ITV Saturday Night Takeaway: Who is Sam Fender as her performs the End of the Show, Show

Musician Sam Fender is performing on this week's Ant and Dec Saturday Night Takeaway's End of the Show, Show.

The North Shields lad, 27, has garnered critical acclaim for his music, with both his albums shooting straight to number one in the charts.

The self-titled track from his second album, Seventeen Going Under, went viral on social media site TikTok, with the audio being played hundreds of millions of times.

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Not only is Fender a talented musician, but he was also taken on a few acting roles.

The singer was given a place on the prestigious BBC Sound of 2018, the same year his debut single Play God was featured on video game FIFA 19.

The following year, he released his first album Hypersonic Missiles, which went straight to number one in the UK charts.

Fender, who comes from a family of musicians, went on to win the Critics Choice awards at the BRITs in 2019, which has previously been won by Adele, Jessie J and Sam Smith.

2020 shaped up to be an exciting year for the star.

In February, he performed alongside Sir Elton John at his 28th annualAIDS Foundation Oscar viewing party in California.

The pair duetted for a rendition of Fender's hit, Will We Talk?

Then, during the pandemic, the musician played the world's first socially-distanced gig at Newcastle's Gosforth Park.

Some 2,500 people flocked to the outdoor venue in August 2020 to see Fender perform the home-town gig.

Meanwhile, the 27-year-old released his second LP, titled Seventeen Going Under, in autumn 2021.

It climbed straight to number one, outselling the rest of the top 10 combined, reports Chronicle Live.

In February, he won the Rock and Alternative category at the Brit Awards, beating Coldplay, Glass Animals, Tom Grennan and Wolf Alice to the accolade.

He's now embarking on a European tour this spring, including support slots for the Killers at stadiums in London and Dublin.

Before pursuing a career in music, however, Fender had his sights set on becoming an actor.

He landed a role playing Luke Armstrong in a 2011 episode of TV series Vera, when he was around 15 years old.

The following year he made an appearance on CBBC drama Wolfblood.

Fender was discovered in 2013 by manager Owain Davies, while performing music at the same bar he used to work in; Low Lights Tavern, North Shields.

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