Eurovision Song Contest 2023 discussion: Who is your favorite?

[Velvet78]

There was a quite nice odd gap between Sweden and Finland actually. I think it was still worth betting on Finland because they finished the contest quite close to Sweden in points. I really liked Sweden's song though therefore I believe they deserved to win definitely. It is still nice to follow Eurovision for me after all these years.

By the way, there was a huge performance drop for United Kingdom this time. They finished the previous contest at the 2nd position but this time they were one of the countries at the bottom.

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[Lucius]

Isreal - they're getting hyped much, but at least for me it's nothing special, though Noa Kirel is really beautiful

I also think that she is certainly one of the most beautiful singers who performed this year at the Eurovision, but that is not surprising considering that she comes from a country that has some of the most beautiful women in the world.

Croatia - song that you can love or hate. Personally I liked it a lot, but they're not going to win

I completely agree with that, and I think that many did not understand the message of the song at all, and that obviously resulted in such a small number of votes and a low place in the final ranking. People are obviously fed up with war, and they don't want it in any context, least of all in a competition like this.

Congratulations to Sweden and their singer who managed to win this competition again.

[buwaytress]

I'm curious about which betting platforms were accepting bets for the Eurovision song contest?

Well, there are quite a few betting platforms out there that would take your money and let you bet on almost anything! But yeah, sometimes you have to dig deep to find the Eurovision song contest market among all the sports markets on these bookmakers. It's like finding a needle in a haystack!

Any self-respecting sportsbook should have markets for Eurovision, you usually find them in categories names like "Other" or "Events".

a. Sportsbet had all the markets, alongside all the major political events, but also award events in the entertainment industry. Elections, usually but they had all the Grammys, Oscars, etc.). Bookmark https://sportsbet.io/sports/specials/outrights
Eurovision came under Music sub category.
b. Fairlay also has all the politics/markets/events section and is fairly well-stocked with options, if low in liquidity.

So, no, you don't really need to dig deep.

[Zackgeno96]

it was still quite exciting in the final. In particular, the influence of the home crowd was enormous. But the bookmakers showed that they know a lot about it, because when the Eurovision song contest started, Loreen was the big favorite with odds of around 1.50, then you are also a big favorite. And she has lived up to it twice and crosswise. I have read that she also managed to win this Eurovision song contest 11 years ago, but also with the same team as she has performed with now. So you see that a lot of experience is also very important. The points were very far apart.

[o48o]

There was a quite nice odd gap between Sweden and Finland actually. I think it was still worth betting on Finland because they finished the contest quite close to Sweden in points. I really liked Sweden's song though therefore I believe they deserved to win definitely. It is still nice to follow Eurovision for me after all these years.

By the way, there was a huge performance drop for United Kingdom this time. They finished the previous contest at the 2nd position but this time they were one of the countries at the bottom.

Loreen's song was ok, with that voice you can make anything sound more than decent, but i think it was travesty that Sweden won. Finland would have won by landslide a with old rules without judges. I mean even the audience was chanting CHA CHA CHA loudly right after Sweden got their win, so that must have been an awkward moment for Loreen as käärijä had won the hearts of the public already.

I honestly feel like this might have something to do with the fact that next year when Sweden gets to host Eurovision (they are good hosts so it will be great tv), Abba turns 50 years. And sweden wasn't top favourite in public vote of any country. That seems like judges would have been paid off and whole thing planned.

And i lost money by betting on Käärijä, but i can't complain for that as that was exciting as hell to the end.

[BitcoinAccepted]

The level itself was not very bad, but there are also a number of numbers in between that you know cannot win. I don't understand why such genres are chosen. That Sweden won is absolutely no fluke, but few people would have thought that Finland could keep it exciting for so long. So next year the Eurosong Contest will go to Sweden again. That's a very nice location there. Yet there have been only a few participants from the Eurovision Song Contest who have really grown into absolute stars. Just like now, there are also people who already have a music career who participate. I actually think people shouldn't be doing that.

[LTU_btc]

Next day after Eurovision CHA CHA CHA still sounds in my head. Similar like POE POE POE POE POE, but I'm surprised that Austria finished so low and both people and judges didn't liked them.

I'm curious about which betting platforms were accepting bets for the Eurovision song contest?

I think that most of platforms had Eurovision, after all it's big thing in Europe.

Finland almost won after being so behind after judges voted. For some reason I don't like judges voting they tend to vote for more known names.

Wouldn't say that they almost won, difference between Sweden and Finlandwas not few points, but almost 60.

Loreen's song was ok, with that voice you can make anything sound more than decent, but i think it was travesty that Sweden won. Finland would have won by landslide a with old rules without judges. I mean even the audience was chanting CHA CHA CHA loudly right after Sweden got their win, so that must have been an awkward moment for Loreen as käärijä had won the hearts of the public already.

I honestly feel like this might have something to do with the fact that next year when Sweden gets to host Eurovision (they are good hosts so it will be great tv), Abba turns 50 years. And sweden wasn't top favourite in public vote of any country. That seems like judges would have been paid off and whole thing planned.

And i lost money by betting on Käärijä, but i can't complain for that as that was exciting as hell to the end.

Don't want to make conspiracy theories, but voting of judges always been contraversial part of Eurovision. Especially when you see such huge difference between people and judges voting. Why they can't leave decide it for people, why some expets is needed who pretend to understand music better? Have nothing against Loreen, but Kaarija won my heart too and voting without judges would be less contraversial.

[Zackgeno96]

This year has been pretty fair I think. Of course everyone gave it to Ukraine last year because of the war, but objectively that country could never have won if you look at the content of the song. It was a nice gesture from society last year. There was some hope that the festival would be held in the winning country (Ukraine) this year, but unfortunately that did not happen. Sweden has actually completely confused the favorites from the start, I even saw a quote of 1.40 somewhere, that is really very little and indicates how good the Swedish really was.

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I honestly feel like this might have something to do with the fact that next year when Sweden gets to host Eurovision (they are good hosts so it will be great tv), Abba turns 50 years. And sweden wasn't top favourite in public vote of any country. That seems like judges would have been paid off and whole thing planned.

And i lost money by betting on Käärijä, but i can't complain for that as that was exciting as hell to the end.

Yes, I agree. The Eurovision Song Contest has a long history of controversy, with accusations of vote rigging, political bias, and other scandals. The fact that Sweden will be hosting Eurovision next year, coupled with Abba's 50th anniversary, may have influenced the judges' decision. I'm not really a fan of conspiracy theories, but I think the public vote should hold more weight in the final decision of the winner, as it represents the people's choice and preferences.

[fullhdpixel]

Sweden(the main favorite) won the Eurovision song contest. Congratulations to all the people, who placed bets at 1.54(or maybe 1.44).
I hope that you will spend well the millions, which you have earned from your bet.
I totally don't care about pop music. I'm more into the rock/metal/rap side of music, so Eurovision has always been a cringe fest for me.
Anyway, this forum thread shouldn't be about the quality of the songs on Eurovision. This forum thread is about gambling, odds and placing bets. I'm curious about which betting platforms were accepting bets for the Eurovision song contest?

The main favorite of the many. It wouldn't be like that if it can't win this competition. Others has their own favorite but unfortunately, it didn't stand out, maybe for this time only but maybe before they already won or they will be a winner in the future contest that they will join. If there are who participated in terms of betting, not all of them are rich enough to bet millions lol but maybe you are just joking on that part.

A win is a win no matter what amount is that, so they are still glad about it. The one who posted this thread is a known gambling site (winz.io) so maybe they are offering bets/odds for it? Even though they did not mention anything about it.