The Eurovision Song Contest

[Uncle Spielberg]

Get on the UK to win with the 12/1 of offer at Ladbrokes

That is all

Greece 11/4

Belgium 6/1

Sweden 7/1

United Kingdom 8/1

Romania 9/1

Switzerland 14/1

Estonia 14/1

Norway 16/1

Iceland 16/1

Germany 16/1

Croatia 16/1

Bosnia 16/1

Denmark 20/1

Spain 25/1

Malta 25/1

Finland 25/1

Turkey 33/1

Russia 33/1

Poland 33/1

Macedonia 33/1

Lithuania 33/1

Latvia 33/1

Ireland 40/1

Netherlands 50/1

Monaco 50/1

Cyprus 50/1

Ukraine 66/1

Slovenia 66/1

Israel 66/1

Belarus 66/1

Andorra 66/1

Portugal 100/1

Moldova 100/1

France 100/1

Bulgaria 100/1

Albania 100/1

Armenia 100/1

William Hill

 

[Easy 10]

When is it ?

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Get on the UK to win with the 12/1 on offer at Ladbrokes

That's buggered their chances then...

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

18/5/06

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Not a chance.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

I am very good at winning money on these novelty events and if I stuck to novelties only I would be laughing. The bookies just make them up and as there no form they are just guessing. I am a very astute judge of a reality competition and my recent successess are

Just the Two of us - Russell Watson and Sian Reeves - It was so obvious Watson would win as he had by far the biggest fan base and was the best singer anyway, at one stage 12/1 was on offer and missed out but backed on the night at 5/2 against 1/3 for the other 2. A huge error by the bookies

Celebrity Come Dancing - Darren Gough 11/1 has £ 20 , again by far the most popular contestant, easy money, luckily the guy actually got quite good along the way

Celebrity GMOOH - Carol Thatcher 12/1 - there were enough Thatcher fans out there to make this a good bet and she turned out to be a good sport

Novelty bets are based on the most popular person not necessarily who is best which the bookies don;t seem to have a grasp of yet.

 

[Napper]

will whack a speculative tenner on , but certainly wont be watching it

 

[Man of Harveys]

Now THIS was a Eurovision entry:

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

WINNERS OF THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST


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Year
Song
Artist(s)
Country

2004
Wild Dances
Ruslana
Ukraine

2003
Everyway that I can
Sertab Erener
Turkey

2002
I Wanna
Marie N (Marija Naumova)
Latvia

2001
Everybody
Tanel Padar, Dave Benton & 2XL
Estonia

2000
Fly on the Wings of Love
Olsen Brothers
Denmark

1999
Take me to your heaven
Charlotte Nilsson
Sweden

1998
Diva
Dana International
Israel

1997
Love shine a light
Katrina and the Waves
United Kingdom

1996
The Voice
Eimear Quinn
Ireland

1995
Nocturne
Secret Garden
Norway

1994
Rock 'N Roll Kids
Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan
Ireland

1993
In Your Eyes
Niamh Kavanagh
Ireland

1992
Why Me?
Linda Martin
Ireland

1991
Fångad Av En Stormvind
Carola
Sweden

1990
Insieme:1992
Toto Cutugno
Italy

1989
Rock Me
Riva
Yugoslavia

1988
Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi
Celine Dion
Switzerland

1987
Hold Me Now
Johnny Logan
Ireland

1986
J'Aime La Vie
Sandra Kim
Belgium

1985
La Det Swinge
Bobbysocks
Norway

1984
Diggi Loo-Diggi Ley
Herreys
Sweden

1983
Si La Vie Est Cadeau
Corinne Hermes
Luxembourg

1982
Ein Bisschen Frieden
Nicole
Germany

1981
Making Your Mind Up
Bucks Fizz
United Kingdom

1980
What's Another Year
Johnny Logan
Ireland

1979
Hallelujah
Milk & Honey
Israel

1978
A Ba Ni Bi
Yizhar Cohen & Alphabeta
Israel

1977
L'Oiseau Et L'Enfant
Marie Myriam
France

1976
Save Your Kisses For Me
Brotherhood of Man
United Kingdom

1975
Ding Dinge Dong
Teach-in
Netherlands

1974
Waterloo
ABBA
Sweden

1973
Tu Te Reconnaitras
Anne-Marie David
Luxembourg

1972
Apres Toi
Vicky Leandros
Luxembourg

1971
Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue
Severine
Monaco

1970
All Kinds Of Everything
Dana
Ireland

1969
Vivo Cantando
Salome
Spain

1969
Boom Bang-A-Bang
Lulu
United Kingdom

1969
De Troubadour
Lennie Kuhr
Netherlands

1969
Un Jour, Un Enfant
Frida Boccara
France

1968
La La La
Massiel
Spain

1967
Puppet On A String
Sandie Shaw
United Kingdom

1966
Merci Cherie
Udo Jurgens
Austria

1965
Poupee De Cire, Poupee De Son
France Gall
Luxembourg

1964
No Ho L'Eta
Gigliola Cinquetti
Italy

1963
Dansevise
Grethe & Jorgen Ingmann
Denmark

1962
Un Premier Amour
Isabelle Aubret
France

1961
Nous Les Amoureux
Jean-Claude Pascal
Luxembourg

1960
Tom Pillibi
Jacqueline Boyer
France

1959
Een Beetje
Teddy Scholten
Netherlands

1958
Dors Mon Amour
Andre Claveau
France

1957
Net Als Toen
Corry Brokken
Netherlands

1956
Refrain
Lys Assia
Switzerland

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

1976
Save Your Kisses For Me
Brotherhood of Man
United Kingdom

 

[Gazwag]

Waste of money putting it on UK, everybody in Europe hates us, its a popularity contests not a song contest nowadays

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

You have a point

Bosnia 16/1 as a cover bet.

 

[Cian]

I've not heard the UK entry, but based on who is doing it... you'll do well because it should be the pure shite that gets votes.

 

[The Large One]

I've not heard the UK entry, but based on who is doing it... you'll do well because it should be the pure shite that gets votes.

Don't get smug just because you've won it more times than anyone else.

 

[Cian]

Don't get smug just because you've won it more times than anyone else.

7 times, with 7 heaps of shite.

Two of our interval acts - Hothouse Flowers and Riverdance - have been collectively more sucessful than the 7 winners.

 

[Squiggsy]

UK will never win a Eurovision again now that it's changed from a jury to 'phone votes in each country.

Best to look for a strong song from one of the 'blocs' - Scandinavia / Balkans / Former Soviet States, as they're guaranteed to vote for each other, so you're looking for a song from there that will also pick up votes across the board outside of their own geography.

Everyone hates us so we won't win, short of offering peerages in return for votes......

 

[Shegull]

My god we haven't won it since 1996

Maybe this is the start of another triple win for us - or maybe not as the case may be.


Personally I couldn't give a s....... if we never won it again - load of old crap

 

[John Boy]

My lovely horse, is my fav Eurovision entry

 

[Shegull]

My lovely horse, is my fav Eurovision entry

Agh you beat me to it - I was just about to edit my post to take account of that one

 

[The Great Cornholio]

Waste of money putting it on UK, everybody in Europe hates us, its a popularity contests not a song contest nowadays

Exactly - you could have Tom Jones or Mick Jagger entering and we would still lose. It was a farce when juries decided - even more so now it is the public.

Spain will vote for Portugal, Cyprus will vote for Greece, we will vote for Ireland, no-one will vote for us.

The worst GG tip EVER.