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The UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry, Look Mum No Computer, has admitted to “missing the concept of sleep” in the intense run-up to the competition, following the recent birth of his son.
Sam Battle, the YouTube star behind the stage name, also revealed he has personally built most of his staging for his performance in Vienna, Austria, where he will sing his track “Eins, Zwei, Drei”.
Speaking to the Press Association at the London Eurovision Party at Outernet in Tottenham Court Road, Battle candidly shared his current challenges. He said: “Everything happens at once, which is kind of mad and it’s a lot of work. I mean, my son is seven days old now, and I’ve got to be honest, I’ve missed the concept of sleep.”
Speaking about the staging he had built, the Lincolnshire-born musician said he had not been allowed to do it all as he did not think the BBC “trusted my welding”, but added that he had made all of the electronics and panels.
Look Mum No Computer, who will represent the United Kingdom at the Eurovision song contest performs during the London Eurovision Party. (Getty)
He added: “So it’s all figured out now, finished building the props about two hours before we had to go to the hospital with my wife.
“So I built props, and it’s already in Vienna now. I mean, it’s on a big lorry to Vienna, whether it’s got there already, I’m yet to find out.”
The artist, who has become known for his videos about making and playing unusual electronic music equipment, said he would be doing Eurovision “my own way and hoping for the best”.
Battle continued: “I didn’t know what to expect one bit to be honest, so it’s a surprise every day.
“I mean, today I’ve turned up, I’ve just woke up and drove here, and now we’re all talking, and there’s more people than I ever imagined, so I’m imagining it’s probably going to be even more so in Vienna.”
Since beginning his YouTube career in 2013, the singer has since amassed more than 85 million views and 1.4 million combined subscribers and followers across his various social accounts.
Sam Battle revealed he has personally built most of his staging for his performance in Vienna, Austria. (Getty)
He has made an organ out of Furby toys, fused a synthesiser with a Raleigh Chopper bicycle and made a triple oscillator synthesiser out of Nintendo Game Boy video games consoles.
A video for his Eurovision song sees Look Mum No Computer in a messy office setting wearing a suit, before ditching his workplace for a giant electronic soundboard as he sings about “coming back to life”.
The 70th edition of the Eurovision final will take place at Vienna’s Wiener Stadthalle, after Austrian entry JJ won in 2025 with his song Wasted Love, on Saturday May 16.
The contest’s semi-finals will take place on May 12 and 14, with the final and semi-finals broadcast live on BBC One and iPlayer, as well as BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds.