Look Mum No Computer to Represent UK at Eurovision 2026

Look Mum No Computer, the experimental electronic musician whose real name is Sam Battle, has been selected to represent the United Kingdom at the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria, in May 2026. The 36-year-old artist from Kent was announced as the UK's entry during a live broadcast on the Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 on Tuesday morning.

Battle, performing under his stage name Look Mum No Computer, brings a distinctive blend of live electronics and inventive performances to the competition. He launched his YouTube channel in 2016, where videos of his custom-built instruments have garnered over 85 million views and built a following of 1.4 million across social platforms. Known for creating eccentric musical machines, including organs fashioned from toys like Furbies and Game Boys, synthesizer bicycles, flame-throwing keyboards, and a Star Wars droid orchestra, he holds a Guinness World Record for the largest drone synthesizer. He has also delivered a TEDx talk on his inventions and opened a museum to showcase them.

The artist began his career in 2014 as the frontman of the indie rock band Zibra, which performed at Glastonbury Festival in 2015 on the...