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Eurovision betting odds: Several countries have chosen their songs. After a brief moment when Israel rose to first place in the odds, Belgium reclaimed and maintains the top spot. Four new Eurovision songs were selected last week – how has the table changed during the week? Check out the updated betting odds table!
Top Contenders and Recent Song Selections
The top three places in the table are currently Belgium, Israel, and Sweden. The gaps between them are very close, with all three countries moving between winning odds of about 10%-11%. Belgium has led the betting table in recent days after the competing songs in the national final were revealed. Contestant Red Sebastian captured attention with the song “Strobe Lights” and indeed won first place in Belgium last night, cementing his position at the top of the betting tables at this stage.
Four additional countries revealed their songs for Eurovision this week:
- Luxembourg: About a week ago, the Luxembourg song “La poupée monte le son” was chosen, serving as a tribute to the immortal song with which Luxembourg won exactly 60 years ago – “Poupée de cire, poupée de son“. Luxembourg was ranked 35th before the song selection and remained so after the choice.
- Greece: On Thursday, the song “Asteromáta” performed by singer Klavdia was chosen. With the song selection, Greece improved its position and rose from 12th to 10th place.
- Slovenia: The first country to choose its song last night is Slovenia. Klemen, a familiar figure in our country, is expected to perform the song “How Much Time Do We Have Left” in the competition. Slovenia, which was ranked 20th before the song selection, crashed to 31st place.
- Spain: The last to choose the song for Eurovision last night is Spain, which chose Melody and the song “Esa diva“. Spain was ranked 16th before the song selection, but the European audience expressed disappointment with this song as well, and now Spain is ranked 21st.
Additional changes in the table over the last week:
- Austria: The Austrian representative for Eurovision 2025 was revealed this week. JJ will perform the song “Wasted Love”. While the song itself hasn’t been released for listening yet, the fact that he’s a young opera singer who previously participated in “The Voice UK” has intrigued many, causing Austria to rise from 29th to 17th place.
- Cyprus: The Cypriot representative also recorded an increase this week from 27th to 19th place, after the representative appeared in the interval act of the Greek Eurovision national selection, where he performed his own version of the Cypriot song “Fuego” by Eleni Foureira. Theo Evan, although not showcasing his live singing abilities as he likely used playback, did demonstrate his dancing skills. These abilities will probably be displayed on the Eurovision stage in Basel.
- Portugal: With the release of the competing songs in the Portuguese Eurovision national selection for listening, Portugal climbs from 30th to 20th place.
- Norway: The Nordic country records a drop of 8 places, to 26th place, despite revealing the list of contestants in their national selection. It seems that bettors are not impressed by the names chosen to compete in the local competition.
- Czechia: The Czech representative, Adonxs, drops from 21st to 29th place.
Albania and Montenegro, who chose their Eurovision songs back in December, are at the bottom of the table.
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Is There Significance to the Betting Odds?
It’s important to note that betting tables are based on many people wagering their money on countries they believe might win the upcoming Eurovision. At this stage, the betting table is merely a table of expectations, of which only a small part will materialize and a large part will prove wrong. It is partly based on countries’ results in previous years and partly on songs already chosen to compete in national selections, or songs competing in local Eurovision preliminaries. These tables may change thousands of times until May.
Two years ago, Sweden led the betting tables from the song selection until their big win in Liverpool. Three years ago, after the war between Ukraine and Russia broke out, Ukraine topped the betting tables and eventually won the competition. In contrast, four years ago, Malta led the betting tables for most of the Eurovision season, with Italy overtaking Malta only in the rehearsal week. Although Italy won first place, Malta ultimately ranked only seventh.
Eurovision 2025: This will be Switzerland’s 65th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. Switzerland joined the competition in 1956, being one of the seven founding countries, and has won three times over the years. Its most recent victory was at the last Eurovision in 2025, with Nemo’s song “The Code.” This win follows Switzerland’s previous victory in 1988 with the song “Ne partez pas sans moi,” performed by international singer Céline Dion.