{"id":675961,"date":"2026-05-17T03:22:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675961\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T03:22:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T03:22:14","slug":"look-mum-no-computer-dealt-crushing-blow-just-hours-before-eurovision-2026-final-as-new-data-emerges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675961\/","title":{"rendered":"Look Mum No Computer dealt crushing blow just hours before Eurovision 2026 final as new data emerges"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sam Battle, the musician better known as Look Mum No Computer, has been dealt some rather gutting news just hours before he takes to the Eurovision stage.<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old is this year’s UK entry with his hit Eins, Zwei, Drei, and will perform in the final as the 14th singer in the running order.<\/p>\n

His chances of securing glory have been the centre of conversation ever since he was unveiled by the BBC as the UK’s entrant in February.<\/p>\n

But while he was as short as 12\/1 with some bookmakers shortly after his unveiling, Look Mum No Computer has seen his odds plummet significantly – with newly released data just hours before the finale confirming his chances compared to his peers. <\/p>\n

\"LookLook Mum No Computer will represent the UK in Vienna on Saturday night | GETTY<\/p>\n

In fact, Betway<\/a> is now pricing the United Kingdom’s chance at a staggering 250\/1.<\/p>\n

Compared to frontrunners Finland (10\/11), Australia (9\/4), and Greece (10\/1), it looks like Mr Battle will need a miracle to emerge victorious on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the BBC earlier this week, Mr Battle addressed the possibility that he may fail to win over Europe’s voters.<\/p>\n

“It could go well or completely wrong – I’m just here for the ride,” he admitted, before revealing he wouldn’t let any negative results dampen his experience. <\/p>\n

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“It’s a really good t-shirt – ‘Look mum, no points’.”<\/p>\n

While viewers in the UK wouldn’t be able to vote for Eins, Zwei, Drei even if they wanted to, the track has found itself mired in controversy.<\/p>\n

Mr Battle was even accused of producing an “anti-UK” song<\/a> by 2004 finalist James Fox, who spoke exclusively to GB News about his hopes for this year’s contest.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Eurovision expert Rob Furber appeared opposite Sophie Reaper and Stephen Dixon on Saturday’s Breakfast to explain why he was tipping a bad night for the singer. <\/p>\n

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Look Mum No Computer’s odds have plummeted significantly ahead of the finale <\/p>\n

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Mr Furber suggested that an underwhelming UK performance wouldn’t be because “Europe hates us” but rather that “the BBC continues to fail the country by sending utter trash.”<\/p>\n

The betting expert went on to claim the 2026 entry was “badly staged”. Stephen appeared in agreement, admitting he felt it “wasn’t a great song.”<\/p>\n

Alex Larke, who represented the UK in 2015 as one-half of pop duo Electro Velvet, was similarly dismayed with this year’s offering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speaking to GB News, he said: “I think it\u2019s all right. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s my cup of tea, but that\u2019s okay; everyone\u2019s entitled to their opinion.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s had a lot of positive reactions, but with Eurovision, you just don\u2019t know.”<\/p>\n

In his aforementioned interview with GB News, Mr Fox hit out: “It’s a novelty song. For me, the title’s in German, you’ve got a British guy representing the UK, possibly saying he’s had enough of the UK and wants to move to Germany for a better time.<\/p>\n

“It’s boom, boom, bang, and just bang out of order. Let’s say that. I’m not sure that works for me. It’s saying, ‘I don’t really want to be here’.<\/p>\n

“Maybe I’m reading too much into the lyrics, but I don’t think it’s a positive message for the UK, and I think musically, it’s sort of falling into the trap of what the sort of Eurovision genre has become.”<\/p>\n

\"Finland'sFinland’s Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen are the frontrunners for this year’s competition | GETTY<\/p>\n

He added: “We should be leading the way musically in this country, and we’re sort of chasing our tail, thinking what’s happening across Europe.<\/p>\n

“I know we’re trying to win the contest or fit in, but this, for me, has gone just a little bit too far. It’s almost anti-UK with a track that sounds like one of the many European entries. So it’s disappointing.”<\/p>\n

On Saturday evening, fans will have to tune in to see if Finland’s Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen<\/a> will prove the bookies right with their hit Liekinheitin.<\/p>\n

Australia’s Delta Goodrem<\/a> could bag her country’s first win with Eclipse, however. And there’s always the outside chance that Israel’s Noam Bettan<\/a> or Greece’s Akylas<\/a> could lift the trophy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sam Battle, the musician better known as Look Mum No Computer, has been dealt some rather gutting news…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675962,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,1576,480,134,30451,136,427],"class_list":["post-675961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-bbc","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-eurovision","tag-music","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675961","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=675961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}