Who is Look Mum No Computer - the electro 'Frankenstein' hoping to end UK's Eurovision drought?

The UK appears to have gone for broke at this year's Eurovision final, choosing one of its most leftfield entries in years.

Could Eins, Zwei, Drei be catchy enough, weird enough, to finally end 29 years of hurt? Or will it be the familiar chorus of "nul points"?

And who exactly is the man fronting up for Britain in Vienna on Saturday?

Look Mum No Computer is the stage name of Lincolnshire-born YouTuber and electro musician Sam Battle, who started making videos more than a decade ago.

He's pulled in a hefty 85 million views across social media since then and has a combined 1.4 million subscribers.

Not content with your standard Casio keyboard, Battle found a following through his love of vintage electro gear and putting together unusual instruments.

These include an organ fashioned from dozens of Furbies (the cult 90s toy), a Star Wars Lego droid orchestra, and a synthesizer made with 48 Nintendo Game Boys.

He even has his own museum in Ramsgate displaying his Frankenstein-esque creations and other "obsolete and experimental technology".

Videos on YouTube show him darting between electro gear at small one-man live shows - and earlier this year he played a gig at Berlin's famed techno club Berghain.

The 37-year-old is set to use his "mega synth" - to the untrained eye, a keyboard on a huge circuit board - when he belts out the track in the Austrian capital later.

He told Sky News' Katie Spencer he wrote the song in about 12 hours.

"I think there's just a certain Eurocentric feel that we're trying to bring into it, hence the chorus [Eins, zwei, drei, Darlin', I need something salty, Eins, zwei, drei, With a slice of pepperoni]."

While it might not rival Bob Dylan's greatest prose, UK fans will be hoping the song tickles Eurovision's taste for the quirky and catchy.

The Daily Telegraph called it a "synth-heavy banger that seems precision-engineered to appeal to the song contest's fan", while The Independent described it as "very, very English in a way that's both horrendously embarrassing and oddly charming".

Read more:
Israel qualifies for Eurovision Song Contest final
Less camp, more conservative - Russia's alternative Eurovision

Battle says he spent hours "drilling thousands of holes into aluminium" for the kit he's using on stage, and "soldered for multiple hours until the baby came" [he's also a new dad].

He's pushed back against any suggestion he's just doing it for a laugh or to gain more subscribers, insisting he's taking it "very seriously" and has "always been a massive Eurovision fan".

The last time the UK won the show was with Katrina And The Waves in 1997, the same year Tony Blair became prime minister, Princess Diana died, and Britain handed Hong Kong back to China.

Whether it's bad songs, underwhelming performances, or even punishment over Brexit - as some have claimed - recent results have mostly been dire.

The UK finished last in 2019 with Michael Rice, and the same again in 2021, when James Newman scored zero points.

Mae Muller finished second last in 2023, 18th with Olly Alexander in 2024, and 19th last year when girl group Remember Monday got zero points from the public.

Sam Ryder is the notable exception, whose song Space Man flirted with glory in 2022 but ended up second, the UK's best result in more than two decades.

Fingers crossed for tonight then, but home fans will likely be keeping very modest expectations - some bookies have the UK at 150/1 to win.

(c) Sky News 2026: Who is Look Mum No Computer - the electro 'Frankenstein' hoping to end UK's Eurovision drought?