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definitely worth a bet. I still think ukraine or latvia will win but this wont do too badly

michelle was fab ....but her wailing and the lyrics were something out of a nightmare.

I agree realsinger. Love$h!te were simply dreadful. Andy can hold a tune whatever anyone thinks of his style of music.

Call me stupid, but I've only just realised that there was a 16 year gap between our wins in 1981 and 1997. By my reckoning, we don't really need to start worrying for another 5 years at least!

If anyone is going to have a bet you need to bet stategically. 1) Eastern Bloc countries have fared well recently 2) Apart from Estonia, well-fancied countries have done well 3) Recent winning locations tend to switch between Baltic and Balkan regions I'm going Baltic this year which makes Ukraine, Latvia or Belarus, likely winners for me at 12/1, 12/1 and 16/1

we would need to not just have a good song, but a spectacularly brilliant song How does one define a spectacularly brilliant song? Brilliance is a subjective attitude and therefore incongruent to the song's objective ability to win or lose. It just needs to be popular.

my mum thought it sounded very much like errol brown from hot chocolate He may have a slight skin tonal resemblance to errol brown, but I will happily supply your dear old mum with a new set of hearing appliances if she thinks she sounds like him too! Bless.

There should be a seeding system I can think of a few Europeans I'd like to seed. On the whole, the voting system has gone a bit skewiff, but the EBU don't seem to show much of an interest....

Britain will never win eurovision Not unless we ditch Northern Ireland, but until then our entry will always be known as the United Kingdom. (ps - I dont want us to ditch Northern Ireland, but that's a different debate altogether!)

I think we should send Kate Rusby and her Village Green Preservation Society. Quintessential English folk music. Morris Dancers in the background could bang sticks and dance round the May Pole.

he has a nice voice, she is as tuneful as a cat having its fur manually plucked. Also a shame about the computerised rubbish in the background that is passing itself off as a musical tune.

Switzerland 7/1 Malta 8/1 Norway 8/1 Denmark 10/1 Czech Republic 12/1 Azerbaijan 14/1 Slovenia 14/1 an interesting way of compiling odds with a seriously impressive percentage mark-up :-) Paddypower have 33/1 for Malta - I think i might go with them, although a little saver on Turkey at 16/1 would be OK. Ireland at 4/1 with PP is ridiculous. They always overestimate their own Irish entries!

i quite like it. top 10 for sure.

It will finish somewhere between 12th and 18th position, with some typically Balkan "vote-for-your-neighbour-not-for-the-song" keeping it nearer the top than the bottom.

Poland love Ukraine!!! Surely you should vote for the song, not the country? It emphasises the UK's general belief in political voting. It is a SONG contest after all. Distinctly average song - will probably do quite well.