Eurovision 2022 runner-up Sam Ryder has become an Isle of Wight Festival favourite with his incredible performances at Seaclose Park today (Saturday).

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Sam Ryder, who saw his popularity go stratospheric since his Eurovision appearance with his song ‘SPACE MAN’, took to the Main Stage this afternoon.

Due to some technical issues his set was delayed for 25 minutes, but the huge Festival crowd were glad to have him when he did finally emerge.

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Sam told the crowd: "We've got to hurry up. We lost the screens, we lost the monitors. But we've done plenty of gigs without the toys."

After finishing his Main Stage set, Sam went along to the Old Mout Cider Kiwi Camp to wow audiences once again.

While there, he sang Happy Birthday to a girl called Imogen and posed for photographs with his fans.

Earlier this afternoon, Sam performed a sneak preview at the 'secret' Barclaycard Stage at the Barclaycard presents Isle of Wight Festival 2023.