Brooke Scullion (in blue) rehearses in Turin, Italy yesterday
Tonight.
Turin, Italy.
The Eurovision Song Contest officially gets underway…
…Via Rachael Kane at Paddy Power:
Ireland are massive odds on NOT to make it past the semi-final stage.
Almost half (46%) of all their customers are backing Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra, who are huge favourites (1/2) to win the contest outright.
By comparison, no such confidence is being shown for the Irish entry by punters, with just 8% of those having a wager on the contest, backing Ireland.
In fact, it’s a 1/5 shot, reflecting a probability of 83.3%, that 23-year-old Derry native Brooke Scullion and her song That’s Rich won’t make it out of their group when they hit the stage with the second batch of semi-finalists on Thursday night.
So, it will come as no surprise to learn that the bookies make them long shots at 300/1 to win this year’s contest outright.
Um.
Irish Eurovision star Brooke Scullion on vocal rest ahead of semi-finals (The Irish Mirror)
Pic: Eurovision.tv
Yesterday: Qualify Street
Euro….Pfft
Vision….H’yeah right
Song….Ah you’re havin a laugh now
Contest…Ok, ok…its official, words are now meaningless
the nazis are going to win it sure. they might as well do ‘springtime for hitler’ …
Yes the pity vote
Its a load of political posturing, and features loads of nations who arent even European – Israel? Australia?
I used to like eurovision, but now its clear as ever that its a political farce. Ukraine will win because of the war, good entries will not.
They are fighting for your freedoms
It’s like Derry Girls. Not as good as it used to be.
Derry Girls jumped the shark in this series .. and has also managed to parody itself, which is a remarkable achievement. Even if by accident.
Tops of the Town effort