April 18, 20232 yr I think it’s fairly safe to count Ukraine out for the win really. I’ve said this before but the war didn’t take Stefania from zero to hero - it turned a song that was a Top 5 contender anyway into a sure fire winner. This time the song isn’t at that level in the first place, but also the sympathy vote will be weaker because many people will feel that they’ve already given it once and that’s enough. I think that’s just human nature, rightly or wrongly.
April 21, 20232 yr I'm in on Finland winning televote, it has that feeling. Tattoo somewhere in the top 5 but probably winning juries. I think Loreen will win both juries and televote easily.
April 25, 20232 yr Id love Finland to top the televote, what do you think of the chances of Sweden not winning and coming somewhere like 3rd or are we already looking for a forgone conclusion.
April 25, 20232 yr Finland feels like the televote winner but I just don't think Sweden will be far enough behind for them not to win overall. I'd guess Sweden 1st on jury (or maybe lower if they universally flock behind something like France or Spain) and 2nd on televote and Finland 1st on televote and like 4th to 6th on the jury vote, which you'd presume will lead to an overall victory for Sweden. I'm so tempted to put money on Finland as it definitely has that winner vibe but I just can't see how the juries will back them enough for them to overcome Sweden, who you'd assume will be very high on both metrics. If the contest was televote only, my money would be on Finland, but it's not.
April 25, 20232 yr I want Kaarija out a bit further before I bet on him. Where my eyes are really focused in terms of betting potential is Sweden to win Semi 1 / Sweden to win the televote. They're as far as 4/1 on the latter because people have decided Kaarija will do better but I don't think it's out of the question that Tattoo tops that and the jury.
April 27, 20232 yr I'm beginning to feel that Finland will win actually. Id be happy to see Finland win.
May 12, 20232 yr Any predictions now we have the full running order? I won't do a whole rundown but just a few comments:- Can definitely see Israel ending up top 5 with that draw. Croatia will also end up top 10 I think (possibly top 5 on the televote?). I think Norway will be top 10 with that draw too. Not sure what to think of France, think they will still be top 5 on Jury (like Destiny was in 2021) but I am not sure how well it will do with the televote? Sadly I dont think the UK will be top 10 but hopefully they won't be bottom 5. As for the Winner, I've said it the other day but Ukraine now have a great draw. I really do worry that they will win again for various reasons. I don't think they will be top 5 on the Jury but they can certainly top the televote again. If they do win the televote I suspect it won't be 400+ but could easily be more than 300+ However, hopefully it will still be Sweden Vs Finland. Still hoping for Sweden even with the early draw. We have had some winners being 10th-12th so it could still do it.
May 12, 20232 yr Gonna have a crack at the top 10 (which as ever, will be incredibly wrong ) 01. Finland 02. Sweden 03. Israel 04. Lithuania 05. Ukraine 06. Croatia 07. Spain 08. Belgium 09. Slovenia 10. France
May 13, 20232 yr Norway's second verse in the jury final last night was really not great. Might not do as well as predicted.
May 13, 20232 yr Author Ready to be very. very wrong about this but I predict: 01 Sweden 02 Finland 03 Israel 04 France 05 Austria 06 Slovenia 07 Australia 08 Croatia 09 Spain 10 Belgium 11 Czechia 12 Italy 13 Cyprus 14 Norway 15 Ukraine 16 United Kingdom 17 Armenia 18 Switzerland 19 Estonia 20 Lithuania 21 Serbia 22 Albania 23 Poland 24 Germany 25 Moldova 26 Portugal
May 13, 20232 yr 01 Finland 02 Sweden 03 France 04 Belgium 05 Israel 06 Croatia 07 Ukraine 08 Slovenia 09 Armenia 10 United Kingdom I guess? Maybe. Just going off some gut-feelings.
May 13, 20232 yr They got through a televote only semi, they’re gonna be big with juries… I am probably wrong but I think it’s gonna be the dark horse for tonight. (Oh and I don’t care for the song so it isn’t blind stanning or anything lol)
May 13, 20232 yr As much as I'd love France to be top 3 I've heard her vocals were shaky during the jury show last night.
May 13, 20232 yr in case it means anything the press poll: @1657068012124483584 and new for this year, audience poll: @1657181792044982278 ESCXtra worked on this with other fansites and we've (well, they, I haven't been able to do much this year) already been shouted out by two BBC journalists including Emily Maitlis! referring to it as an 'exit poll' (excellent x)
May 13, 20232 yr Which is to say Belgium has gotta be top 5 but I think we're all predicting that now. Feels very Cesar Sampson if it comes to pass.
May 13, 20232 yr Happy that Belgium is looking for at least Top 10 position :wub: Other than that it always been Finland V Sweden, I have a feeling Sweden will win by a small margin thanks to juries results!!!
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