He made it into the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest following a stellar performance in Tuesday’s semi-final.
Yesssss!!! Amazing stuff from @ryan_acoustic and huge reaction from the crowd! 💚#Eurovision #AllAboard pic.twitter.com/1mq0E1dckk
— RTÉ One (@RTEOne) May 12, 2018
And on Saturday evening in Portugal, Ryan O’Shaughnessy completely smashed his performance of Together.
SAM SMITH?????? #Eurovision
— Ave Cocaína Purísima (@AveSitaBilis) May 12, 2018
Ahead of the final, the Dubliner was third favourite to win. Although something of a long shot at the start of the week, Ryan has found himself behind just Cyprus and Israel.
We’re in the mix, lads!
What a STUNNING performance from #Ireland. How serene was that? 😍 #Eurovision @BBCEurovision pic.twitter.com/SptnYpfb08
— BBC One (@BBCOne) May 12, 2018
Indeed, plenty of folk on Twitter were calling our Ryan the next Sam Smith.
https://twitter.com/nicolacoughlan/status/995408960235728897
On Tuesday, Ryan told the Eurovision cameras backstage at the semis how it was impossible to describe the feeling of being called up for the final.
“I think I speak for us all when I say that I’m so happy other countries can understand what we’re trying to do here. We’re trying to make a little bit of a change, let people see that love is love.
“Other countries have seen that, so I’m just so happy that other people feel what we feel.”
G'wan Ireland! #Eurovision pic.twitter.com/vZ2ev1SFrl
— BBC Eurovision (@bbceurovision) May 12, 2018
Among Ryan’s fans on Saturday was Sophie Ellis Bextor – who took to Twitter to state she liked the chune.
Like this one too … this #eurovision has been pretty good (I love Eurovision) well done #Ireland
— Sophie Ellis-Bextor (@SophieEB) May 12, 2018
Now we just have to wait for the results…
