WOW! Ryan is being called the next Sam Smith after his Eurovision performance

He made it into the final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest following a stellar performance in Tuesday's semi-final.

https://twitter.com/RTEOne/status/995409408896069632 And on Saturday evening in Portugal, Ryan O'Shaughnessy completely smashed his performance of Together. https://twitter.com/AveSitaBilis/status/995407947554541568 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! https://twitter.com/BBCOne/status/995408957358292992 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."

https://twitter.com/bbceurovision/status/995409047607173120 Among Ryan's fans on Saturday was Sophie Ellis Bextor - who took to Twitter to state she liked the chune. https://twitter.com/SophieEB/status/995408864794300417 Now we just have to wait for the results...