Life after Eurovision for Look Mum No Computer

Representing the UK at the Eurovision Song Contest brought Sam Battle one point, but the musician has said the result is a "badge of honour".

Battle, better known by his stage name Look Mum No Computer, represented the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest with the electronic pop song Eins, Zwei, Drei.

Looking back on the competition, he said the experience passed in a blur. "It just happened so quick," he said. "I didn't even realise. I was just like, 'oh, I'm jumping on tables, don't fall off the table, Sam, sing'."

He was speaking ahead of his performance on Sunday at the Ramsgate Festival of Sound at the Granville Theatre where he plans to include Eins, Zwei, Drei in his set.

Reflecting on finishing at the bottom of the Eurovision scoreboard, Battle said many people had enjoyed the performance.

"I walk around and even a couple of days ago I was walking up to work and a couple of school kids were like, 'you were awesome'," he said.

"It's nice to know that I've made people smile."

Battle grew up in Yaxley, near Peterborough, but has made Ramsgate his home for the past eight years.

"It's great," he said. "I don't see myself going anywhere else."

He spends much of his time at This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete in the Kent town, which houses experimental and obsolete technology.

The museum's collection grew from years spent hunting for bargains at car boot sales and on internet sites.

A Furby organ and a 1960s telephone exchange are among his favourite items.

"You find bargains, you buy the bargains, you end up with loads of bargains and you're a hoarder," he said.

"And then you somehow find yourself in a situation where you can set up a museum and a hoarder is justified as a professional curator."

Battle said he had managed to keep one of the characters that he used in his Eurovision performance, but with Eurovision behind him, his attention is already turning to future projects.

Among them is what he describes as a "fire organ tractor trailer", an organ that shoots flames and is mounted on the back of a lawnmower.

"What am I doing after the festival?" he said. "I'm going to wake up in the morning and make a plan."

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