UK entrant Mae Muller will need to beat the odds to win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest – with the bookies backing Sweden’s Loreen to claim victory for a second time.
Muller, 25, will perform I Wrote A Song at the final in Liverpool on Saturday, but is an outsider, according to the bookies.
Betfair has the UK at 66/1 to win the contest, while Ladbrokes has Muller at 40/1 – the 10th most likely act to take the Eurovision crown.
Alex Apati, of Ladbrokes, said last night: “Mae Muller should look away now… her odds of finishing top of the Eurovision pile have taken a massive hit with just over 24 hours to go until the show gets under way.”
Loreen, who won in 2012 with the song Euphoria, is competing again with power ballad Tattoo.
Ladbrokes has her at 1/2 to win, with Betfair putting Sweden as 4/9 favourites.
Finland, whose entrant Kaarija will perform Cha Cha Cha, is ranked as second favourite at 5/2 by both bookies.
Ukraine, which won with Stefania by Kalush Orchestra last year, is also tipped to do well, with odds of 12/1.
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