Eurovision 2022
Scott's championing of the UK's 2022 Eurovision entry Sam Ryder on his Radio 1 afternoon show, from the song's announcement through to the contest itself, including stunts, interviews and other artists' reactions to Spaceman.
After finishing second at Eurovision, Sam Ryder came straight back to Radio 1 and told Scott his two-hour pre-contest phone call had helped convince him to take the opportunity in the first place. [...]
Sam Ryder returned to hear Camila Cabello praise “Spaceman”, while Scott and Chris played Can This Animal Swim? and dug embarrassing lines out of an old Radio 1 book. [...]
Camila Cabello listened to “Spaceman”, praised Sam Ryder’s voice and said Britain had a genuine chance at Eurovision before the quiz introduced Scott to Lord of the Rings hobbit Farmer Maggot. [...]
Scott, Chris, Joel Corry and Radio 1 listeners tried to reproduce Sam Ryder’s enormous “Spaceman” note as Eurovision fever built and the Young Farmers’ old farming remix somehow still filled a dancefloor. [...]
Lorde's viral crowd-shushing inspired Scott to silence builders, colleagues and anxious thoughts before he discovered people on Stupid Street still thought Sam Ryder was Jesus or a yoga teacher. [...]
Scott confirmed an Icelandic museum was using Spaceman as its hold music before Sam Ryder attempted to sing his Eurovision lyrics over Måneskin's I Wanna Be Your Slave. [...]
A post-show drink with Sam Ryder became unexpectedly royal when Camilla's convoy passed the pub, before Scott and Chris paid tribute to The Wanted's Tom Parker and revisited a fan meeting Emeli Sandé. [...]
Scott's birthday brought Danish sweets and nursery rhymes, but the bigger stunt was Chris pretending to be Sam Ryder during a Finnish radio interview while being repeatedly warned not to sing. [...]
Scott replayed his impassioned Eurovision speech after Sam Ryder was announced for the UK, then made the Space Man singer perform the comments already appearing about him online. [...]
Producer Amy returned from a holiday spent exploring haunted and abandoned places in Norfolk while Scott began demanding that Britain properly get behind its 2022 Eurovision entry. [...]
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