Eurovison - This Year's Frontrunners
As Eurovision fever builds we take a look at this year’s front runners ahead of Saturday night’s final in Moscow.
Norway: Alexander Rybak - Fairytale
Having already topped the charts in Norway, is Russian born vocalist and violinist Alexander Rybak destined for a "Fairytale" ending in Moscow?
Odds: 6/4
Greece: Sakis Rouvas - This Is Our Night
Greece last won the competition as recently as 2005 but can Sakis Rouvas take the trophy back to Athens with this slice of europop gold?
Odds: 6/1
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Regina - Bistra Voda
A somewhat sombre entry from Bosnia and Herzegovina who made their debut at the Contest in 1993 but have so far failed to win. Will 2009 be their year?
Odds: 9/1
Turkey: Hadise - Düm Tek Tek
Fusing r’n’b beats with some exotic eastern sounds, it’s easy to see why Turkey are highly rated this year.
Odds: 9/1
Iceland: Yohanna - Is It True
Don’t expect Norse inflected verses of fire and ice as Iceland’s entry sounds like it could be straight out of High School Musical, complete with polished smiles and sweeping key changes.
Odds: 14/1
United Kingdom: Jade - It's My Time
Having fared badly in the contest since 2003's Iraq war, the UK aim to break their cycle of 'bad luck' with Jade's Andrew Lloyd Webber penned track. A win in Moscow this year would take the UK's total up to six gongs.
Odds: 14/1
Azerbaijan: AySel & Arash - Always
The former Soviet State made their Eurovision debut last year so it may come as a surprise to some that they're amongst this year's front runners.
Odds: 16/1
Malta: Chiara - What If We
Now a veteran of the contest, this is Chiara's third Eurovision attempt. Will it be third time lucky this year?
Odds: 16/1
Armenia: Inga & Ansuh - Jan Jan
Our personal favourite in the Yahoo! Music office. It's an outside chance but we're bold enough to predict that Armenia will get a podium finish this year with their genre busting track "Jan Jan".
Odds: 33/1
Sweden: Malena Ernman - La Voix
We didn't really know what to make of Sweden's rather bizarre fusion of europop and opera sung by a rather striking looking Nordic belle but it's clearly worth a look in.
Odds: 66/1
Even if England or Ireland or Spain or France shone way above everyone else, we all know it's not these guys that'll win.
The "best thing" about the Eurovision Song Contest for me, was Terry Wogan. He is the one who made it. Now he's no longer going to be around, there is no point in watching it. . . .
.waiting for saterday to come.
Excellent voice much better than our representative, which is not hard britian cant produce anything good just now.
I also really like Norway, Malta, Lithuania and UK! :)
Denmark is also a good one - written by Ronan Keating, and Brynck is a real Ronan sound-a-like too, but it is a good track - I was in Copenhagen when they selected it (watching on TV.) Interesting to see how Graham does this year instead of Terry W - oh, how we will miss that mop of nylon hair of his!!! Good luck to all entries - the previews make it to be a real good show!
that said I like the sweden, finland and the Bosnia and Herzegovina songs, I heard them all being played on the radio yesterday.