Betting Odds: After The Second Rehearsals

We’ve now had the second rehearsals for both the first and second semi finals, so it’s time to take a look and see how the odds have changed. Whose gone from out of the race to back in and who has fallen flat on their face?

Semi Final 1- To qualify:

1. Armenia
2. Sweden
3. Ukraine – odds shortening
4. Azerbaijan – odds drifting
5. Hungary
6. Belgium
7. Russia – odds drifting
8. Netherlands – odds shortening
9. Estonia
10. Montenegro – odds drifting
11. Moldova
12. Albania
13. Iceland
14. San Marino – odds drifting
15. Latvia
16. Portugal – odds drifting

So since we last looked at the odds Ukraine has moved up to 3rd and Hungary has slipped back to 5th. San Marino has slipped back again from 12th to 14th, while the Netherlands have pushed up into 8th place. A decent bet would still be Moldova or Portugal to qualify for the final, Moldova have a habit of qualifying thanks to staging, while Portugal is a traditional song that could benefit if others trip up.

Semi Final 2 – To qualify

1. Romania
2. Norway
3. Greece
4. Austria
5. Malta
6. Israel
7. Finland
8. Ireland – Odds drifting
9. Poland
10. Switzerland
11. Lithuania
12. Slovenia
13. Belarus
14. FYR Macedonia
15. Georgia

Finland have managed to pull themselves back from slipping out of the contest, but going back to 7th place from 9th in the odds. Switzerland has pushed Slovenia from 10th down to 12th. While Ireland are slipping further and further back. Lithuania however are the shock of the day by moving from 15th up to 11th, could Lithuania qualify again this year?

To win Eurovision 2014:

1. Armenia – odds drifting
2. Sweden – odds drifting
3. Denmark – odds drifting
4. Ukraine – odds shortening
5. United Kingdom
6. Norway
7. Hungary – odds shortening
8. Azerbaijan
9. Austria – odds shortening
10. Israel
11. Romania – odds drifting
12. Belgium – odds drifting
13. Greece – odds shortening
14. Spain
15. Russia
16. Finland – odds shortening
17. Italy
18. Netherlands – odds shortening
19. Malta
20. Estonia – 0dds drifting
21. Ireland
22. Germany
23. Poland
24. France
25. Montenegro
26. Switzerland
27. Slovenia
28. Lithuania
29. Belarus
30. Latvia
31. Albania
32. Iceland
33. FYR Macedonia
34. Moldova
35. Portugal
36. San Marino
37. Georgia

In the odds to win there has not been much change. The major thing to see is that all of the top.3 are seeing the odds of them winning drifting on a number of sites, while Ukraine is shortening on a large number. These odds will get important on Thursday night when we know all 26 countries in the final.

Source: Oddschecker