The Eurovision Song Contest is rattling towards us, and we don’t know who’ll win it yet. But here’s the next best thing: another lot of Eurovision betting odds.

It’s a little known fact that the Eurovision Song Contest was invented during a six-day drunken bender attended by the heads of state from all the major European countries. Greece and Portugal had an argument because the Portuguese official thought that the Greek man was looking at his bird and, instead of fighting, decided to settle the matter with a slightly naff singing competition.

So here are the latest Eurovision betting odds for France and FYR Macedonia, with help from PaddyPower.com…

Goldfrapp
Fly Me Away
Mute

Aloof, not afraid of a bit of glitter, resolutely unwilling to talk about her age: Alison Goldfrapp is a fantastic popstar (much as she professes to hate that term). And last year’s thrilling Supernature album should have been enough to turn her into a chart-hogging, unit-flogging pop colossus. But, in spite of the T Mobile ad ‘success’ of lead single Ooh La La, household name status still eludes her. Fly Me Away, the fourth single from the album, lacks the grab-you-by-the-balls impact of its predecessors, but it’s still a sexy, uber-melodic mid-tempo pop song. And Alison’s seductive vocals really set off its mellow electro groove. What more can the ‘spray say? Maybe women called Alison just aren’t meant to be superstars.

You like reading singles reviews, don’t you? Specifically ones by Red Hot Chili Peppers, Laura Michelle Kelly, Broke, Beatfreakz and Kubb? Why, that’s exactly what we’ve got after the jump, you lucky bleeders…

It’s the end of our first week of Eurovision 2006 betting odds, and what fun we’ve had so far – learning that most other countries are banking on songs just as bad as ours.

Betting on Eurovision can have its ups and downs – as anyone who witnessed our shitty fit when berserk Norwegian rockers Wig Wam didn’t win last year can testify – but at least it gives you a real reason to watch Eurovision, other than to grumble about how political it all is these days.

Here are the latest Eurovision betting odds for Cyprus and Denmark, with help from PaddyPower…

Time for some more Eurovision Song Contest 2006 betting odds, where we talk about mediocre singers wailing broken English from countries you’ve never even heard of.

There are only a few words to describe to you how much we love Eurovision here at hecklerspray. Some of those words include ‘slightly’, ‘moderately’ and ‘grudgingly’. But is that going to stop us from placing bets all over the Eurovision Song Contest this year? No flipping way is it.

Here are the latest Eurovision betting odds for Belgium and Bosnia & Herzegovina, with help from PaddyPower.com…