The UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry sparked a fierce backlash from viewers, with some branding it the country’s “worst ever”.
Look Mum No Computer, also known as Sam Battle, represented the UK in Vienna, Austria, with his song “Eins, Zwei, Drei” - a zany electronic-pop song that makes heavy use of synths, while dancing energetically with people dressed as computers on Saturday night.
At one point, Battle attempted to get the crowd to sing with him, chanting: “When I say eins, you say zwei.”
The YouTube star wore a pink boiler suit as performers in fluffy headwear danced in a mock workshop, while he played a synthesizer, and ended up in a cardboard box.
But the 37-year-old has received some damning criticism on social media following his “bonkers” performance, which received the dreaded nul points score in the public vote and just one point from the from jury, landing Battle in last place.
“I'm so sorry we entered this guys honestly we all feel sick,” one person wrote on X in response to the song.
Another joked that they are “not sure Europe will even let us rejoin after this”, while others went as far as saying it “is the worst” they had heard and that the UK will "definitely" end up in last place.
The song choice was also called “shameful” by a critic on X who wrote: “England, which has created enormous amounts of great music, comes with a kind of German march music. Shameful.”
Not sure Europe will even let us rejoin after this #Eurovisión #Eurovisión2026 pic.twitter.com/OY4CYi4sQG
— Jordon-Lee (@JordonLee) May 16, 2026
Another person joked that the song is a “small crime against humanity”, others said the performance was “diabolical” and only worth “zero points”.
But Battle knows that the odds are, quite literally, stacked against him when he competes in this year’s final.
The bookies had the Youtuber down at 80/1 to win, but the musician said ahead of the competition that he was “happy to be an underdog” in the annual song contest.
Sorry but UK song choice for #Eurovisión2026 #Eurovisión #eurovisióngr #unitedkingdom #uk is the worst I have heard.
— Ticksy (@Tickksy) May 16, 2026
Germany gets my vote!
He told the Independent before his final performance: “There’s all different ways of looking at it, but it’s not bothering me, because nobody’s actually seen the full [performance]. There’s a lot more going on than meets the eye – I’m hoping it’s going to surprise people.”
After coming in last in the competition, Battle shared a gracious statement to social media, writing that Bulgaria were the “deserved winner” of the contest.
Fans were quick to commend Battle on his performance, despite the disappointing – but not altogether unexpected – result. The singer was the third UK act in a row to be awarded nul points in the public vote after Remember Monday in 2025 and Olly Alexander in 2024.
“You were amazing, first time I have watched the Eurovision for 11 years, normally avoid it like a dose of flu,” one person wrote, while another commenter praised Battle’s “fun and quirky” song.
You can read the full Eurovision Song Contest results list here.
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