Eurovision Odds – Macedonia and Malta
It’s time for another dose of Eurovision betting knowledge, brought to you by hecklerspray and Betfair.com.
The winner of the first ever Eurovision Song Contest was Lys Assia from Switzerland, with her song Refrain, about melancholy and the colour of rain. This song set the tone for the downbeat understatement that the event traditionally displays.
Today, we’ll be staring at Macedonia and Malta…
Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia (pop. 2,022,547; an independent state on the Balkan peninsula)
The Eurovision entrant for FYR Macedonia is Martin Vucic, a boy with a famous bagpipe player for a Grandfather. His song is entitled Make My Day. It sadly isn’t a homage to Clint Eastwood, but a song telling a girl to bugger off. "Make my day/Get away", he succinctly sings. It sure beats "It’s not you, it’s me" as a dumping line. Current odds – 439/1
Malta (pop. 399,867; a small and densely populated island nation in Southern Europe)
Malta have selected Chiara for Eurovision this year. If she was writing a lonely hearts advert, she’d call herself "curvey" or "larger than life", or some other polite way of saying she’s a bit fat. Her song is Angel, all about being there for her miserable lover. "I’ll be the sunshine when you’re feeling blue", she sings, possibly straight out of The Big Book Of Song Cliches. Current odds – 16/1
As the contest gets closer, the odds change more and more – all in real time – so you should head right over to Betfair.com to take a look at the full Eurovision betting list, in the ‘Special bets’ section. Have a bit of a flutter and let us know when you win big money, so we can write you begging letters.
[story by Stuart Heritage]
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I am a big fan from martin vuÄić, i have seen the eurovision song contest and he was just greate. The music, he the performance my godnes every thing was just greate. I wish him the best for the future. I would like to ask: Does anyone knows if they are any e-mails were can we write personali to him? Sorry for my mistakes in the letter. I began to learn english a few months ago.
Big kiss from Croatia. Marijana!