Eurovision Song Contest (Düsseldorf 2011)

[YAMAN]

Well, since my childhood Im always a big fan of Eurovision and since bookies always have some offers for this special occasion, despite I didn't see any interest yet, I wanted to open this thread... I believe its a fun way to earn some money and less stress for sure... Here is the official site for this year ; http://www.eurovision.tv/page/dusseldorf-2011 I will listen all the songs and share my opinions but so far lets start with a pick which I consider safe.. Because of mostly political reasons, some countries from some areas of the world get special votes. Political reasons or neighborhood relations or just simply because they understand the language of the song. Such as Latvia voting for Russia or Serbia voting for Croatia etc... Now lets see the Semi Finals ; 1st Semi Final ; Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Croatia Finland Georgia Greece Hungary Iceland Lithuania Malta Norway Poland Portugal Russia San Marino Serbia Switzerland Turkey 2nd Semi Final ; Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia & Herzegovina Bulgaria Cyprus Denmark Estonia F.Y.R. Macedonia Ireland Israel Latvia Moldova Romania Slovakia Slovenia Sweden The Netherlands Ukraine The only countries which automatically qualify for the grand final are the host country, and the Big Five: France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, who continue to enjoy their protected status. - In each Semi-Final, the 10 songs which have received the most points from the televoting shall be selected for the Grand Final. So, regarding my first bet considering the political reasons and each year's potential votes from countries like Germany, Austria, Holland, Denmark, Bosnia etc like it was so in last 6 of 8 years, I believe that Turkey To Finish In Top 10 @1.83 Betfred, is a safe bet with high stakes... Top Ten Finish Odds from Betfred France 1.10 Bosnia 1.22 Russia 1.22 Azerbaijan 1.29 Estonia 1.40 U.Kingdom 1.40 Germany 1.67 Denmark 1.73 Turkey 1.83 Hungary 1.91 Sweden 1.91 Armenia 2.50 Finland 2.63 Ireland 2.63 Norway 3.00 Austria 4.00 Greece 4.50 Romania 5.00 Ukraine 6.00 Italy 7.00 Slovenia 7.00 Moldova 7.00 Georgia 9.00 Latvia 9.00 Serbia 13.00 Spain 13.00 Israel 15.00 Poland 15.00 Albania 21.00 Iceland 21.00 Switzerland 21.00 Bulgaria 26.00 Cyprus 26.00 Belarus 34.00 Netherlands 34.00 Slovakia 41.00 Belgium 51.00 Croatia 51.00 Lithuania 67.00 Macedonia 67.00 Portugal 67.00 Malta 101.00 San Marino 101.00 See you soon :)

[TheRat]

Re: Eurovision Song Contest (Düsseldorf 2011) I actually backed France yesterday at 3.15 on Paul Jones' advice. He does a write up for the ATR site each year and thinks they were overpriced then but they have been cut last time I looked. UK underpriced as usual imo Do love having a bet on this event. Can't remember who it was but some good tips on here over the years with long shots