows, people don't vote for songs they just like...

This. We're finally doing the thing we always used to say about other countries that did well.

 

[Dessi]

LOVE to Sam Ryder. Best voice ever! And he is so adorable. And the song... oh, beautiful!

A lot of 12 points goes to UK from me this year!!!!!

 

[Rocket man]

22nd in the running order for the final. And in between Australia and Poland, so the UK will be the happy, uplifting song in between the two gloomy songs. I'm really happy about that.

That run of Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, and Ukraine. That's kinda brutal.

 

[Leydan]

Now I've seen we got 22 in the running order, i lowkey kinda wish we had 23 instead. That was Jades position in 2009 and it sort of feels poetic if we had it.

 

[Rocket man]

"SPACE MAN" is entering the top 200 on UK streaming charts like Apple, Amazon, Spotify. This has never happened before for the UK entry before the grand final.

 

[voteme]

Number 1 on UK iTunes!

 

[grazy2266]

I'm quite happy we're in-between Australia and Poland, Can't complain on position 22 either

 

[Zeus]

The "wow, what a voice he has"-impact will be a bit less big because of Australia - one of the best vocals this year - coming before the UK.

But on the other hand, out of Australia, UK and Poland, I think the UK stands out the most. Australia is sad, Poland is dark. Sam Ryder and his song are quite uplifting and doesn't feel that heavy, so I guess it's still a good running order for the UK.

 

[Rocket man]

Imo, and of course I'm biased but Sam has more skills to his voice, he can do falsetto, growl sing, do vocal runs, do ad libs which sound better than the studio version of the song. He seems unlimited to what he can sing and that is mind blowing.

 

[voteme]

His version of Waterloo is out of this world!

 

[randajad]

Now I've seen we got 22 in the running order, i lowkey kinda wish we had 23 instead. That was Jades position in 2009 and it sort of feels poetic if we had it.

That could also mean you will send Josh Dubovie next year.

 

[Charly]

Now I've seen we got 22 in the running order, i lowkey kinda wish we had 23 instead. That was Jades position in 2009 and it sort of feels poetic if we had it.

I think i cursed UK

When Jade came fourth I was out partying

And tomorrow since we having a party with colleagues from work will probably result in a very good result again.

If that's the case I guess we found our solution

 

[Chrisiam]

That could also mean you will send Josh Dubovie next year.

That sounds good to me. They can bring back Newman's trumpets and Humperdink's Catherine wheel for staging.

 

[Rocket man]

Sam's getting the info out there on his TikTok channel on how to vote for him tomorrow night, it's had millions of views already. I guess it won't be long until we find out if it makes a difference or not.

 

[HarryUK]

That sounds good to me. They can bring back Newman's trumpets and Humperdink's Catherine wheel for staging.

A bit of sick just come up
At least wheel out Bonnie Tyler from her Portuguese retirement villa

 

[Synergise]

This doesn't mean THAT much, but still...

 

[Leydan]

A bit of sick just come up
At least wheel out Bonnie Tyler from her Portuguese retirement villa

We'll get 12 from Portugal in that case also if shes living there.

 

[HarryUK]

We'll get 12 from Portugal in that case also if shes living there.

They conveniently forgot about her in 2013

 

[Ajeje Brazorf]

This doesn't mean THAT much, but still...

I think this top 10 is quite accurate. Not because of the actual positions, but because I can definitely see these ten countries in the top 10 this year...