{"id":34135,"date":"2026-05-11T23:30:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34135\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:30:56","slug":"eurovision-host-graham-norton-praises-uk-entry-as-a-great-choice-ahead-of-final-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/34135\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurovision host Graham Norton praises UK entry as \u2018a great choice\u2019 ahead of final this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Graham Norton has praised the UK\u2019s Eurovision entry<\/a>, describing it as “different to anything else we\u2019ve ever entered” and hailing Look Mum No Computer as a “really great choice”. <\/p>\n

The 63-year-old Irish broadcaster, who has fronted the Eurovision Song Contest coverage since 2009, is set to return to lead the UK\u2019s broadcast later this week. <\/p>\n

Norton reflected on the upcoming 70th edition of Eurovision, noting that the competition “really defies description” amidst the palpable excitement.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think Look Mum No Computer<\/a> is a really great choice for the UK. The song is different to anything else we\u2019ve ever entered and I can really imagine the whole arena getting behind it.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan he win? Never say never,\u201d he joked, referencing the fact the UK last won the coveted competition in 1997 with Katrina And The Waves track Love Shine A Light.<\/p>\n

\"LookLook Mum No Computer, real name Sam Battle (BBC\/EBU)<\/p>\n

Norton added: \u201cHopefully during the performance Look Mum No Computer will deliver all the charm, humour, and energy of the song. If he connects with the crowd there will be no stopping him.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also praised the competition for \u201cbringing audiences together\u201d, and told the BBC: \u201cNothing beats the feeling that viewers all across Europe are watching and judging at the same time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really defies description. It has to be seen to be believed, and even then, it\u2019s pretty hard to understand what is happening and why.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked who audiences should keep an eye on during its grand final on Saturday, Norton said: \u201cAs always, expect the unexpected, but keep an eye on Finland, France and Australia, who I think are all going to do really well this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Look Mum No Computer, real name Sam Battle, will take the stage in Vienna, Austria, to perform his song Eins, Zwei, Drei in front of millions of Eurovision fans later this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The YouTube star has become known for his videos about making and playing unusual electronic music equipment, having 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.<\/p>\n

Battle, 37, has built much of the staging for his eagerly-anticipated performance but previously told the Press Association he had not been allowed do it all as he did not think the BBC \u201ctrusted my welding\u201d.<\/p>\n

Look Mum No Computer will represent the UK at the 70th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest this week, with its final to take place at Vienna\u2019s Wiener Stadthalle on Saturday May 16.<\/p>\n

It is being staged in the country after Austrian entry JJ won in 2025 with his song Wasted Love.<\/p>\n

The 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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15826,451,6355,143,7415,5,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-34135","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"tag-award","9":"tag-celebrity","10":"tag-horizontal","11":"tag-justice","12":"tag-portrait","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/116558553611238359","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}