Eurovision Betting Odds 2007: Croatia & Cyprus

The first week of our Eurovision betting odds 2007 is almost over - you've done well so far, but you're not out of the woods yet - we're going to be hurling more Eurovision betting odds at you until a) you relent and place a bet, b) the day of the Eurovision Song Contest or c) the universe explodes. And who's to say all three won't happen at once.

Although the Eurovision Song Contest is the undeniable highlight of the calender year for all rational human beings, it doesn't mean it's the only Eurovision event. The BBC, as part of some inexplicable quest to discover new ways to show the world how crap the UK is at stuff, is organising the Eurovision Dance Contest and, if that's not enough, December will see Holland host the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. It's just like the regular Eurovision Song Contest - but for paedophiles! Hooray!

Here are the Eurovision betting odds for Croatia and Cyprus, with help from Paddy Power…

Croatia (pop. 4,496,869; a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans) Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic, Vjerujem U Ljubav

Last year Croatia chose their Eurovision entry smartly; Severina - a woman who, if you Google her name, can be seen having sex - singing a song about her lovely shoes. But this year Croatia has a different tactic - Dragonfly feat. Dado Topic, a terrible band of old bastards who only seem to have been exposed to music by Chris Rea over the course of their lives. This, genuinely, is the most exciting thing on Dragonfly's Eurovision bio: "It is important to emphasise that the band possesses high tech equipment and high quality instruments." And their Eurovision entry Vjerujem U Ljubav isn't much better better either, going "If you look into my eyes, this is where I hide my pain/ And that line from my song, you are like salt on an open wound." Dragonfly should totally hook up with that girl from Bosnia - they'd be a right bundle of laughs together. Current Eurovision betting odds - 80/1

Cyprus (pop. 780,133; an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea) Evridiki, Comme Ci, Comme Ça

You might be aware that Cyprus is famous for always just chucking a pretty girl onstage to represent them at Eurovision, but you probably didn't know that it's usually the exact same girl. This year marks the third Eurovision Song Contest that Evridiki has taken part in and, judging by the song she's singing, she probably shouldn't get her hopes up too much. Comme Ci, Comme Ça is a bit of an electro stormer for the ludicrously-fringed Evridiki, albeit an electro stormer about the most mundane subject to have ever received the Eurovision treatment - how her boyfriend won't take her to go and see Becoming Jane: "Every Tuesday you tell me/ In the morning, and then you forget/ 'We'll go to the cinema'/ But in the evening: 'so sorry.'" Of course he does - he's holding out for Wednesday when he can get two for one cinema tickets from his Orange phone. If anything, Evridiki's boyfriend should be applauded for his prudence. Current Eurovision betting odds - 16/1

Next week - More! Eurovision! Betting! Odds! For! Czech Republic! And! Denmark! But if that's too long to wait - or you feel like making more money than you know what to do with - head right over to the Paddy Power Eurovision betting odds page to see the latest, and best, betting odds.