Richard West-Soley

Richard’s ESC history began way back in 1992, when he discovered the contest could fuel his passion for music and languages. Since then, it’s been there at every corner for him in some way or another. He joined the esctoday.com team back in 2006, and quickly developed a love for writing about the contest. In his other life, he heads the development team at the learning resources company Linguascope, and writes about all aspects of language learning on the site Polyglossic.com.

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Odds Monitor: Cyprus overtakes Israel as the favourite to win

Fans are waking up to a surprise in the betting odds this morning with a break in the deadlock of

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Odds Monitor: Estonia edges into second place behind Israel

Estonia edges past Norway tonight to snatch a very narrow second favourite position behind Israel. Norway feels the pressure on

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Odds Monitor: Cyprus catches fire in the top four

Cyprus catches fire today, as “Fuego” powers past France and Czech Republic to seize fourth favourite position in the odds

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Odds Monitor: Netta sitting pretty as Moldova has a Lucky Day

While Israel is still sitting pretty at the top of the favourites list, two battles are raging right behind Netta

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Odds Monitor: Estonia seizes third favourite as Norway shortens towards Israel

Estonia has overtaken France as third favourite to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, on the day that saw the

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Odds Monitor: Estonia inspires confidence ahead of Bulgarian drift

Estonia inspires confidence whilst Bulgaria drifts on another day of deadlock at the top of the favourites list. At the

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Odds Monitor: Norway and France battle for silver behind Israel

While Israel’s Netta holds steady as firm favourite, it is in the rest of the top ten favourites that most

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Norway races towards Israel as Rybak soars to second favourite

The first day of second semifinalists is over. And it was a great day for Norway, with odds on a

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Odds Monitor: Norway gathers momentum towards top three

Alexander Rybak is hot on the heels of the top three favourites this evening, as odds on Norway winning the

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Odds Monitor: France surges into second

A surge in betting odds on France has placed the country as second favourite to win this year’s Eurovision Song

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Odds Monitor: Day Zero!

With less than two weeks to go before the beginning of the final, many are looking at the bookmakers’ betting

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Viva Portugal! A celebration of the long, Lusitanian road to gold

2017 was a remarkable year in Eurovision Song Contest history. Confounding expectations, Portugal lifted its first trophy in an tenacious 53 years

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Eurovision Stats a wrap! Initial results analysis

The party is barely over, but there is no rest for number-crunching fans. With the release of full results, including

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Bookies’ Roundup: Punters predicted four out of the top five – again!

In what seems like a re-run of 2016, the bookies’ odds picked out four of the top five finishers from