UK’s Eurovision entry announced: who is Look Mum No Computer?

Kent-based solo creator Look Mum No Computer has been announced arsenic nan vocalist representing nan UK successful this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

The news was announced connected the Scott Mills Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 1 connected Tuesday greeting (17 February), up of nan title which is taking spot successful Vienna, Austria, successful May 2026.

The musician calved Sam Battle said successful a statement: “I find it wholly bonkers to beryllium jumping connected this awesome and chaotic journey. I person ever been a monolithic Eurovision fan, and I emotion nan magical joyousness it brings to millions of group each year, truthful getting to subordinate that bequest and alert nan emblem for nan UK is an absolute honour that I americium taking very seriously.

“I’ve been moving a long-time creating, writing, and producing my ain visions from scratch, and documenting my process. I will beryllium bringing each ounce of my productivity to my performances, and I can’t hold for everyone to perceive and spot what we’ve created. I dream Eurovision is fresh to get synthesised!”

Battle antecedently fronted nan indie-rock set ZIBRA, who performed astatine Glastonbury successful 2015 for BBC Introducing. Since then, however, he has pursued a solo profession pinch a much physics and synth-based sound, releasing a drawstring of singles, EPs and full-length albums.

He besides holds a Guinness World Record for building nan world’s largest drone synthesiser.

His surname is surely due fixed nan UK’s patchy capacity history astatine Eurovision successful caller years. Last year’s entry, country-pop trio Remember Monday, collapsed into 19th spot retired of 26 pursuing their capacity of original opus “What nan Hell Just Happened?”.

It was a likewise mediocre consequence successful 2024 erstwhile popular vocalist Olly Alexander competed pinch his opus “Dizzy”, coming successful 18th place, and again successful 2023 pinch Mae Muller singing “I Wrote a Song”, landing a dismal 24th spot retired of 25.

The astir successful introduction successful caller years was Sam Ryder, who dazzled pinch his Freddie Mercury-emulating stone opus “Space Man!” successful 2022, coming successful 2nd spot aft Ukraine’s winning entry, Kalush Orchestra.

Battle, who will execute astatine Eurovision nether his Look Mum No Computer moniker, was chosen arsenic nan UK’s typical pursuing a hunt led by nan UK’s Eurovision task head David May, on pinch BBC Studios North executive shaper Andrew Cartmell.

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