Eurovision Odds: Iceland drop to third place | Ukraine is back on top!

We told you that this year requires patience and strong nerves, since it seems that we will not have a clear favorite, at least until the rehearsals start. The song of the Palestinian origin Bashar Murad, in the Icelandic national final, does not seem to have convinced the betting companies he can bring the coveted prize to Reykjavik, so Iceland has now fallen in third place, with a continuous upward trend in its returns. At the top once again this year, the usual suspect Ukraine!

The negative trend that started from the moment of the announcement of the candidate songs of Söngvakeppnin, the national final of Iceland, had the expected result of the fall of the northernmost European country from the top of the betting table. Ukraine took advantage of this update, returned to the top after a few days in the second place.

Iceland’s decline has been such that the United Kingdom has now overtaken it in second place, with Iceland in third. In fourth and fifth place are the two countries with the most competitive national finals of all, namely Italy and Sweden, with the candidate songs for Sanremo and Melodifestivalen respectively yet to be announced. Israel closes the top 6, but its returns have been on a continuous rise in the last period of time.

The many changes we’ve seen this year at the top of the odds portend an exciting year where we won’t know the winner early on, as has been the case in the previous two seasons. Always, of course, under the condition that there won’t be a song that stands out and the betting companies anoint it as an unwavering favorite, as happened with Stefania and Tattoo. We are probably heading for a repeat of 2021, which did not clear things up even in rehearsals, since we had 3-4 songs that were betting on almost equal terms for victory.

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