The UK’s entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 has been revealed as Look Mum No Computer.
The electronic music artist and tech creator, real name Sam Battle, will represent the UK at this year’s competition, which is held in Vienna on May 16, following singer JJ’s win last year, with the song ‘Wasted Love’.
It was announced this morning (Tuesday February 16) on Scott Mills’ BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, with the musician saying: “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.”
He went on to say: “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 synthesized!”
The song he will enter with has yet to be revealed, but Mills said he has heard it, “and it is different”.
“The UK often gets criticised at Eurovision, or it has in some years. ‘We’re always really safe, we always keep it really middle of the road.’ So we are going to try something different this year,” the broadcaster said. “Why not? Let’s try something different, and it is different.”
Describing the song, Mills said: “From just one listen, I want you to imagine a bit of Basshunter‘s ‘Now You’re Gone’ and then put a bit of ‘Parklife’ [by] Blur in there, and maybe you would add in a bit of ‘West End Girls’ [by] Pet Shop Boys, maybe the synths of The Human League. Sprinkle a bit of Verka Serduchka in there. Maybe just a tiny bit of Sex Pistols.
“Stick all that in a blender and create a big anthem to take on Eurovision, one that I can imagine they will be singing in that arena.”
Look Mum No Computer is described in a press release as “an inventor of unique musical machines.”
His first foray into music came in 2014, when he was the frontman of indie rock band Zibra. The group performed at Glastonbury in 2015 for BBC Introducing. Since then, he has been performing and recording under his solo name.
He’s also a YouTuber and has amassed an online fanbase with 85million views and 1.4million subscribers through building and playing instruments made from unusual materials, including Furbys, Game Boys, synthesiser bicycles, flame-throwing keyboards, and a Star Wars droid orchestra.
Last year’s entry was Remember Monday – the first girl group to represent the UK at Eurovision since 1999. They received a total score of 88 and ended in 19th place, after getting the dreaded “nul points” from the public vote.
It’s far from the first time the UK has landed in the lower half of the leader board. In 2023, Mae Muller finished 25th out of 26 in the grand final – then Olly Alexander endured similar disappointment a year later when he finished 18th after scoring “nul points” in the public vote.
In other news, on Friday (February 13), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) confirmed that the inaugural ‘Eurovision Live Tour’ has been postponed.
Announced last month, the tour was set to coincide with the annual song contest’s 70th anniversary, with stops announced across ten cities this summer.
However, Martin Green, the director of the song contest, said in a statement Friday (February 13) that “unforeseen circumstances” had led them to take the “difficult decision” to axe the new tour.
News of the axed tour comes amid ongoing backlash over Israel being allowed to participate in the song contest this year.
Multiple countries have pulled out in protest of the controversial decision to allow Israel to compete this year, and these include Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain and Iceland. Late last year, Portugal’s participation in the competition was put at risk as 11 of the 16 entrants in their song selection contest refused to represent them if they won.
Nemo, the winner of the Eurovision 2024, also returned their trophy to the headquarters of the EBU over “Israel’s continued participation”.
Eurovision director Martin Green addressed the situation in a statement, saying that “the Eurovision Song Contest continues to be a place where friendships are forged, languages are learned and new genres and artists are discovered”. He concluded: “In a challenging world we can indeed be United by Music.”
Austrian singer-songwriter JJ won the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with his track ‘Wasted Love’, beating Israel’s Yuval Raphael in second place. UK entry Remember Monday landed in 19th place with ‘What The Hell Just Happened?’.
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