The name of the United Kingdom’s 2026 Eurovision entry song has been revealed – with musician Look Mum No Computer hoping it’ll be enough to avoid those dreaded words: “nil points”.
For its 70th edition, the Eurovision Song Contest will take place in Vienna, Austria, following JJ’s win in the 2025 contest.
Representing the UK will be Sam Battle, a YouTube star who posts videos creating instruments out of random instruments and posts under the name Look Mum No Computer.
During Monday (2 March) morning’s episode of Scott Mills’ breakfast show on BBC Radio 2, it was announced that Battle will performing with a song titled “Eins, Zwei, Drei” –meaning “one, two, three” in German. The track will be played for the first time on Mills’ show this Friday (6 March).
Based in Kent, Battle was previously the frontman of the indie-rock band Zibra, with the group performing at Glastonbury in 2015 on the BBC Introducing stage.
Since then, he has embarked on a solo career through YouTube, where he has 710,000 subscribers. On the platform, Battle can be found building his own musical interventions, such as an organ made out of a Furby, a synthesiser fused with a Raleigh Chopper bicycle and a triple oscillator synthesiser made out of Nintendo Game Boy video games consoles.
On his entry to Eurovision, Battle said: “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.
“I’ve been working a long-time creating, writing, and producing my own visions from scratch, and documenting my process. 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 synthesised!”
The 2026 contest will be held in Vienna after a narrow victory by Austria’s act, JJ, with “Wasted Love”. JJ beat Israeli singer Yuval Raphael, who came in runner-up position after receiving the largest number of votes from the public combined with the jury votes.
Battle will be competing during a landmark year for the competition, which will this year see the smallest number of participating countries since 2003, when the semi-finals were introduced.
Iceland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, and Spain are all boycotting Eurovision over the decision to allow Israel to compete amid the war in Gaza.
The BBC, however, has backed the decision, saying: “We support the collective decision made by members of the [European Broadcasting Union]. This is about enforcing the rules of the EBU and being inclusive.”
