If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll have seen that over the last three weeks, we’ve been profiling each contender for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005. That’s 39 singers singing 39 songs.

Now, if the main event had 39 different countries, it’d go on forever and everyone would feel like slashing their throats by the end of it. That’s why yesterday saw the semi-final round, where everyone had the chance to ditch the worst performers.

If you’re wondering how the United Kingdom did – don’t worry. The semi-final round is only for the countries that don’t really count. All the special ones are put straight through to the final.

So now, hecklerspray and Betfair.com will list the final countries, singers, songs and special betting odds…

But first, let’s pay our respects to our fallen comrades, the
singers that sucked so much ass that they won’t get watched by a
massive audience or slightly put-down by Terry Wogan. The countries that didn’t make it were: Iceland,
Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Ireland, Slovenia, Finland,
Austria, Belgium, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Andorra and Bulgaria.

Better luck next time, losers.

So lets look at the finalists, in the order they will perform tomorrow night.

Hungary: Spin, World by Nox. Current odds – 35/4

United Kingdom: Touch My Fire by Javine. Current odds – 59/1

Malta: Angel by Chiara. Current odds - 16/1

Romania: Let Me Try by Luminata. Current odds – 18/1

Norway: In My Dreams by Wig Wam. Current odds – 6/1

Turkey: Rimi Rimi Ley by Gulseren. Current odds – 94/1

Moldova: Boonika Bate Doba (Grandmamma Beats The Drum-a) by Zdob [shi] Zdub. Current odds – 35/1

Albania: Tomorrow I Go by Ledina Celo. Current odds – 119/1

Cyprus: Ela Ela by Constandinos Christoforou. Current odds – 54/1

Spain: Brujeria (Witchcraft) by Son De Sol. Current odds – 99/1

Israel: Hasheket Shenishar (The Silence That Remains) by Shiri Maimon. Current odds – 43/1

Serbia & Montenegro: Zauvijek Moja (I Will Reach Out For You) by No Name. Current odds – 54/1

Denmark: Talking To You by Jakob Sveistrup. Current odds – 64/1

Sweden: Las Vegas by Martin Stenmarck. Current odds – 69/1

FYR Macedonia: Make My Day by Martic Vucic: Current odds – 149/1

Ukraine: Razon Nas Bahato (Together We Are Many) by Greenjolly. Current odds – 239/1

Germany: Run And Hide by Gracia. Current odds – 249/1

Croatia: Wolves Die Alone by Boris Novkovic. Current odds – 64/1

Greece: My Number One by Helena. Current odds - 16/7

Russia: Nobody Hurt No One by Natalia Podolskaya. Current odds - 89/1

Bosnia & Hertzegovina: Call Me by Femminem. Current odds – 18/1

Switzerland: Cool Vibes by Vanilla Ninja. Current odds – 11/1

Latvia:  The War Is Not Over by Walters And Kazhar. Current odds – 49/1

France: Chacun Pense A Soi (Everybody Thinks About Themselves) by Ortal. Current odds – 259/1

Head over to the Special Bets section of Betfair.com
to see the odds change in the run up to tomorrow night, and get
betting. If it’s your first time, the site has tutorials and
instructions to help you get the most for your money.

Good luck everyone.

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[story by Stuart Heritage]