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
It was a real pity that Serbia and Poland did not qualify, their songs were quite funny and hilarious performance was done by both singers.
I liked Albania's song too, the girl had potential and determination for being only 16 years old
http://www.yourchildlearns.com/europe_map.htm
The favourites are seen to be
Norway
Turkey
Greece
Finland
To all the moaners that think the songs are crap don't watch it. Some of these are professional acts (the Bosnia & H entry toured with the rolling stones, the Swiss entry sounded like a U2 effort, the Irish entry like April Levine, GB entry written by Andrew Lloyd Webber etc.).
Think it will be a close contest this year, there are some very good songs in there. oh and some nice eye candy too.
... comming from a 15 year old obessed with heavy metal :L
really good. Best of luck.
As far as can we ever win - who knows? We didn't expect to win all those Gold medals in Bejing last year, but it shouldn't stop us trying! Otherwise we'd never compete in most sports at international level! We don't need to win it, we have a successful pop industry in the UK anyway. But it is a great opportunity to hear some great songs from those countries that DO take it seriously, and get to see a colourful and entertaining show.
Liking Iceland, Sweden, Norway & Turkey this year as well as Jade who is very talented and shoud get top 10 at least tomorrow night