Eurovision’s entry from Switzerland, Marius Bear, has shared an emotional thank you message to Sam Ryder after the UK entry consoled him following his nil points from the general public.
While the Swiss singer was he didn’t receive enough votes from the public to add any points onto his total from the televote.
Seeing that Marius was upset, Sam was quick to comfort him on the big night.
In a sweet video, Marius can be seen burying his head in Sam’s shoulder, with the Space Man hitmaker giving him a little pep talk.
Marius went on to give Sam a kiss on the cheek, before he had to run back to his seat.
Sharing the moment on TikTok, Marius wrote: ‘When Sam Ryder picked me up at my lowest,’ adding a heart emoji.
He added in the caption: ‘Eurovision provides moments like this. Sam Ryder, thank you for being the loveliest man in Space’.
Our hearts can’t take it!
Marius had performed the poignant song Boys Don’t Cry, giving a solid performance in a ballad-heavy competition.
Sam , placing second in the song contest, right behind Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra,
As Twitter became awash with messages congratulating the singer on his brilliant run in the contest, radio presenter Scott Mills shared a video of himself behind the scenes with TV presenter Rylan Clark and the UK’s man of the moment, Sam himself.
As the trio had their arms around each other, Sam grinned from ear to ear as he happily exclaimed about ‘destroying the stigma’.
‘Just destroyed the stigma! Thanks everyone for supporting. That was an incredible, incredible, rewarding journey. I hope you enjoyed it!’ he said to the camera, as chants for the UK could be heard in the background.
During an interview with Metro.co.uk ahead of the final, Sam opened up about the in the UK, describing the negative attitude towards the competition as ‘toxic’.
‘I would love it if we could even just have a conversation about that negative stigma and how it was perpetuated how we’ve got to the place where we are now where it’s got so almost toxic, that we believe that Europe doesn’t like the UK,’ he said.
‘There’s other countries like Norway, they’ve lost 11 times – God bless Norway – but they don’t have that. Do you know what I mean?’
