Fun fact. A guy in Wales thought he was betting for the UEFA Euros and chose Italy to win it. He however made a mistake and went to the Eurovision bets instead And he won
This weekend the Finals of the Eurovision Song Contest takes place. Because of the sentiment the Ukraine are given by bookmakers a 60% chance winning the contest. This sounds unfair. This is about artists giving their best to produce the best song for this contest's edition. If their efforts are diminished because of non artistic reasons, it's very unfair. We might as well give the stage solely to the contenders from the Ukraine and give the other contenders next year to compete. I'm curious how well the bookmakers have gauged the sentiment
https://www.billboard.com/pro/nemo-the-code-eurovision-global-chart/ The song Europapa by Joost Klein is not only popular in Europe, but also does well in the United States. Of the more than 23 million times the song was streamed last week, 7.44 percent of the listeners came from America, Billboard reports. That's the highest U.S. share for a Eurovision song since 2021, when Måneskin scored worldwide. It's a kind of weird as the song is mostly in Dutch.