"sam ryder�*s so nice. he's so nice." and you are really nice.oday is the day we're recording this on friday, where they confirmed to the bbc that gladiators is definitely coming back. is it? are we breaking that news? i'm guessing you have no idea what gladiators were. it's notjust television in the 905. iremember. i'm not sure if they're in fit enough shape. you never know. well, right now, we're going to bring back another old tv format. this is your life, where people got celebrities and people coming back from their past to come and give them messages on tv. we've gotjustin hawkins from the darkness. one of your legendary figures. here's his message. good day to you, it's justin hawkins, and have a lovely message for sam ryder as i ponder life and the tribulations of my daily existence here in my studio. i often sing spacemen to myself and ijust think it's brilliant. what a brilliant number. so proud of you, my friend. also, i shaved off my moustache because i think you should be the rightful custodian of all british facial hair. and i'll ke

today we're going to be in conversation with sam ryder, the uk's entry to eurovision last year, and the famously came second. i'm adam flemming from the newscast podcast today, standing in for nina warhurst. hi, i'm daniel. i'm the eurovision reporterfor bbc news. and i'm winner of eurovision 2015. and i'm going to host. that radio merseyside. welcome to the eurovision cast studio. sam rider. hello. hello, sam. before we get started, i was because we do this with these headsets, right? so i was wondering with your with your hair, do these work? how do i look? you look great. sound brilliant. so last may, sam, i remember interviewing you in turin in your hotel, and we were talking about how for the first time in years it felt like the entire uk was behind our eurovision artist. and on the night it felt that you had convinced britain that we were going to do well. but still the phrase what is happening was trending on twitter when you started to get all of those points and it's brilliant that you're here. thank you for coming on eurovision cast. how are you now? nearly 12 months on? yeah,

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the uk's sam ryder taking second place at last year's eurovision song contest.h was on for another host. in stepped the uk. competition was fierce, but it was liverpool that came out on top, beating bids from 18 other cities. the city that will host the 67th eurovision song contest is... ..liverpool. congratulations! such a pleasure as well to be able to hold it in this city. it's such an honour. absolutely. can't wait. oh, my god. it's incredible. it's going to be - the night of the year. the city council says the contest could be worth more than £30 million to liverpool's economy. hotels are fully booked and for local businesses it's a lucrative opportunity. i thought eurovision, you just come for the night and it's not — it's like a two or three—week event. you know, for bars, restaurant, hospitality, the amount of events that are going to be going on, there's going to be such a buzz. it's thought more than 160 million people around the world will tune in to see liverpool take the spotlight. and with just over a month to go, the excitement is certainly buildi

let's talk about our entry, and the pressure is on, because the way sam ryder has galvanised the recognitionthousands in the arena, they all had their phones out ready and waiting for mae muller and we've not had that anticipation for a uk act in such a long time. and then the final gig was last weekend and her improvement has been brilliant and she is up against some much more well—established artists across europe. slovenia are sending biggest selling group. sweden are sending someone who has one eurovision before. she won it back in 2012. doesn't seem fair you can send somebody who has won it once. it’s somebody who has won it once. ut�*s happened before. should we get you ontojohnny logan. he won it twice. don't get daniel started on the stats. who sang boom bang a bang? that was lulu. {iii stats. who sang boom bang a bang? that was lulu-— that was lulu. of course it was. i don't remember _ that was lulu. of course it was. i don't remember it, _ that was lulu. of course it was. i don't remember it, but _ that was lulu. of course it was. i don't remember it, but i've - that was lulu. of c

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