EUROVISION 2021 – This Sunday we have gathered all the information regarding the odds for the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest entries in the bookies, the preview shows in the Nordic area and some interesting poll results.
ICELANDIC PREVIEWS
In Iceland, the first episode of Alla leið gave top marks for… Russia. Helga Möller, Sigurður, Þorri Gunnarsson, Lovísa Árnadóttir and Doktor Gunni watched the first videos and ranked as follow:
- Russia (38)
- Lithuania (35)
- Sweden (33)
- Ireland (22)
- Cyprus (19)
- Slovenia (13)
- Australia (7)
- North Macedonia (7)
NORWEGIAN PREVIEWS
The first Norwegian preview show gave Malta top remarks. In the show the panel was membered by Ingeborg Heldal – Journalist and Editor, Stian “Staysman” Thorbjørnsen – Former Melodi Grand Prix participant, Kevin Vågenes. Vågenes- Comedian, Myra – Singer and the Eurofans, Elisabeth Fjalsett, Jim Ø. Pedersen, Even Jacobsen and Adele Hagen.
- Malta – Destiny – Je me casse – 86 points
- Azerbaijan – Efendi – Mata Hari- 77 points
- Israel – Eden Alene – Set Me Free – 70 points
- France – Barbara Pravi – Viola – 63 points
- Ukraine – Go_A – Shum – 45 points
- Georgia – Tornike Kipaini – You – 39 points
- Germany – Jendrik – I Don’t Feel Hate – 31 points
BETTING ODDS CURRENT STANDINGS
In the market of the betting odds, Malta and France are tipped to be the top favourites for the Eurovision 2021 trophy with no changes in the lead. Lithuania and Greece show slight improvement while Iceland and San Marino show slight downfall.
It is also interesting to see the predicted qualifiers for the semi-finals. For the first one, Malta, Sweden, Cyrus, Lithuania, Romania, Azerbaijan, Norway, Ukraine, Russia, Croatia are tipped to get the ticket to the grand final while Switzerland, Bulgaria, Finland, Iceland, Greece, San Marino, Moldova, Serbia, Albania, Austria are set to the May 22nd show, according to the betting odds.
EUROPREDICTION powered by oikotimes
In our poll which can be found here – https://oikotimes.co.uk/vote – Lithuania and Switzerland lead the two semi-finals poll while Malta, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Croatia, Ukraine, Romania, Sweden, Israel and Ireland are predicted to qualify in the first semi-final and Greece, San Marino, Finland, Iceland, Moldova, Bulgaria, Latvia, Albania and Poland are predicted to qualify for the second semi-final.
THE OGAE INTERNATIONAL POLL
One of the truly untrustworthy polls ever made internationally, the OGAE INTERNATIONAL poll is ow giving current standings of 4 regional fan clubs (with 90!!!! votes – only). In that really weirdly and with no serious demographic representation poll, Switzerland, Lithuania and Malta are in the lead so far. At the end of this poll (which never predicts the winner) we will see around 200-400 voters only! But since the fan sites heavily promote this poll, we add it to our weekly review – just for … fun!
- Switzerland – 44 points
- Lithuania – 34 points
- Malta – 33 points
- France – 21 points
- San Marino – 19 points
- Sweden – 18 points
- Cyprus – 18 points
- Ukraine – 8 points
- Azerbaijan – 7 points
- Italy – 6 points
