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EXPANDED EDITION: We rediscover pre-contest Eurovision odds from 1998 to 2021!

🇳🇱 Rotterdam 2021

Date of final: 22 May 2021
Odds recorded: 29 March 2021 (54 days before the final)
Source: bet365

  • The winning entry was placed 5th in the odds.
  • 60% of the eventual top 5 at Eurovision placed inside the top 5 of the odds.
  • 80% of the eventual top 15 at Eurovision placed inside the top 15 of the odds.
RankOddsCountryEntryEurovision Placing
110/3🇲🇹 MaltaDestiny – Je Me Casse7th
210/3🇨🇭 SwitzerlandGjon’s Tears – Tout l’Univers3rd
313/2🇫🇷 FranceBarbara Pravi – Voilà2nd
48/1🇧🇬 BulgariaVICTORIA – Growing Up Is Getting Old11th
59/1🇮🇹 ItalyMåneskin – Zitti E Buoni1st
611/1🇸🇪 SwedenTusse – Voices14th
714/1🇮🇸 IcelandDaði og Gagnamagnið – 10 Years4th
814/1🇱🇹 LithuaniaThe Roop – Discoteque8th
922/1🇨🇾 CyprusElena Tsagrinou – El Diablo16th
1033/1🇫🇮 FinlandBlind Channel – Dark Side6th
1133/1🇳🇴 NorwayTIX – Fallen Angel18th
1240/1🇬🇷 GreeceStefania – Last Dance10th
1340/1🇲🇩 MoldovaNatalia Gordienko – Sugar13th
1440/1🇷🇺 RussiaManizha – Russian Woman9th
1540/1🇸🇲 San MarinoSenhit – Adrenalina22nd

🇮🇹 Turin 2022

Date of final: 14 May 2022
Odds recorded: 27 April 2022 (17 days before the final)
Source: bet365

RankOddsCountryEntry
14/5🇺🇦 UkraineKalush Orchestra – Stefania
27/2🇮🇹 ItalyMahmood & BLANCO – Brividi
313/2🇸🇪 SwedenCornelia Jakobs – Hold Me Closer
411/1🇬🇧 United KingdomSam Ryder – SPACE MAN
514/1🇪🇸 SpainChanel – SloMo
628/1🇵🇱 PolandOchman – River
735/1🇬🇷 GreeceAmanda Georgiadi Tenfjord – Die Together
840/1🇳🇴 NorwaySubwoolfer – Give That Wolf A Banana
950/1🇳🇱 NetherlandsS10 – Die Diepte
1070/1🇦🇺 AustraliaSheldon Riley – Not The Same
1190/1🇵🇹 PortugalMARO – Saudade, Saudade
1290/1🇷🇸 SerbiaKonstrakta – In Corpore Sano
1390/1🇨🇭 SwitzerlandMarius Bear – Boys Do Cry
14100/1🇫🇷 FranceAlvan & Ahez – Fulenn
15125/1🇫🇮 FinlandThe Rasmus – Jezebel

How accurate will the pre-rehearsal odds turn out to be this year? Well there is not to long to wait until we find out!

Do let us know in the comments section below or via our social media pages if you have any thoughts about all of these statistics! Were you surprised to see DJ Bobo topping the odds in 2007? Perhaps you’d forgotten Dustin The Turkey was deemed a potential winner in 2008? Or how about Sertab not even being inside the top 15 of the odds in 2003? Make sure you let us know @ESCXTRA!

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