Eurovision 2025 Betting Odds: Sweden continues to lead, but someone is coming close, threatening to take the lead! These are the significant changes in the betting odds table over the last week!

Just days before the submission deadline for Eurovision 2025 entries to the European Broadcasting Union, only nine songs remain unrevealed! Six additional countries unveiled their songs for Eurovision 2025 in the past week: Austria, United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, Croatia, and Czechia. Some entered the top 10, while others ranked at the bottom of the table – how did the unveiling of the songs affect the Eurovision 2025 betting table? The full table is later in the article!

So, has the Eurovision winning song been revealed in the past week? It’s quite possible! Yesterday morning, the Austrian entry “Wasted Love” performed by opera singer JJ was unveiled. It’s an incredibly impressive pop-opera ballad that will be hard to overlook. If JJ’s live vocal abilities match his recorded studio version in the clip, we may have just been introduced to the winning song of Eurovision 2025! The betting tables quickly reacted to the Austrian song’s reveal. JJ rose to second place with a 12% chance of winning, after being in fifth place last week. Austria is not accustomed to standing at the top of the betting tables in recent years, and we should remember that just a month ago, Austria stood only at 15th place.

Still at First – Sweden!

Sweden still leads the table even though the Swedish song will only be chosen tomorrow (Saturday). However, Sweden is recording a significant drop in its chances of winning Eurovision. If before the Austrian song’s reveal Sweden had a 20% chance of winning, it now has only 16%. Why is Sweden leading in first place? The reason is the participation of Eurovision 2015 winner, Måns Zelmerlöw, in the Swedish national selection with the song “Revolution”. Måns performed his song in the semi-final of the Swedish national selection and delivered a captivating performance with perfect staging, as the Swedes know how to provide for Eurovision. However, it’s not impossible that tomorrow evening we’ll all be surprised and see another contestant win the competition, as Zelmerlöw himself said he doesn’t believe in his chances of winning the national selection.

The Top 5 is Shaking up!

France, which was ranked second last week, dropped to third place this week due to Austria’s strengthening. The Netherlands and singer Claude strengthened and rose from sixth to fourth place, while Finland and the sexist song “Ich Komme” dropped from third to fifth place

Six countries unveiled their songs for Eurovision this week:

Austria: As mentioned, Austrian singer JJ is currently ranked second in the betting tables.

Czechia: Singer Adonxs had already revealed his song a few weeks ago in a live performance at the Maltese national selection, but until now we could only listen to a version different from the Eurovision version to be performed in May. Last night, the singer released the impressive Eurovision version of “Kiss Kiss Goodbye”. The Czech Republic drops slightly from 8th to 9th place.

United Kingdom: This morning, the girl group Remember Monday was revealed as the UK representative with the song “What The Hell Just Happened?”. It seems that the betting audience is quite pleased with the choice of the girl group. The UK rises three places since the song was revealed and is now ranked 13th. If the UK receives this placement in the Eurovision final, they can certainly be satisfied with the result, as the UK has been ranked at the bottom of the table for many years (except for 2022).

Germany: The duo Abor and Tynna were chosen last Saturday to represent Germany after winning the national selection. With their selection, Germany recorded a slight decline – dropping from 23rd to 24th place.

Denmark: On Saturday, singer Sissal was also chosen after winning the local national selection with the song “Hallucination”. Denmark also records a slight decline, dropping from 24th to 26th place.

Croatia: Singer Marko Bošnjak, who surprisingly won the Croatian national selection, also records a slight decline in the betting tables. Croatia drops from 30th to 31st place.

Further changes in the table this past week:

Ukraine: The band Ziferblat records an increase as it re-enters the top 10 (10th place) after being ranked 13th last week. Ukraine’s rise comes against the backdrop of uncertainty regarding the exit permit that band members need to receive due to being of military draft age.

Cyprus: Singer Theo Evan is expected to release his song next Wednesday. As someone who has heard the song, I can understand the reason for Cyprus’s rise, now ranked 11th. Cyprus was placed 14th last week.

Malta: Singer Miriana Conte records a slight decline after the European Broadcasting Union chose to disqualify the lyrics of the Maltese song “Kant” due to similarity to a profanity. The Maltese song, which was in 12th place last week, has now dropped to 14th place.

Australia: Singer Go-Jo‘s song records a significant decline this week, now ranked only 16th. Australia dropped 5 places in the last week.

Switzerland: With the surprising reveal of singer Zoë Më as the representative of the late-announcing country, Switzerland records a significant rise, climbing 6 places. Switzerland, which was ranked 26th last week, is now ranked 20th/

San Marino: After a significant rise last week, San Marino drops 5 places and is now ranked 22nd. Why did San Marino rise so high in the first place? The list of contestants included the song “Tutta l’Italia” by DJ Gabry Ponte. The song served as the official song of the Sanremo Festival, and as known, the Italian festival serves as a kind of national selection for Italy. It’s one of the biggest and most played hits in Italy these days and one of the biggest hits to come out of Sanremo.

Serbia: About a week after singer Princ was chosen for Eurovision 2025, the singer records a rise of 3 places and is now placed 33rd.

Credit: eurovisionworld.com

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.