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Sister of Eurovision star bursting with pride

Aimee DexterCambridgeshire
DJ McLaren/BBC Jodie Bartle is sitting in a dark room which has blue fairy lights hanging on the wall and a table. Bartle has long hair and she is wearing a red T-shirt.DJ McLaren/BBC
Jodie Bartle said she was "absolutely bursting with pride" at the thought of her brother taking to the Eurovision stage

The sister of the UK's Eurovision Song Contest entrant says she is "absolutely bursting with pride" as her brother gets ready to perform in the contest's final.

Look Mum No Computer, also known as Sam Battle, who grew up in Yaxley near Peterborough, will step foot on the big stage in Vienna on Saturday.

The musician will compete against 24 other countries in the 70th edition of the spectacle.

Jodie Bartle said: "Sam's always been destined for something massive, and I'm so happy that he's finally been given the opportunity for the world to see how unbelievably talented he is as an individual."

Look Mum No Computer is sitting on one of his musical machines. He has short brown hair and is wearing a white T-shirt and short sleeved jacket, which has a zipped pocked on the chest.
Sam Battle, of Look Mum No Computer, started his gigging career in Cambridgeshire in the 2000s

The musician, who was born Sam Bartle before changing his name, has attracted attention for the unusual electronic instruments he creates.

This has included combining the sound of organ pipes with dozens of Furby toys, and old handheld Game Boy consoles.

Early on in his career, he performed across Cambridgeshire as a solo act and as part of bands Yellow Snow and Zibra, putting him on the radar of BBC Introducing.

Jodie said her brother had "always been destined for something", but admitted she was not expecting it to be Eurovision.

He will perform his electro-pop anthem Eins, Zwei, Drei just weeks after becoming a father to son Max.

"He's got a five-week-old baby at the moment that in the future is going to be able to say 'my dad's done Eurovision', which is absolutely epic," Jodie added.

Talking to BBC Radio Cambridgeshire presenter Dotty McLeod, Battle said it took about 12 hours to write the song he would perform.

The artist said: "I am just going to try my hardest for the UK, for me and my mates and family."

"All I want for him to just enjoy it," Jodie added.

"We're proud of him no matter what [and] he should be proud of himself as well and the song I think is good enough to get points and just hopefully the world also agrees with that."

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