The Strabane man, whose relatives are in Glenswilly and Lifford, appeared on the Stephen Nolan show on the BBC last night.
He said the song which won just five votes in the weekend show in Malmo.
And then he told Nolan how he had first felt gutted about the result – but not for long.
“Then we went out and partied,” said Ryan.
“And the next day I was told that I had charted in 17 countries across Europe and now I’m told we’re even in the charts in Australia.”
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