Eurovision host Angela Scanlon mocks UK entry’s song for having more German lyrics in than the German act – as furious Brits say ‘woke and leftist’ song will lead to ‘nul points’
Eurovision presenter Angela Scanlon has mocked UK contestant Look Mum No Computer’s song for containing more German lyrics than the German entry.
Speaking on the BBC during Thursday night’s semi-final, the Strictly star, 42, took on presenting duties alongside Rylan Clark, 37, and introduced the synth-pop band whose song Eins, Zwei, Drei has plenty of German lyrics.
Angela said: ‘FYI this one has more German words than the German entry’, while Rylan, referring to the 1967 contestant, said: ‘Well, it’s different from Sandie Shaw!’
This year, Sarah Engels represents Germany with an anthem of empowerment titled Fire.
While Angela and Rylan enjoyed the track, some viewers were outraged at the song’s inclusion, branding it “woke and leftist”.
One angry user wrote: ‘K sends a mad YouTuber scientist to Eurovision, shouting ‘Eins Zwei Drei’ in German as if it’s revenge for Brexit. We just said, ‘Counting in German doesn’t cut the mustard.’ Nul points out so quickly we’ll be home before the break.’
Eurovision presenter Angela Scanlon has revealed that UK contestant Look Mum No Computer’s song contains more German lyrics than the German contestant’s
Speaking to the BBC during Thursday night’s semi-final, the 42-year-old Strictly star took over presenting duties alongside Rylan Clark, 37, and introduced the synth-pop band Eins, Zwei, Drei, whose song features plenty of German lyrics.
The repeated use of the phrase “Eins, zwei, drei”, meaning “one, two, three” throughout the song, sparked outrage online.
After revealing the truth about the German lyrics, Angela and Rylan repeatedly praised Look Mum No Computer, whose real name is Sam Battle, for being ‘so cute’.
Viewers rallied around X, writing: ‘K sends a mad YouTuber scientist to Eurovision shouting ‘Eins Zwei Drei’ in German as if it’s revenge for Brexit. Exploding handmade synths, office chaos props, furry dancers… and lyrics that mock English numbers…
‘Counting in German doesn’t cut the mustard,’ we said. Nul scores so fast we’ll be home before the break…
‘Europe is speechless. England screams. #Eurovision… United Kingdom. Straight into it. Why does counting in German make you feel better? I like the sound of the song but the lyrics??????? No, crowd interaction. It was so much fun!!…
‘And the UK learned NOTHING from its success. A year later? Same old crap! And so on. This year’s song now has a German chorus and sounds like Thomas Dolby from Temu…
The repeated use of the phrase “Eins, zwei, drei”, meaning “one, two, three” throughout the song, sparked outrage online.
‘Of course #Eurovision’s #England song is in German because the #woke #leftist loves Europe. WE VOTED FOR #BREXIT. two-layer #liebour #reformuk’.
Look Candle No Computer said about his song in a recent interview: ‘There’s a different style of music…
‘We’ve always had very good pop songs, but sometimes they didn’t translate well, yet they’re still very good songs…
‘This time we went for a different tactic. It’s different because it’s a little more playful. “About a year ago my manager and I contacted the BBC…
‘We said: ‘Wouldn’t it be funny if we tried to qualify for Eurovision?’ but we didn’t think it was possible. They said give it a try, try writing something. I found out that I jumped to January. I was stunned.’
35 countries will participate in the 70th Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, after Austria won last year’s contest.
Look Mum No Computer, he said about his song in a recent interview: ‘The music has a different style’
Although tensions were high due to the debates about Israel’s participation in the competition, England, who claimed that they ‘went to a different tactic’, were eventually able to achieve a victory with this move.
Even Eurovision presenter Graham Norton gushed: ‘I think MOM LOOK NO COMPUTER is a really great choice for the UK. ‘If he connects with the crowd there will be no one to stop him.’
Sam is a solo artist, songwriter and YouTuber. Born in Lincolnshire, the 31-year-old artist first stepped onto the music scene in 2014 as the lead singer of indie rock band ZIBRA. The band performed at Glastonbury in 2015 for BBC Introducing.
He then started his YouTube career in 2016 and has since amassed over 91 million views and over 1.4 million subscribers on his social media pages.
Sam became known for creating his own synthesizers, circuit-twisting instruments, and performing quirky, experimental tracks.
“I’m a musician and about two and a half years ago I decided to try a different venture and started putting out videos with the machines I built for tour while I was in the band, and I didn’t expect anyone to really care about it because it was just weird stuff I made at home,” he told TNT Magazine.
