Norway Eurovision Odds 2023 – Norwegians To End 14-Year Wait?
Check out Norway Eurovision odds in this post as we preview this country’s chances of ending their fourteen-year “Eurovision Drought”.
It’s fourteen years since Norway won their third Eurovision with the song “Fairytale”, performed and written by Alexander Rybak. The song received a record-breaking 387 points out of a possible 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest.
Only seven countries have won more Eurovision titles than Norway and a win would see them tie with Israel on four thus moving ahead of Ukraine, Italy and Denmark who currently also have three successes in the competition.
Can Norway win a fourth Eurovision title this year? Find out their chances, betting odds, the song and their representative ahead of Eurovision 2023 below.
Norway Eurovision Odds
Norway’s Eurovision 2023 betting odds are 14/1 which gives the country a 6.7% chance of winning the Eurovision Song Contest going by the implied probability of those odds. These shorts odds make Sweden the favourite for the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest
Who Will Represent Norway in Eurovision 2023?
Norwegian-Italian singer Alessandra Mele will represent Norway in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest after winning with her “Queen of Kings” in the Melodi Grand Prix 2023, which is Norway’s national selection contest after managing to earn 233 points, 104 points from the jury and 129 from the public, winning both halves of the vote and earning her place at Eurovision 2023.
Alessandra came to prominence as a singer while competing in the seventh season of The Voice – Norges beste stemme in 2022, reaching the live shows
What Is Norway’s Eurovision Song?
The name of Norway’s song for Eurovision 2023 is Queen of Kings which will be performed by Alessandra at the 2023 Contest. This song has only been out since March 11th and has already been viewed over 10 million times across the two most viewed videos as it looks to have major prospects of victory this year.
The song was written and composed by the team of Henning Olerud, Stanley Ferdinandez, Alessandra Mele and Linda Dale and the song is about showing “the power of women, but also the power of all people, about how important it is to feel yourself.” Mele said that her experiences as a bisexual woman influenced the creation of the song.
Eurovision Betting Favourites In 2023
Sweden 8/11
Sweden has been installed as the red-hot favourite for Eurovision 2023 at odds of 8/11 for their song Tattoo with former winner Loreen.
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. This latest song has only been out since March 11th and has already been viewed over 3.2 million times on YouTube as looks to be the main contender for this year’s prize.
Finland 3/1
Finland is the second favourite for this year’s contest at 7/2 for their song Cha Cha Cha sung by Finnish rapper Käärijä
Finland has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fifty-five times since entering first back in 1961. They have 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.
Ukraine 10/1
Ukraine is the third favourite to win Eurovision 2023 at 10/1 odds with the song “Heart of Steel” performed by TVORCHI. The implied probability of those odds suggests Ukraine has a 40% chance of winning this year’s Eurovision.
Ukraine is the defending champions having won the Eurovision last year with the song “Stefania” performed by Kalush Orchestra. The country received 439 points in televoting in the final which was the most ever received by a country. A lot of people believe that Ukraine’s success in Eurovision 2022 is related to the invasion by Russia and other European countries wanting to show support for Ukraine.
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How Many Times have Norway Won the Eurovision?
Norway has won the Eurovision 3 times. Their first victory came in 1985 with the song “La det swinge” by Bobbysocks! The song was a tribute to dancing to old rock ‘n’ roll heard on the radio.
Their second success at the event came ten years later with the song “Nocturne”, composed by Rolf Løvland, written by Petter Skavlan and performed by Secret Garden. The song is noted for its almost complete absence of lyrics with only 24 words being sung in the original
Their third and most recent success in the competition came in 2009 with the song “Fairytale”, performed and written by Alexander Rybak. The song received a record-breaking 387 points out of a possible 492, at the time the highest total score in the history of the contest.
Which Semi-Final Are Norway Competing In At Eurovision 2023?
Norway were drawn in the first semi-final which will take place on 9 May 2023. Fifteen countries will take part in the semi-final and they are Sweden, Malta, Serbia, Latvia, Portugal, Ireland, Croatia, Switzerland, Israel, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, The Netherlands, Finland and Norway.
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