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‘Look Mum, No Points!’ is currently a meme phrase being used online to signal that the UK will not bring home any points (audience or jury) tonight. Considering our track record in the European song contest – it’s apt.

Or is it?

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Look Mum No Computer (offstage, Sam Battle) has burst onto the Eurovision scene with a new, completely original outlook on music production. As his stage name suggests, Battle uses absolutely no computers or online devices to aid his music making, instead preferring to use odd (but innovative) fusions and vintage versions of objects and instruments.

Battle taught himself how to build the electronic instruments he plays – including, but not limited to; guitars, synthesisers, and organs (of which he made with forty-four Furby toys). His Eurovision act ‘Eins, Zwei, Drei’ is played entirely on his ‘Kosmo’ modular synthesiser – a first for individuality in the seventy-year contest.

Though he’s faced online ridicule (with the meme mentioned at the start of this article, a journalist slashing into him for his pronunciation of ‘eins, zwei, drei’, and just general negative comments and jokes), Look Mum No Computer is a completely unique entry in an elsewise somewhat stagnating contest. In a competition that is currently being torn apart by politics and criticism, Battle is a welcome breath of fresh air.

Though we can joke all we want about our country’s constant ‘nil poi’, Look Mum No Computer might be the one to finally bring in audience votes after a dreadful two years of none. And if his voice doesn’t reach the audience, so far there’s no hope lost for jury votes: other ‘weird’ songs have been loved by the jury in recent years:

1. ‘Espresso Macchiato’ by Tommy Cash (3rd place, 2025) – 98 jury points (one of Estonia’s strongest jury votes in the history of Eurovision).

2. ‘In Corpore Sano’ by Konstrakta (5th place, 2022) – 87 jury points (for a spoken-word song about hand-washing).

3. ‘Cha Cha Cha’ by Käärijä (2nd place, 2023) – 150 jury points (an industrial but zany rock-pop performance by a man in a green bolero).

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So, what does this actually mean for Look Mum No Computer? Well, it could mean that we have a chance at bringing home a strong jury vote. And even with the memes – it means that Battle has a strong online presence, with people constantly talking about him. So maybe the audience is giving him more credit than we originally thought?

At the end of the day, it’s impossible to guess where exactly the UK entry will end up on the scoreboard. For now, all we can do is sit back – perhaps with ‘something salty’ – and just enjoy Bartle’s unique sound, and support his act tonight.