{"id":675833,"date":"2026-05-17T01:57:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675833\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T01:57:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T01:57:09","slug":"uks-eurovision-fate-sealed-after-diabolical-performance-tv-radio-showbiz-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675833\/","title":{"rendered":"UK’s Eurovision fate ‘sealed’ after ‘diabolical’ performance | TV & Radio | Showbiz & TV"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Eurovision Song Contest<\/a> final is in full swing and all eyes are on the UK\u2019s entry, Look Mum No Computer, real name Sam Battle, who performed his song Eins, Zwei, Drei 14th in the running order for tonight.<\/p>\n

As Graham Norton described, the ‘nutty professor’ previously told BBC<\/a> the real reason behind the German-inspired chorus. He said: “If only there was a language I could count in that would make me feel better. I spend a lot of time going around [Germany] in a little van, me and my mate, and they’re very friendly, very nice. So I thought, let’s write a song about going on holiday in Germany.”<\/p>\n

The performer made it clear that he didn’t care what people thought of him as he previously told The Independent: “He previously told The Independent: “I\u2019m used to being an underdog. There\u2019s all different ways of looking at it, but it\u2019s not bothering me, because nobody\u2019s actually seen the full [performance]. There\u2019s a lot more going on than meets the eye \u2013 I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s going to surprise people.”<\/p>\n

As he sang the lyrics ‘what’s the point of it’, social media fans responded on X, with one saying: “Exactly. You are getting nil points.” A second added: “I have a strong feeling that he is going to get zero points.”<\/p>\n

Some called the performance “rubbish” and said it was diabolical, and one said: “Might genuinely be the worst song I\u2019ve ever heard from the UK at Eurovision\u2026 Who let this man perform this?”<\/p>\n

Another was baffled by UK’s performances in recent years, asking: “Why are the UK entries always so whatever? What a disaster they are.”<\/p>\n

Some enjoyed the backup dancers on the stage. “The fuzzy computer head dance is iconic,” a fan said and another chimed in: “”Enjoying the dancing computer Duolingo owls.”<\/p>\n

Look Mum No Computer also has received support from viewers, as a fan tweeted: “We\u2019ve tried to be Europop this year, but we don\u2019t think it\u2019s going to quite be enough. Good fun though fingers crossed for Look Mum No Computer.” A second penned: “Why so far has the UK’s performance been my favourite?<\/p>\n

Voting is now open and it stays open throughout the performances and for around 40 minutes after the last song. UK fans can vote up to 10 times, but you cannot vote for your own country.<\/p>\n

It has currently been 29 years since the UK claimed victory at the popular show, with Katrina and the Waves taking the top spot in 1997.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Eurovision Song Contest final is in full swing and all eyes are on the UK\u2019s entry, Look…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675834,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,1576,134,30451,102160,325808,325809,325810],"class_list":["post-675833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbc","tag-entertainment","tag-eurovision","tag-eurovision-song-contest","tag-look-mum-no-computer","tag-sam-battle","tag-uk-performance-criticism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=675833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675833\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}