
As Sam Battle (AKA Look Mum No Computer) prepares to represent the UK in the final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, the odds are certainly stacked against him.
For the benefit of those who don’t follow Eurovision, we should say that the United Kingdom’s scoring record in recent years has been pretty abysmal, with only a guitar-toting Sam Ryder, in 2022, managing to make an impression (he finished a very creditable second, just behind Ukraine).