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- Ukraine short priced favourites with bookmakers to win the first Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final
- Norway, Greece and Netherlands are next in the Betting
- Betting sites give Ukraine a 61% chance of winning against Next best Greece just 14%
- The First Semi Final takes place on Tuesday 10th May, the second 2 days later
- The Final is on 14th May in Turin - Italy
1st Semi Final Running Order and Betting
Tuesday 10th of May is a date for the diary as the first semi-final for the 2022 Eurovision song contest takes place in Turin in Italy. We know the running order, and present that below with the betting and probability betting sites have offered each country win this semi final - You can also bet on which countries will qualify by finishing in the top ten in the first semi final.
Eurovision 2022 Semi-Final 1 Running Order and Betting
The table is ordered in terms of the favourite switch betting sites to win the heat, with the order in which they will perform in the first column
| Performing | Country | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Ukraine | 1.62 | 61.73% |
| 15 | Greece | 6.80 | 14.71% |
| 8 | Netherlands | 8.40 | 11.90% |
| 16 | Norway | 8.80 | 11.36% |
| 10 | Portugal | 25 | 4.00% |
| 13 | Austria | 29 | 3.45% |
| 17 | Armenia | 34 | 2.94% |
| 4 | Switzerland | 34 | 2.94% |
| 1 | Albania | 36 | 2.78% |
| 9 | Moldova | 40 | 2.50% |
| 11 | Croatia | 46 | 2.17% |
| 14 | Iceland | 46 | 2.17% |
| 3 | Lithuania | 46 | 2.17% |
| 12 | Denmark | 46 | 2.17% |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 50 | 2.00% |
| 2 | Latvia | 50 | 2.00% |
| 5 | Slovenia | 50 | 2.00% |
As you can see, considering any other country to win outside of Ukraine, so far the bookmakers are concerned would be speculative at the least.
The countries looking like having the best shot are Greece, The Netherlands, and Norway.
There may be some benefit in performing late and Greece and Norway are the final two performances on the night.
Since the Semi-Finals for the competition were introduced in 1996, Greece has won twice, (2008 & 2011), The Netherlands twice too, (2014 & 2019) Norway (2009 & 2018).
Ukraine have only competed since 2003 of course and won the Semi-final in 2008 when finishing second overall in the final.
