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- Croatia are the 1/3 favourites to win Semi-Final 1 of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
- Netherlands lead the way in the betting odds to win the second Semi-Final this week with bookies putting them as clear favourites
- Croatia are the favourites to win the whole thing with the betting market changing around once again
Croatia are the 1/3 favourites to win Semi-Final 1 of the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
Croatia lead the way in the betting odds to win the first Semi-Final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest with UK Betting Sites still offering odds ahead of tonight’s opening Semi.
William Hill’s latest betting market puts Croatia as the clear favourites at ⅓ to win the first Semi-Final with the Semi show’s all fully publicly voted for unlike the Song Contest final that has Jury voting too.
Croatia are also the favourites to win the whole thing after bookmakers shortened their odds once again into favourites after Switzerland had previously been backed into the top of the market to win.
Baby Lasagna is set to perform at Eurovision this year for Croatia with the song 'Rim Tim Tagi Dim' which won the 2024 'Dora' in Croatia which chooses their representative.
The latest odds suggest a 75% chance that Croatia wins the first Semi-Final tonight with the market putting them ahead of Ukraine and Finland who are the second and third favourites respectively.
| Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 1 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Ukraine | 13/8 | 38.1% |
| Finland | 12/1 | 7.7% |
| Ireland | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Lithuania | 33/1 | 2.9% |
What the expert says...
Croatia lead the way in the betting odds to win the first Semi-Final of this year's Eurovision Song Contest with UK Betting Sites still offering odds ahead of tonight’s opening Semi.
William Hill’s latest betting market puts Croatia as the clear favourites at ⅓ to win the first Semi-Final with the Semi show’s all fully publicly voted for unlike the Song Contest final that has Jury voting too.
Croatia are also the favourites to win the whole thing after bookmakers shortened their odds once again into favourites after Switzerland had previously been backed into the top of the market to win.
Baby Lasagna is set to perform at Eurovision this year for Croatia with the song 'Rim Tim Tagi Dim' which won the 2024 'Dora' in Croatia which chooses their representative.
The latest odds suggest a 75% chance that Croatia wins the first Semi-Final tonight with the market putting them ahead of Ukraine and Finland who are the second and third favourites respectively.
| Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 1 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Ukraine | 13/8 | 38.1% |
| Finland | 12/1 | 7.7% |
| Ireland | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Lithuania | 33/1 | 2.9% |
What the expert says...
Netherlands lead the way in the betting odds to win the second Semi-Final this week with bookies putting them as clear favourites
Betting odds are also being offered on the second Semi-Final of the Eurovision Song Contest with the Netherlands odds-on to win on Thursday night’s second semi.
Joost Klein's Europapa is arguably the most popular act on YouTube with more than 23m views on his entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Semi-Final two looks more competitive though on paper with the Netherlands ½ favourites and so a tiny bit less of a favourite than Croatia with a 66% chance of winning the second Semi-Final.
| Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Final 2 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 1/2 | 66.7% |
| Switzerland | 4/1 | 20.0% |
| Israel | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Norway | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| Armenia | 20/1 | 4.8% |
Croatia are the favourites to win the whole thing with the betting market changing around once again
Switzerland have been the favourites to win the Eurovision Song Contest Final for a large part of the last month but Croatia have now moved back into favourites to win the event.
It’s expected that Switzerland’s entrant ‘The Code’ by Nemo will be extremely popular when it comes to the final with the song hitting all the characteristics for Jury and Popular votes.
Croatia though have moved above them in the betting market and are now the 15/8 favourites to win the whole thing with Switzerland drifting out to 3/1.
| Eurovision 2024 Winner | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Croatia | 15/8 | 34.8% |
| Switzerland | 3/1 | 25.0% |
| Ukraine | 7/2 | 22.2% |
| Italy | 5/1 | 16.7% |
| Netherlands | 10/1 | 9.1% |
