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Sam Ryder (born 1989 Maldon, England) is a British musician, who in began working in the music industry in 2009, as the vocalist/guitarist for metal band The Morning After, before becoming the guitarist for metalcore bandBlessed by a Broken Heart and vocalist of metalcore band Close Your Eyes. On 10 March 2022, the BBC announced that they had internally selected Sam Ryder to represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 2022, with the song "Space Man". Ryder finished in second place at the Eurovision final with 466 points, becoming the highest-scoring UK Eurovision entrant. He won the jury vote and also scored the UK its best result since 1998 and its first top three since 2002.