Look Mum No Computer, the musician and inventor also known as Sam Battle, will perform in the Eurovision Song Contest final in Vienna on Saturday, taking the United Kingdom’s entry, Eins, Zwei, Drei, into the 70th edition of the contest. He will go up against 24 other countries on one of the biggest nights in European pop.
For Battle, the performance is the latest turn in a career that began in Cambridgeshire in the 2000s, when he played across the county as a solo act and as part of Yellow Snow and Zibra. The artist, who was born Sam Bartle before changing his name, said it took him about 12 hours to write the song he will perform.
His sister, Jodie Bartle, said she was “absolutely bursting with pride” at the thought of her brother stepping onto the Eurovision stage. “Sam's always been destined for something massive, and I'm so happy that he's finally been given the opportunity for the world to see how unbelievably talented he is as an individual,” she said. She added that she hopes he enjoys the moment, and said the family is proud of him no matter what.
Battle said he would be focused on the people closest to him when he walks out in Vienna. “I am just going to try my hardest for the UK, for me and my mates and family,” he said. His sister said the timing makes the appearance even more personal, because he became a father to his son Max just weeks before Eurovision and the baby is now five weeks old.
The family sees the appearance as a milestone that reaches far beyond one song. Jodie Bartle said her brother had always been meant for something big, and that his son will one day be able to say his dad did Eurovision, which she described as “absolutely epic.” She also said she believes the song is good enough to score points and hopes the wider public agrees.
Battle’s rise has been shaped by the unusual electronic instruments he creates, including setups that combine organ pipes with dozens of Furby toys and old handheld Game Boy consoles. His early work in Cambridgeshire also brought him to the attention of Introducing, helping build the path that now leads him to Vienna. On Saturday, that path ends in front of a live final watched across Europe, with a new father carrying the uk entry eurovision 2026 moment into the contest’s 70th edition.
What happens next is straightforward: Battle takes the stage in Vienna, and the judges and viewers decide whether the song’s fast, oddball energy can turn a local music story from Peterborough into a Eurovision result.
