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Eurovision betting odds: Israel has reclaimed the top spot! Who is challenging Israel, and what are the real chances of winning? Check out the updated betting odds table!

The summit of the betting odds leaderboard is constantly changing. Israel has returned to the first place after displacing Belgium from the peak. Two weeks since Yuval Raphael was selected to represent Israel at Eurovision 2025, Europe believes she could rank very high in the competition this coming May in Basel. Prior to Raphael’s selection, Israel was ranked fifth but climbed to second place even before her song was chosen—and now, it has reached the top!
Europeans were impressed by Raphael’s vocal abilities shown during the “HaKokhav HaBa” season. They take into account Israel‘s unavoidable presence amidst the Middle East conflict and are familiar with Yuval’s personal story of surviving an October 7th strike after surviving from the Nova festival massacre—a story widely covered by international media. The full table in the article.




Top Three Current Standings

The current top three positions in the table are Israel, Belgium, and Sweden. The gaps between them are very tight, with all three countries having approximately 9%-11% chances of winning. Belgium recently led the betting table after unveiling its Eurovision song contenders. Red Sebastian initially grabbed attention with “Strobe Lights,” securing first place in Belgium, but began to drop in the betting ranks less than three days after his selection.

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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.

At this stage, not all representatives and songs for this year’s Eurovision are known, and there are still national selections that haven’t revealed their competing songs and artists. Therefore, the betting tables should be taken in proportion. Nevertheless, this important tool shouldn’t be disregarded, and we will continue to follow it.

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.