Betting odds

Bookmakers have priced up the Eurovision Song Contest for decades, and the odds have become one of the most watched indicators of how a season is shaping up. This category tracks them from the first national finals through rehearsal week to the grand final, covering the favourites, the movers, and how the markets compare with the actual results.

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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

2018 Portugal Betting odds Specials

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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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

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Eurovision 2017: A round-up of all polls and odds!

We are just one breath away from the Grand Final of the 62nd Eurovision Song Contest, which is taking place in

Bookies odds just before the final on 13th May 2017
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Bookies’ Roundup: Italy and Portugal locked in a zero-hour Latin battle

If the bookies can be trusted, tonight’s contest is down to the wire, as Italy and Portugal looked set for a head-to-head battle

Bookies' odds to win on Friday, 12th May 2017
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Bookies’ Roundup: Eurovision Eve sensation as Portugal hits the top spot

For weeks, Italy’s lead in the odds looked insurmountable. Until today, Eurovision Eve, when the almost unimaginable happened: Portugal’s Salvador Sobral

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Eurovision 2017: Portugal overtakes the betting odds’ throne

Few hours before the Jury Rehearsal of the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest grand Final, the betting odds show an impressive change

Bookies' odds just after the second semifinal on 11th May 2017
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Bookies’ Roundup: The punters did it again!

In what could be a replay of Tuesday night, the bookies have once again predicted an impressive nine out of

Bookies' odds to qualify from semifinal 2 on Thursday 11th May 2017
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Bookies’ Roundup: This could be tonight’s lucky ten!

Tuesday night was a triumph for the bookies, who correctly placed nine out of ten qualifiers. Tonight gives them a

Odds to win on Wednesday, 10th May 2017
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Bookies’ Roundup: Belgium catapulted into top five as UK continues climb

The bookies’ favourites list is eight songs smaller after last night’s Eurovision Song Contest semifinal. But fewer songs equates to

2017 Semifinal 1 qualifier odds on Tuesday, 9th May
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Bookies Roundup Semifinal 1: Another almost perfect score!

The punters have done it again tonight, with bookies’ odds predicting nine out of ten favourites to qualify from the

2017 Semifinal 1 qualifier odds on Tuesday, 9th May
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Bookies’ Roundup: Qualifier odds ahead of semifinal 1

With just a few hours to go before the first semifinal is concluded and ten songs proceed to the final,

Bookmakers' odds on May 8th 2017
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Bookies’ Roundup Day 9: UK provides movement amidst the static

With the first full dress rehearsal for the first semifinal today, it seems that nothing can shake the top of the