The UK’s Eurovision Song Contest entry, Look Mum No Computer, has shared his reaction to finishing in last place with just one point.
The singer, whose real name is Sam Battle, performed his electro-punk song Eins, Zwei, Drei at the controversial Eurovision Grand Final in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday night.
And while Bulgaria’s Darina Nikolaeva Yotova, aka Dara, was crowned victorious with 516 points, thanks to her catchy pop song Bangaranga, for the UK, it was a very different story.
Despite his best efforts, in the end, Look No Computer continued the downward trend for the UK with one of our worst results yet. In the end, we received zero points from the audience vote and a measly one vote from Ukraine in the jury vote.
That means the total was… you guessed it… one point, coming in 25th out of 25 countries.
After the dramatic night, Sam uploaded a video to his Instagram in the wee hours of the morning, gracefully accepting defeat.
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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 singular 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!!!’
Fans flocked to the comments to share their support in the face of the harsh loss, which Sam seems to have made peace with.
‘You rocked it Super proud of you and everyone involved!’ lazylynxcat183 wrote in the comments.
‘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!’ Pressurewave shared.
‘Genuinely shocked you came bottom, I thought it was a banger and would be in top half… seriously surprised actually,’ reforestmatt reflected.
‘Love you Sam, it was a pleasure seeing you give it your all and being some musical diversity,’ grimm.grinning praised.
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.
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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.
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