Betting Extra - Congratulations: Eurovision 50 Betting Odds - Part One

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This weekend, Eurovision turns 50. And just like many people do on their 50th birthday, Eurovision is inviting a number of people from it’s past to Copenhagen so that everyone can get sad about how old they all are and how none of their lives turned out as well as they imagined when they were children.

To mark Eurovision 50, the 14 best-ever Eurovision songs are going head-to-head in a fierce battle to find the greatest Eurovision song in the entire history of Eurovision. And guess what - we’re going to bet on it.

Over the course of the rest of the week, we’ll be looking at the betting odds of each of the Eurovision 50 entries. And that starts today, with help from Betfair.com…

Abba: Waterloo - Eurovision winner in 1974. Easily the favourite to win
Eurovision 50, Waterloo launched the long and messy career of Abba.
Back in 1974, The Wombles were considered to be an appropriate
Eurovision interval act, and Abba faced stiff competition from the
likes of Olivia Newton-John and, um, Poogy. Waterloo probably won the competition
because it so accurately made the connection between a massive, bloody,
devastating naval battle and the fluffy feeling of being in love.
Current odds - 1/4

Cliff Richard: Congratulations - Eurovision entry in 1968. A possible
long-shot winner, as Congratulations has become so totally synonymous
with celebrating that they sing it instead of Happy Birthday in South
Korea. Congratulations didn’t even win Eurovision - it came second
to a Spanish song called La La La. Those pesky Spanish. The best thing
about Eurovision in 1968 was name of the act from Monaco - Line &
Willy, which sounds the title of the world’s filthiest sitcom. Current
odds - 23/2

Brotherhood Of Man: Save Your Kisses For Me - Eurovision winner in
1976. Bizarrely, this nonsense jingle of a dance is the best-selling
Eurovision song of all time, shifting six million units despite the
fact that - even by Eurovision standards - the song is a massive clump
of shit. Special mention should go to the 1976 Finnish entry - a song
called Pump Pump. Pump Pump, you were robbed. Current odds - 31/2

Celine Dion: Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi - Eurovision winner in 1988. As
some people wonder what the world would be like if Hitler had been
killed at birth, we here at hecklerspray often ponder what the world
would be like if more people voted for Hot Eyes in the 1988 Eurovision
Song Contest. Maybe we wouldn’t have had to put up with Celine Dion’s
stinking abortion of a career. Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi is made up of all
the usual bland "touch the stars, live your dream" aspirational cock
that Dion has based her entire career on. You may have guessed that we
don’t want this song to win. Current odds - 10/1

We’ll continue with these Eurovision 50 betting odds throughout the rest of the week, but in the meantime, check out
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[story by Stuart Heritage]