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Eurovision Odds: Favourites, Best Bets & Running Order

We have Eurovision odds for you along with everything you need to know about the favourites, best bets and the Grand Final running order.

How To Watch Eurovision 2023

Date: 13 May 2023

Time: 8 pm

Venue: Liverpool Arena, Liverpool, England

Hosts: Julia Sanina, Hannah Waddingham and Alesha Dixon

Slogan: United By Music

Channel: RTÉ 1 for viewers in Ireland and BBC 1 for viewers in the UK.

Participants: 26 countries will compete in the 2023 Eurovision Grand Final

Qualification for the Grand Final: Big-5 (France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom), last year’s winner (Ukraine), 10 best countries from Semi-final 1 and 10 best countries from Semi-final 2.

Voting: Televoting from participating countries + Online voting “Rest of the world” (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points) and national juries (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,12 points)

Eurovision Favourites

There will be 26 countries participating in the Eurovision Grand Final in Liverpool on Saturday Night.

Sweden is currently the heavy favourite to land another Eurovision title at odds as short as 1/2. If Sweden are to go on and win this year’s Eurovision they would go level with Ireland for most Eurovision Song Contest victories with seven.

The closest rivals to Sweden in the betting are Nordic Neighbours Finland who can be backed at 11/4 along with Ukraine at 9/1 looking to win it for the second successive year. Our wildcard pick would be Norway who can be currently gotten at 25/1.

Eurovision Odds - 2023 Grand Final

Grand Final Running Order

1st Austria | Teya & Salena – Who The Hell Is Edgar? 80/1

Austria has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-four times since entering first back in 1957. They won the contest on two occasions in 1966 and 2014 with the song “Rise Like a Phoenix ” performed by Conchita Wurst.

2nd Portugal | Mimicat – Ai Coração 200/1

Portugal has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 54 times since its debut at the 1964 contest. Since then it has missed five contests (1970, 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2016).

It has won the event on one occasion coming 1st in 2017.

3rd Switzerland | Remo Forrer – Watergun 150/1

Switzerland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 63 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956, missing only four contests, in 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003. Switzerland hosted the first contest in 1956 in Lugano and won it. Switzerland won the contest again in 1988, with the 1989 contest being held in Lausanne.

4th Poland | Blanka – Solo 200/1

Poland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 25 times since its debut in 1994 which remains its most successful entry, with Edyta Górniak finishing second and their only top-5 finish in the contest.

5th Serbia | Luke Black – Samo Mi Se Spava 250/1

 Serbia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 15 times since making its debut in 2007.  Serbia won the contest on its debut as an independent country in 2007, with “Molitva” by Marija Šerifović to date this is their only success in the competition.

6th France: La Zarra – Évidemment 25/1

France has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since its debut at the first contest in 1956. They have won the event five times in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1969 and 1977.

The French are one of the “Big Five” countries, along with United Kingdom, Germany, Italy and Spain, that automatically qualify for the final each year due to them being the biggest contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

For a full breakdown of France’s chances in this year’s Eurovision Grand Final check out our France Eurovision preview post.

7th Cyprus: | Andrew Lambrou – Break A Broken Heart 200/1

Cyprus will be represented by Andrew Lambrou singing “Break a Broken Heart”. Cyprus have made 38 appearances at the finals with their first coming in 1981.

They have never won the event with their best finish coming in 2018 when Eleni Foureira placed second with the song titled “Fuego”.

8th Spain: Blanca Paloma – Eaea 25/1

Spain has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 61 times since making its debut in 1961 winning the event 1968 and 1969. It is one of the “Big Five” countries, along with France, Germany, Italy and United Kingdom, that automatically qualify for the final each year due to them being the biggest contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

9th Sweden | Loreen – Tattoo 1/2

Sweden means business at this year’s contest as they bring back Loreen who won the contest with them for the hit song “Euphoria” back in 2012 which has been arguably one of if not the most Eurovision songs to break out into the mainstream in recent history.

The Swedish are currently 1/2 to win on Saturday and tie Ireland for most Eurovision victories.

10th Albania | Albina & Familja Kelmendi – Duje 500/1

Albania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 19 times since its debut in 2004. Albania participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for the first time in 2004 with Anjeza Shahini placing seventh.

It remained the country’s highest result in the contest until 2012 when Rona Nishliu finished fifth.

11th Italy | Marco Mengoni – Due Vite 66/1

Italy has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 47 times since making its debut at the first contest in 1956.

It was one of the seven countries that competed in the first contest, which took inspiration from the Sanremo Music Festival. Italy has won the contest on three occasions 1964, 1990 and most recently in 2021.

12th Estonia | Alika – Bridges 200/1

Estonia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 28 times since making its debut in 1994 and won the competition in 2001.

