Here it comes – another daily instalment of Eurovision betting odds. Exciting, huh? Oh, you big kidder, it is.
Eurovision fever is already sweeping the continent, you’ll be pleased to know. The Norwegian entry is number two in the Norwegian national charts, the Belgian entry is seventh there and this week’s entire top 15 in Sweden are all entries in the Eurovision qualifying round. Let’s pray that never happens here – anything that heps to give John Barrowman credibility as a judge is all wrong in our books.
Here are the Eurovision betting odds for Armenia, with help from Paddy Power…
Armenia – (pop. 2,976,372; a landlocked Eurasian country in the Caucasus region): Sirusho, Qele Qele
In Armenian ‘Qele Qele’ means ‘Let’s go’, as in ‘let’s go to the beach’ or ‘let’s go and drown animals for sport’. However, quite what Sirusho wants us to let’s go and do is never made explicit, partly because she spends quite a lot of the song wailing “From my Armenian soil I came to bring the wind of the mountains” like a vaguely apocalyptic gypsy woman. But don’t let the opening of Qele Qele fool you, because this song is one of the favourites to win Eurovision this year. We’re not sure why – it could be because it sounds a bit like Shakira, or because it sounds like Sirusho is singing “ooh Kelly ooh Kelly” and a lot of people called Kelly will vote for it because they’re thick. But even if Sirusho doesn’t win Eurovision for Armenia, at least the song is perfectly set up to soundtrack the sort of tourism commercials for North African countries that they show on news channels in continental hotels. Also, this is the third of our Eurovision betting odds profiles, and the third pretty female performer. A pattern forming? Current Eurovision betting odds – 6/1
Tomorrow: Eurovision betting odds for Azerbaijan! 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.