Look Mum No Computer, whose real name is Sam Battle, performed his song Eins, Zwei, Drei at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria.
The UK’s Eurovision entry Look Mum No Computer has performed at the song contest’s grand final, as Israel’s entrant Noam Bettan appeared to have performed without incident, receiving a mixed reception from the crowd.
Look Mum No Computer, whose real name is Sam Battle, performed his song Eins, Zwei, Drei at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna, Austria, while dancing energetically with people dressed as computers on Saturday night.
At one point, Battle attempted to get the crowd to sing with him, chanting: “When I say eins, you say zwei.”
The YouTube star wore a pink boiler suit as performers in fluffy headwear danced in a mock workshop, while he played a synthesizer, and ended up in a cardboard box.
Speaking to the Press Association before the competition, Battle revealed he made many of his own stage props.
Battle is best known for his YouTube career, which began in 2013 and sees him make his own quirky musical instruments, including an organ from Furby toys and a triple oscillator synthesizer made out of Nintendo Game Boy consoles.
Israeli entrant Bettan, 28, sang his song Michelle, in English, Hebrew and French, while some chants and booing could be heard in the crowd, where many Israel flags and banners could also be seen.
Elsewhere, Daniel Zizka, the act from the Czech Republic, appeared to be plagued by technical difficulties during his performance of the song Crossroads.
He performed inside an elaborate hall of mirrors but at one point the picture became distorted and seemed to freeze.
Afterwards, UK commentator Graham Norton said: “A great performance vocally but quite a few technical problems there.
“That did not happen at any of the rehearsals, the distorted picture.
“I think the camera inside the mirrors, I think he fell, I’m not quite sure.
“Czechia won’t be happy about that but the show goes on.”
Australian pop star Delta Goodrem also performed her song Eclipse, with which she is representing her home country, at the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest.
The 41-year-old was accompanied by a harpist, before eventually miming playing a gold sparkly piano herself.
As the former Neighbours star’s performance climaxed she was elevated into the air from the top of the piano, as fireworks went off around her.
She waved to the crowd as she left the stage and said: “Thank you so much.”
Greece’s Akylas attracted attention on social media with his video game-inspired performance of his song Ferto.
The 27-year-old performed in a tiger print outfit, and eventually mounted a scooter and pushed it down the runway as fireworks erupted around him.
He ended up in a living room, an Ancient Greece-inspired area, a golden vault and eventually a tiger print room, where he danced with an array of characters.
The Greek delegation has been handing out replicas of the singer’s hat to fans and media during the week, with Akylas being among the best supported acts in Vienna this week.
The final comes after Bettan was booed by the crowd during his performance in Tuesday’s semi-final, receiving a mixed reception before his performance began, with some members of the audience shouting, and later booing, during the quiet moments.
There were a number of protests in the Austrian capital this week over Israel’s inclusion in the contest amid its actions in Gaza. Ireland, Iceland, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia have boycotted the event.
The largest protest was the No Stage For Genocide event, organised by Palestine Solidarity Austria, which took place at Venediger Au, a playpark on the outskirts of Vienna, which was attended by hundreds of supporters.
There was also a march from the city’s western train station to the area where the Wiener Stadthalle is located on Saturday, but police directed protesters away from the venue in a loop.
Earlier this week, human rights group Amnesty International criticised the European Broadcasting Union for its failure to suspend Israel from the song contest, as it did with Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, calling it an act of “cowardice” and a “blatant double standard”.
Israel’s 2025 entrant Yuval Raphael received the largest number of votes from the public last May, ultimately finishing runner-up to JJ after the jury votes were taken into account.
Two protesters unsuccessfully attempted to storm the stage and throw paint during her performance last year.
