Eurovision Betting Odds - Moldova & Monaco

Time for another Eurovision Song Contest betting odds explosion - where we try and pick the singers that will gurgle and shriek their way to Eurovision glory in Athens.

Don't forget that there's a lot of fun to be had betting on the Eurovision Song Contest - it couldn't be simpler to do, and it could inspire a lifetime's worth of hatred for several European countries. And how often do you get to say that?

Here are the Eurovision betting odds for Moldova and Monaco, with help from PaddyPower.com…

Moldova (pop. 4,431,570; a landlocked country in Eastern Europe) Arsenium and Natalia Gordienko, Loca. Last year Moldova tried and failed to win Eurovision with a group of anarcho-punks singing about the "Gypsy Hendrix." This year, they're trying the opposite - it's bland-looking boy/girl pop a-go-go for Moldova in 2006. But this is bland-looking boy/girl Eurovision pop, which means the song has got a bunch of daft made-up mumbo jumbo lyrics: "You’re my girl you’re my Loca/ You’re breaking my heart wowowowo." Those Moldovians, eh? Current Eurovision betting odds - 100/1

Monaco (pop. 31,824; a city state and the second smallest country in the world) - Séverine Ferrer, La CoCo-Dance. Monaco is trying something new for Eurovision 2006 - having realised that the Turkish thing is over, Séverine Ferrer is going to sing a French Polynesian ditty, possibly about wife-swapping: "Move, move your hands and your body/ Let's swing till the end of the summer." And what sort of dance is The CoCo-Dance? It's either racist or about anal sex, of that we're partially certain. Current Eurovision betting odds - 66/1

We’ll be listing all the other Eurovision entries in the run-up to the contest. If you can’t wait, check out the Novelties section of Paddypower to see all the latest Eurovision betting odds. Don't forget that Paddypower give you a free £10 bet when you open an account with them. Good luck!

[story by Stuart Heritage]