The 2015 Eurovision Song Contest commences on May 19th with 40 countries competing for the crown. This article highlights a number of Eurovision song contest trends, to help your betting.
1 – G’Day Australia
Australia make their debut at Eurovision, making them only the second country outside of Europe to compete after Morocco in 1980. Guy Sebastian’s “Tonight Again” is available at 15.090 to win.
1:27 – A quick Finnish
Finland’s Eurovision entry “Aina mun pitää” (I always have to) by PKN is the shortest song to be entered in the history of Eurovision at 1 minute and 27 seconds. They are 13.840 to win the competition.
2nd – The curse of Eurovision
Throughout the history of Eurovision, no country has won when performing second.
2 (Again) – Will Estonia celebrate yesterday?
Estonia’s entry “Goodbye to Yesterday” by Elina Born & Stig Rasta has them as 3rd favourites at 7.210. They previously won back in 2001, which is their solitary win to date.
3 – Italy to take flight?
Italy are second favourites to win Eurovision this year at 4.170 with their entry “Grande Amore” by Il Volo (The Flight). The group’s album was released in Italy in February, and after three weeks was certified platinum. Should Italy triumph it would take them up to three Eurovision wins.
6 – Swede success?
The favourite (2.580) is Sweden’s entry “Heroes” by Mans Zelmerlow. Should Sweden win, they would become the second most successful nation with six Eurovision wins.
6 – Home Advantage
The host country has won Eurovision on six occasions; most recently in Ireland in 1993 and 1994. Austria are hosting this year.
7 – Sing when you’re winning
Ireland hold the record of the most Eurovision wins with seven. They tasted victory in 1970, 1980, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1996.
7 – It’ll be all white on the night
Strangely performers wearing white outfits have won Eurovision more times than any other colour.
12 - Maximum points
Sweden’s entry in 2012 - “Euphoria” - holds the record for being award the most maximum number of points - 12 - from 18 countries.
15 - Good but not good enough
The United Kingdom have finished as Eurovision runners-up a record 15 times. However their most recent near miss (and best finish) hasn’t been since 1998.
16 - Nul Points
Since the introduction of the current scoring system in 1975, there have been 16 entries that have received no points - the most recent in 2009.
28 – Female advantage
Female solo artists hold an advantage over their male counterparts, with 28 wins compared to just seven.
29 – English Tone
The last seven Eurovision winners were sung in English, in fact, in the last decade there has only been one winning song not in English, which was in 2007 when Serbia triumphed with “Molitva”.
387 – Record Points
Norway currently hold the record for the most points won at Eurovision, when Alexander Rybak’s song “Fairytale” scored 387 points in 2009.
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