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Odds Monitor: Cyprus overtakes Israel as the favourite to win
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 8, 2018
Fans are waking up to a surprise in the betting odds this morning with a break in the deadlock of

Odds Monitor: Estonia edges into second place behind Israel
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 7, 2018
Estonia edges past Norway tonight to snatch a very narrow second favourite position behind Israel. Norway feels the pressure on

Odds Monitor: Cyprus catches fire in the top four
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 6, 2018
Cyprus catches fire today, as “Fuego” powers past France and Czech Republic to seize fourth favourite position in the odds

Odds Monitor: Netta sitting pretty as Moldova has a Lucky Day
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 5, 2018
While Israel is still sitting pretty at the top of the favourites list, two battles are raging right behind Netta

Odds Monitor: Estonia seizes third favourite as Norway shortens towards Israel
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 4, 2018
Estonia has overtaken France as third favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, on the day that saw the

Odds Monitor: Estonia inspires confidence ahead of Bulgarian drift
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 3, 2018
Estonia inspires confidence whilst Bulgaria drifts on another day of deadlock at the top of the favourites list. At the

Odds Monitor: Norway and France battle for silver behind Israel
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 2, 2018
While Israel’s Netta holds steady as firm favourite, it is in the rest of the top ten favourites that most

Norway races towards Israel as Rybak soars to second favourite
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 1, 2018
The first day of second semifinalists is over. And it was a great day for Norway, with odds on a

Odds Monitor: Norway gathers momentum towards top three
- By Richard West-Soley
- . April 30, 2018
Alexander Rybak is hot on the heels of the top three favourites this evening, as odds on Norway winning the

Odds Monitor: France surges into second
- By Richard West-Soley
- . April 29, 2018
A surge in betting odds on France has placed the country as second favourite to win this year’s Eurovision Song

Odds Monitor: Day Zero!
- By Richard West-Soley
- . April 29, 2018
With less than two weeks to go before the beginning of the final, many are looking at the bookmakers’ betting

Viva Portugal! A celebration of the long, Lusitanian road to gold
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 25, 2017
2017 was a remarkable year in Eurovision Song Contest history. Confounding expectations, Portugal lifted its first trophy in an tenacious 53 years

Eurovision Stats a wrap! Initial results analysis
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 14, 2017
The party is barely over, but there is no rest for number-crunching fans. With the release of full results, including

Bookies’ Roundup: Punters predicted four out of the top five – again!
- By Richard West-Soley
- . May 14, 2017
In what seems like a re-run of 2016, the bookies’ odds picked out four of the top five finishers from