'Thank you all for blazing with love, positivity and kindness throughout this wild and euphoric experience.'
Ryder arrived back at Heathrow Airport from Turin on Sunday night wearing a pink Kalush Orchestra hat, in a nod to this year's Ukrainian winners
Sam Ryder says he has been "swept up in the joy that is Eurovision" after his performance of Space Man saw the UK finish second behind Ukraine, its highest-placed finish since 1998.
"For someone from Maldon to be so successful on the European stage is just wonderful, it's such a mood lift for the town," he says. "Everyone was talking about it on the lead up so I'm sure that everyone is going to be coming in and talking about it. "Maldon is a very tight community, we do support our own, so I think it's really evident from the social media support that he's had that word is definitely getting out that the boy from Maldon has done well."Businesses in Maldon High St are congratulating Sam Ryder on his Eurovision success"He is clearly very, very talented," he says.
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