Look Mum No Computer – Eins, Zwei, Drei

Synth DIYer and Youtube influencer Look Mum No Computer (Sam Battle) is representing the UK in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest with his song Eins, Zwei, Drei.

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual international song competition held since 1956, organized by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Eins, Zwei, Drei (German for “One, Two, Three”) is described as “a song about escaping the soul-crushing boredom of the nine to five, into a world of dreams and endless possibilities.”

Participating countries—primarily in Europe, but also including others like Israel and Australia—choose a musician or band to represent the country, and submit a song to be performed live. They compete to be the finalist in two semifinals, and then a Grand Final:

  • First semifinal: Tuesday, May 7, at 3 p.m. ET.
  • Second semifinal: Thursday, May 9, at 3 p.m. ET.
  • Grand Final: Saturday, May 11, at 3 p.m. ET.

In the U.S., the shows are available to watch on Peacock.

30 thoughts on “Look Mum No Computer – Eins, Zwei, Drei”

  2. Kongratz Sam. Been following along on U-tube since the Synth Bicycle & Furbie organ. Mr Battle is about to claim a bigger deserved following; with the endless possibilities, he brings into being. We need more Sam’s in the world.

  4. How in the fecking feck does he have time to create (and record and make a good video for) an absolute banger like this. Much respect. ?

  6. It would be nice to live on in a world where competitions involving Israel would not be promoted. They are engaged in an ongoing genocide, and are determined to drag us into WW3. But there’s a lovable, wacky synthfluer involved, so let’s forget about such trivialities.

    1. It would be great to live in a world were people don’t make every single aspect of art, culture, music, sport, and life in general about their political agenda all the fricking time. Things can exist simultaneously, and the artists taking part in this competition certainly have nothing to do with the issues you are addressing.

    2. Agreed. EBU threw out Russia, why Israel is still represented is beyond me.

      Also: Music and art have always had strong political bias. Neil Yong, John Lennon, Billy Joel, Ludwig V. Beethoven, Banksy, Rembrandt, etc.. etc..

    1. I don’t know that field recordings being sent through springs and obscure transistors will land him that spot lol

  9. Iceland, Ireland, The Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia are boycotting this Eurovision because of Israel’s participation. Worth mentioning I think. Sorry if I’m repeating myself. I don’t see my last comment.

  11. Artists representing Israel are reasonably likely to have served in their country’s armed forces. Israel are committing genocide. I’m sorry my fricking agenda of opposing genocide is ruining your enjoyment of the furby guy’s Eurovision entry

    3. “Served in their county’s armed forces” “Israel is commenting genocide”
      Isn’t this just you saying you prefer genocide on everyone in Israel?
      Or don’t you understand that without an army Israel would’ve been wiped of the map?

      1. Genuine question: are you so incredibly stupid as to have been convinced by the laughable propaganda that is constantly spouted by the Israeli regime, or are you just parroting the absurd claims of the warmongers. Who incidentally, are looking increasingly likely to suffer a strategic defeat.

        Either way. Eurovision is utter tripe, an irrelevant and absurd way to try and monetise the absolute sewer scraping that would otherwise never be heard, and incidentally, will be totally forgotten by the following day.

        Participation in such an event irrespective of the presence of a genocidal regime is in itself a demonstration of a total lack of self respect (much like his appalling, and long forgotten Glastonbury set) ?

        Get a grip

  13. Cheers for Sam… so awesome how he can get all up in this and still be putting out obsessive videos about rebuilding hot pink antique car engines.
    Having said that, please boycott Israeli participation. What they have perpetrated over the past year is obscene.

  15. oh no. I didn’t even watch this music video to the end, just until the refrain, and now I have it in my mind since hours. It is definitely a song that works on people’s minds. The refrain is instantly memorised.

    This song might even win this contest.

    1. it is well done, with an easy to memorise refrain where everybody can sing along.
    2. Sam Battle is not too old for the younger generation, not too young for the elder generation. Perfect match. And he’s a funny guy. He can improvise with words and with his synthesiser system.
    3. people probably have enough of queer artistry and pseudo-satanic shows like in recent Eurovision contests.

  16. about the Eurovision contest in general: maybe it should be renamed to Worldvision or something like that. Then every country could participate, including Australia and Israel, without raising eyebrows about the missing logic behind their participation.

    Of course, countries like North Korea, Iran, Russia, etc. should have the option to participate. In such an imaginary Worldvision contest, no country should be excluded, regardless of what their respective governments are doing wrong. I mean, if countries with inhuman policies should be excluded from the contest, then most European countries must be excluded. And New Zealand, Australia, Israel, Japan, etc.

    The world of the arts and sport should be free from politics. These parts of international meetings are important events, where even the “worst” country can show that their citizens love music, art, and sport.

    Of course this is all wishful thinking. But wishful thinking is a beautiful thing. No law can interfere with, nobody can deny wishful thinking. When a beautiful wish is thought, it exists. Millions of good wishes do have an impact.

  17. While I won’t be watching the event, for reasons raised above — that a country determined to carry out ethnic cleansing, mass murder, endless destabilizing wars that create enormous suffering and vast processes of migration, that such a country is allowed to compete is just beyond me.

    But this track, whatever you may think of it, is going to be the soundtrack of summer 26.

  18. Congratulations to Sam! Forever ambitious, creative, clever, and humble. I’ve learned a lot from his channel, and it’s sparked so many creative ideas. If I ever visit England, his museum is definitely a destination.

    I have no idea how this song was selected to represent the UK, but I’m thankful to anyone who was involved in voting/campaigning for its selection.

    Live performances are a part of the competition proceedings, so let’s hope he gets to bring all the gear, including a modular format of his own creation (how many people can say that?), and burn the house down!

    As for those in the comments section taking this opportunity to make this about the broader issue of conflicts between nations and regions: I’m sure you mean well, and that your heart is in the right place. I just don’t think the comments section on a website about synthesizers is the place to voice your opinions. Write to your local political representative, donate money to causes you care about. Perhaps leave the synthesizer comments section to the discussion of… synthesizers? Or, if you absolutely cannot resist, try framing your statements in the first person, i.e. ‘I don’t think…’, otherwise you may come across as condescending and rude to those who don’t share your position, and even those who agree with you may think ‘Christ, man, you’re not helping…’

  19. Facts of life:

    1. Eurovision is a joke.
    2. Sam Battle is a cool dude.
    3. British “cuisine” is even worse than Eurovision.

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