Kent-based solo artist Look Mum No Computer has been announced as the singer representing the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
The news was announced on the Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 on Tuesday morning (17 February), ahead of the competition, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, in May 2026.
The musician, born Sam Battle, said in a statement: “I find it completely bonkers to be jumping on this wonderful and wild journey. I have always been a massive Eurovision fan, and I love the magical joy it brings to millions of people every year, so getting to join that legacy and fly the flag for the UK is an absolute honour that I am taking very seriously.
“I’ve been working a long-time creating, writing, and producing my own visions from scratch, and documenting my process. I will be bringing every ounce of my creativity to my performances, and I can’t wait for everyone to hear and see what we’ve created. I hope Eurovision is ready to get synthesised!”
Battle previously fronted the indie-rock band ZIBRA, who performed at Glastonbury in 2015 for BBC Introducing. Since then, however, he has pursued a solo career with a more electronic and synth-based sound, releasing a string of singles, EPs and full-length albums.
He also holds a Guinness World Record for building the world’s largest drone synthesiser.
His surname is certainly appropriate given the UK’s patchy performance history at Eurovision in recent years. Last year’s entry, country-pop trio Remember Monday, crashed into 19th place (out of a possible 26) following their performance of original song “What the Hell Just Happened?”.
It was a similarly poor result in 2024 when pop singer Olly Alexander competed with his song “Dizzy”, coming in 18th place, and again in 2023 with Mae Muller singing “I Wrote a Song”, landing a dismal 24th place out of 25.
The most successful entry in recent years was Sam Ryder, who dazzled with his Freddie Mercury-emulating rock song “Space Man!” in 2022, coming in second place after Ukraine’s winning entry, Kalush Orchestra.
Battle, who will perform at Eurovision under his Look Mum No Computer moniker, was chosen as the UK’s representative following a search led by the UK’s Eurovision project director David May, along with BBC Studios North executive producer Andrew Cartmell.
The musician is best known for his popular YouTube channel, aunched in 2016, in which he builds and plays eccentric electronic instruments. Examples include organs crafted from Furbie and Game Boy toys, synthesizer bicycles and flame-throwing keyboards.
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