Eurovision Betting

Many online bookmakers now offer betting odds for the Eurovision Song Contest. The song contest is televised annually to see which nation can pen and perform the best original three minute or less pop song. Love it or hate it, the Eurovision is here to stay. Eurovision betting is now a popular sector of the online betting industry with both punters and bookmakers putting their money where their ear is and trying to make a quick buck by predicting not only who will win Europe’s premier song contest but also in a variety of other markets.

The new Eurovision format means that you can now indulge in Eurovision Betting on the semi-finals markets, Eurovision match bets, top 4 finish betting, top 10 finish betting and country specific performances among many other betting markets.

History of Eurovision betting

The contest has been held every year since 1956, during which time it has steadily grown in size. In recent years, viewers have seen the inclusion of further participating nations, many of which have come from former Eastern Bloc territories. Because the event is not restricted to European nations (Israel, for example, have participated in the past) but to members of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the Eurovision has potential to get even bigger. And as the contest grows, so too will the betting markets.

Although indelibly associated in the popular imagination with partisan political voting on the part of participant nations, the Eurovision Song Contest may have done more to encourage co-operation between European nations than the EU.

The contest is also commonly associated with the kind of hopeless musical amateurs that truly deserve "nul points", yet the Eurovision has had its fair share of both prestigious entrants and those who later found fame, including ABBA, Lulu, Sandie Shaw, Cliff Richard, Julio Iglesias, Olivia Newton-John, Céline Dion, Katrina and the Waves, and, of course, the legendary Dana International. The contest has also provided us with such memorable musical milestones as Volare, Abba"s Waterloo, Making Your Mind Up by Bucks Fizz, and, of course, the immortal A-Ba-Ni-Bi, Israel"s entry in the 1978 Eurovision.

Betting on the Eurovision Song Contest

online betting bookmakers generally offer markets for an outright win in the Eurovision Song Contest. Some bookmakers also offer odds for national heats and the top three.

To see the Eurovision betting markets and odds offered by individual betting sites, please refer to the sites listed on our home page directory of recommended online bookmakers.

To Win Eurovision 2010 Latest Betting Odds

Azerbaijan	13/5	5/2	11/8	2	9/4	9/4
Germany	10/3	11/4	7/2	3	11/4	3
Armenia	5	6	13/2	6	9/2	6
Israel	6	10	10	10	8	10
Turkey	10	14	12	12	9	12
Denmark	11	16	16	14	14	16
Greece	16	25	25	20	18	25
Ireland	33	14	16	20	14	25
Iceland	33	35	33	33	33	33
Belguim	25	30	22	14	18	25
Georgia	33	40	40	33	33	40
Romania	33	50	50	40	33	40
Norway	33	40	25	25	25	40
Albania	80	100	100	40	66	66
Belarus	50	66	80	40	50	66
Serbia	80	100	125	80	66	80
Spain	80	125	100	50	66	66
France	66	100	125	50	100	66
Moldova	80	125	125	50	50	100
Cyprus	80	100	125	50	100	100
Ukraine	80	125	125	50	66	80
United Kingdom	100	125	100	66	100	66
Russia	150	150	125	100	100	100
Portugal	175	250	125	80	250	200
Bosnia and Herzegovina	150	300	125	80	200	125

Odds Last Updated: 28/05/2010 (97 Days Ago)