13th Finland | Käärijä – Cha Cha Cha 11/4

Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times since entering first back in 1961. They won the contest on one occasion in 2006 with the song “Hard Rock Hallelujah” performed by Lordi.

In the 2022 contest, “Jezebel” performed by The Rasmus managed to qualify Finland to the final placing twenty-first.

14th Czechia | Vesna – My Sister’s Crown 100/1

The Czech Republic have made 10 appearances at the finals with their first coming in 2007.

They have never won the event with their best finish coming in 2018 when Mikolas Josef sang the song Lie To Me.

15th Australia | Voyager – Promise 80/1

Australia is a relatively new participant in the Eurovision Song Contest, partaking in the competition seven times since its first appearance at the competition in 2015.

They’re entering this event with a record of being in the top 10 four times with their best finish coming in 2016 when Dami Im sang a song titled Sound of Silence.

16th Belgium | Gustaph – Because Of You 100/1

Belgium has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times since making its debut as one of seven countries at the first contest in 1956.

The only countries with more appearances are Germany (65), France (64) and the United Kingdom (64). Belgium. Belgium won the contest in 1986.

17th Armenia | Brunette – Future Lover 100/1

The Armenians have never won the Eurovision with their best finish coming in 2008 and 2014 where they placed fourth in the final. Could Armenia pull off a shock at this year’s event and record their best-ever finish?

Brunette has been described as “having an incredible stage presence and powerful vocal” two things Eurovisioners love.

18th Moldova | Pasha Parfeni – Soarele şi Luna 200/1

Moldova has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 18 times, debuting in 2005. The country’s best result is a third-place finish for SunStroke Project in 2017, with their song “Hey Mamma”.

19th Ukraine | TVORCHI – Heart of Steel 9/1

Ukraine has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since making its debut in 2003 winning the event on three occasions with Wild Dances” by Ruslana, in 2016 with “1944” by Jamala, and in 2022 with “Stefania” by Kalush Orchestra, thus becoming the first country in the 21st century and the first Eastern European country to win the contest three times.

Ukraine hosted the 2005 and 2017 contests in Kyiv. Due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, they are not hosting the event this year.

20th Norway | Alessandra – Queen of Kings 25/1

The Norwegians have won the Eurovision three times with the most recent of those victories coming in 2009 courtesy of Alexander Rybak’s hit song “Fairytale”.

This is another Scandinavian country with a strong recent track record in the competition with six top-10 finishes over the past 10 years.

21st Germany | Lord of the Lost – Blood & Glitter 200/1

Germany has officially participated in every Eurovision Song Contest since its inaugural edition in 1956, except in 1996 when its entry did not qualify past the audio-only pre-selection round.

It is one of the “Big Five” countries, along with France, United Kingdom, Italy and Spain, that automatically qualify for the final each year due to them being the biggest contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

22nd Lithuania | Monika Linkytė – Stay 300/1

Lithuania has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 23 times since its debut in 1994, where Ovidijus Vyšniauskas finished last, receiving “nul points”. LT United has the best result for the country finishing in sixth place in 2006 with the song “We Are the Winners” being Lithuania’s best result in the contest.

As of 2022, Lithuania remains the only Baltic country that is yet to win the contest after wins for Estonia in 2001 and Latvia in 2002.

23rd Israel | Noa Kirel – Unicorn 20/1

Israel was described as one of the biggest unknowns going into the semi-final, their song  Unicorn’ sung by  Noa Kirel can be gotten. There hasn’t been a single live performance of the song and Noa Kirel did not appear at any of the pre-parties (including the one in her own country).

Israel has made 44 appearances at the finals with their first coming in 1973. They won the event on four occasions 1978, 1979, 1998 and most recently in 2018 with Toy by Netta Barzilai.

24th Slovenia | Joker Out – Carpe Diem 200/1

Slovenia have already improved on their Eurovision 2022 result when they failed to qualify for the final, scoring only 15 points in their semi. Slovenia has made 27 appearances at the finals with their first coming in 1993. They have never won the event with their best finish coming seventh in 1995 and 2001.

25th Croatia | Let 3 – Mama ŠČ! 100/1

Croatia has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 28 times since making its debut at the 1993 contest. Croatia’s best result in the contest is a fourth-place finish in 1996 and 1999.

26th United Kingdom | Mae Muller – I Wrote A Song 66/1

The United Kingdom has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 64 times. It first took part in the second contest in 1957 and has entered every year since 1959. Along with Sweden and the Netherlands, the UK is one of only three countries with Eurovision victories in four different decades.

The UK has won the competition in 1967, 1969, 1976, 1981 and 1997. It is one of the “Big Five” countries, along with France, Germany, Italy and Spain, that automatically qualify for the final each year due to them being the biggest contributors to the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).

Best Bet: Norway EW @ 25/1 (Place terms: 1/5 of the odds, first 3 places)

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