[Denver]

Its the highest they have been in the betting since Blue 11 years back.

While the song or artist hasn't been revealed their are loads of rumours from London Grammer, Sam Ryder, Griff, Chelsee Grimes and Claudia Valentina with Sam Ryder being the strongest rumour after releasing a 3 min edited version of his new song Spaceman.

Sam is very famous on Social media after finding fame over lockdown for his singing videos on Tik Tok where he has over 15m followers

[glib]

No we aren’t

[GoldHeart]

Why are we still in the Eurovision

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Why are we still in the Eurovision

The UK is in Europe.. Geography not your strong suit?

[glib]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The UK is in Europe.. Geography not your strong suit?

Australia is in Eurovision but isn’t in Europe. Eurovision not your strong suit?

[GoldHeart]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

The UK is in Europe.. Geography not your strong suit?

I'm well aware of that, but what about the mess that is Brexit.

[GoldHeart]

Yeah I don't know why Australia is in Eurovision contest,when they're nothing to do with Europe. Strange.

[glib]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I'm well aware of that, but what about the mess that is Brexit.

Well in Brexit the U.K. left the EU, not Europe did you know what you were voting for..?

[user104658]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

I'm well aware of that, but what about the mess that is Brexit.

The EU and Europe are not the same thing... There are (and have always been) loads of non-EU countries in Eurovision. And as has been pointed out, even some non-European countries who just wanted in on the fun, such as Israel and Australia and (until this year...) Russia.

[glib]

Originally Posted by GoldHeart

Why are we still in the Eurovision

I’ll give you the correct answer
Cheap programming for the BBC 3-4 hours every Saturday night once a year, and the semis on bbc4 too

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by glib

I’ll give you the correct answer
Cheap programming for the BBC 3-4 hours every Saturday night once a year, and the semis on bbc4 too

semi's are on BBC3, not anymore on BBC4 now

[LaLaLand]

How are we 5th favourite if the people who actually vote for the winner haven't heard the song?

Bull. We'll never win ever again. Be a miracle if we ever got back on the left hand side of the score board tbh.

[Denver]

Youtube video

This is like 99% likely to be the entrant, it has had a revamp and cut some of it out to fit 3 mins

[glib]

Originally Posted by Denver

Youtube video

This is like 99% likely to be the entrant, it has had a revamp and cut some of it out to fit 3 mins

Sounds boring, definitely not a winner.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by glib

Sounds boring, definitely not a winner.

Nobody is expecting a winner straight off the bat, it takes progression and this is out best song in 13 years hence why since this song was all but confirmed our odds have shortened to 5rh favourite

[glib]

What don’t we learn about sending all these men on their own to Eurovision - even SuRie did better than last.

None of our former winners have been single men… just established bands and established women.

[Denver]

Originally Posted by glib

What don’t we learn about sending all these men on their own to Eurovision - even SuRie did better than last.

None of our former winners have been single men… just established bands and established women.

It's got nothing to do with the singer being male more so that they have not had a male capable of giving a great performance something which Sam is fantastic at, you really need to check up is songs especially Tiny Riot

[glib]

Originally Posted by Denver

It's got nothing to do with the singer being male more so that they have not had a male capable of giving a great performance something which Sam is fantastic at, you really need to check up is songs especially Tiny Riot

We sent Engelbert Humperdinck though

[Denver]

Originally Posted by glib

We sent Engelbert Humperdinck though

Englebert gave a great performance with a good song but the only issue is we sent a winning song 30-40 years to late

[glib]

Originally Posted by Denver

Englebert gave a great performance with a good song but the only issue is we sent a winning song 30-40 years to late

Yes that’s true

We also used to send well known artists in their prime and got high placing
e.g. Mary Hopkin, New Seekers, Cliff, Shadows, Lynsey De Paul etc come to mind

Our streak ended in 1978 when unsurprisingly we sent a totally new group no had ever heard of, ‘Co-Co’

[user104658]

Betti g odds are (in large part) based on what people are betting on which doesn't necessarily reflect the likelihood of actually winning, especially when the voter pool and betting pool are different.

I.e. These odds are coming from the bets of the British public, who have a large component betting patriotically, but they have no actual sway over who will win, so the odds can skew in ways that are incongruent with the likely outcome.

[glib]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I.e. These odds are coming from the bets of the British public, who have a large component betting patriotically, but they have no actual sway over who will win, so the odds can skew in ways that are incongruent with the likely outcome.

Even Brits themselves don’t think they can even be top favourite , it has to be 5th

[Denver]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Betti g odds are (in large part) based on what people are betting on which doesn't necessarily reflect the likelihood of actually winning, especially when the voter pool and betting pool are different.

I.e. These odds are coming from the bets of the British public, who have a large component betting patriotically, but they have no actual sway over who will win, so the odds can skew in ways that are incongruent with the likely outcome.

But we have never had odds this low since Blue in 2011, Odds show that people have some sort of faith for them to be betting on it

[glib]

Just read Ukraine are favourites to win Eurovision this year, sympathy votes

So if they win wheres that going to be held, the trenches ?

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by glib

Just read Ukraine are favourites to win Eurovision this year, sympathy votes

So if they win wheres that going to be held, the trenches ?

no, then it'll likely go to a random drawn country


maybe Dusseldorf once more, given that one was also picked by a Australia back in 2016 when they were contenders to win with Dami


or maybe Glasgow or Aberdeen given that one got picked by EBU once before when Monaco had their win and they couldn't host due to not having a suitable venue