UK’s Eurovision Entry Faces Last Place with One Point
The UK’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, Look Mum No Computer, has made headlines after finishing in last place with just one point. The artist, whose real name is Sam Battle, performed his electro-punk track Eins, Zwei, Drei at the controversial Eurovision Grand Final in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday night.
While Bulgaria’s Darina Nikolaeva Yotova, known as Dara, was crowned victorious with 516 points thanks to her catchy pop song Bangaranga, the UK faced a very different outcome. Despite his best efforts, Look Mum No Computer continued the UK’s poor performance, securing one of the worst results in recent years.
In the end, the UK received zero points from the audience vote and just one vote from Ukraine in the jury vote. This meant the total score was exactly one point, placing the UK 25th out of 25 countries.
After the dramatic night, Sam uploaded a video to his Instagram in the early hours of the morning, gracefully accepting defeat. In the clip, Sam is surrounded by his group on the ground, where they all begin to chant “Eins point” with one finger up to illustrate the single point. Laughing, Sam says to the camera: “Yeah we did it, one point,” before they change to chanting “UK.”
In the caption, Sam wrote: “Bulgaria honestly deserved winner! Met a lot of amazing folk, the most important thing is we all tried our hardest. Regardless of what is against us. Whatever it may be. Gotta keep trying your hardest regardless of the foooookennnn outcome!!!”
A reporter on the ground, Pierra Willix, confirmed that Sam was “such a good sport” all night. She noted that he looked like the only act to stand and applaud for all of them when the points were being announced.
Under his post, fans flocked to the comments to share their support in the face of the harsh loss, which Sam seems to have made peace with. One fan wrote: “You rocked it, super proud of you and everyone involved!” Another commented: “LAST PLACE AT EUROVISION t-shirts? Love your work always, Sam, loved all the effort you put into this, and loved how much fun you were so obviously having the whole time. The whole synthiverse was cheering you on!”
Sam was also reminded of a promise he made before the final that, if he scored only zero points, he would make a t-shirt that said: “Look Mum Zero Points.” In the replies, he quipped: “Issue is I have ordered them but now I have one point. I need to fix it cus they’re going out tomoz.”
He joins countless other UK acts over the years who have finished in the bottom portion of the leaderboard, with the exception of Sam Ryder in 2022, who came in second place.
As for what else happened on the eventful night, viewers were on the edge of their seats as Israeli act Noam Bettan came in second place with 343 points. Five countries boycotted this year’s competition—Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Iceland, and Slovenia—over Israel’s inclusion.
Meanwhile, fans were left gobsmacked after Czechia were denied the chance to perform their song again, despite a technical blunder causing several noticeable problems. And Sweden’s Felicia Eriksson caused a shock to the system with her song, My System, after her facemask muffled her voice, leading viewers to think she sang: “I can’t get you out of my sister,” which would be a very different song indeed.
