This year’s Grand Final takes place later this week
The bookies’ odds have been revealed for who is most likely to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 this year.
The competition is set to commence on May 13 in Switzerland, with the finale airing on May 17. This year, 37 countries will be competing, with the likes of Estonia’s Tommy Cash, the UK’s Remember Monday and many more set to make a huge impact.
The Grand Final of the Eurovision Song Contest will air live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
There has been controversy surrounding this year’s event after over 70 former Eurovision contestants signed a letter calling to ban Israel.
The letter says that the inclusion of Israel in the 2024 edition led to it being “the most politicised, chaotic and unpleasant in the competition’s history”.
It also accuses KAN of being “complicit in Israel’s genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza and the decades-long regime of apartheid and military occupation against the entire Palestinian people”, and claimed that the EBU was “normalising and whitewashing its crimes”.
Irish broadcaster RTÉ has also asked Eurovision for a discussion over Israel’s involvement in the song contest.
According to the latest bookies odds, Swedish comedy trio KAJ are favourites to win with their song ‘Bara Bada Bastu’. The threesome currently have a 37 per cent chance of snagging the crown this year.
Austrian singer JJ is the second favourite with his operatic ballad ‘Wasted Love’, with odds of 22 per cent, while French singer Louane is back in third on 7 per cent for her song ‘Maman’.
Despite the controversy surrounding Israel, the country’s entrant Yuval Raphael, is currently fourth favourite with her piano ballad ‘New Day Will Rise’, on 5 per cent.
Estonia’s Tommy Cash is currently eighth on 2 per cent while the UK’s entry, Remember Monday is 16th on one per cent.
Find a list of all 37 contestants below:
Sweden – KAJ – ‘Bara Bada Bastu’ – 37 per cent
Austria – JJ – ‘Wasted Love’ – 22 per cent
France – Louane – ‘Maman’ – 7 per cent
Israel – Yuval Raphael – ‘New Day Will Rise’ – 5 per cent
Belgium – Red Sebastian – ‘Strobe Lights’ – 4 per cent
Finland – Erika Vikman – ‘ICH KOMME’ – 3 per cent
Netherlands – Claude – ‘Cest La Vie’ – 3 per cent
Estonia – Tommy Cash – ‘Espresso Macchiato’ – 2 per cent
Czechia – ADONXS – ‘Kiss Kiss Goodbye’ – 2 per cent
Switzerland – Zoë Më – ‘Voyage’ – 2 per cent
Malta – Miriana Conte – ‘SERVING’ – 2 per cent
Albania – Shkodra Elektronike – ‘Zjerm’ – 1 per cent
Cyprus – Theo Evan – ‘Shh’ – 1 per cent
Ukraine – Ziferblat – ‘Bird Of Pray’ – 1 per cent
Italy – Lucio Corsi – ‘Volevo Essere Un Duro’ – 1 per cent
United Kingdom – Remember Monday – ‘What the Hell Just Happened?’ – 1 per cent
Germany – Abor & Tynna – ‘Baller’ – 1 per cent
Spain – Melody – ‘ESA DIVA’ – 1 per cent
Australia – Go-Jo – ‘Milkshake Man’ – 1 per cent
Ireland – EMMY – ‘Laika Party’ – 1 per cent
Greece – Klavdia – ‘Asteromáta’ – 1 per cent
Lithuania – Katarsis – Tavo Akys – 1 per cent
Poland – ustyna Steczkowska – ‘GAJA’ – 1 per cent
Norway – Kyle Alessandro – ‘Lighter’ – 1 per cent
San Marino – Gabry Ponte – Tutta LItalia – 1 per cent
Slovenia – Klemen – ‘How Much Time Do We Have Left’ – 1 per cent
Denmark – Sissal – ‘Hallucination’ – 1 per cent
Azerbaijan – Mamagama – ‘Run With U’ – 1 per cent
Latvia – Tautumeitas – ‘Bur Man Laimi’ – 1 per cent
Serbia – Princ – ‘Mila’ – 1 per cent
Armenia – PARG – ‘SURVIVOR’ – 1 per cent
Luxembourg – Laura Thorn – ‘La Poupée Monte Le Son’ – 1 per cent
Portugal – NAPA – ‘Deslocado’ – 1 per cent
Iceland – VÆB – ‘RÓA’ – 1 per cent
Montenegro – Nina Žižić – ‘Dobrodošli’ – 1 per cent
Georgia – Mariam Shengelia – ‘Freedom’ – 1 per cent
Croatia – Marko Bošnjak – Poison Cake – 1 per cent
Remember Monday recently spoke to NME about competing in this year’s song contest in Basel – and revealed that Queen‘s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ was a major influence on their “chaotic” power-pop song ‘What the Hell Just Happened?’
The country-pop trio – Lauren Byrne, Holly-Anne Hull and Charlotte Steele – are the first girl-group to represent the UK since Precious, who finished in 12th place in 1999. The UK has only cracked the Top 10 on three occasions since then, most recently when Sam Ryder came second three years ago.
“There were loads of people online saying, ‘I don’t know how a country song will go down at Eurovision.’ And obviously we just had to sit there and keep quiet,” Byrne said.
Steele added: “In a way, that speculation helped us because we were so excited and proud of the song, which is quite different, that we just couldn’t wait for people to hear it.”
Estonia’s Eurovision 2025 entry Tommy Cash also recently spoke to NME about the inspirations behind his controversial song ‘Espresso Macchiato’ and his hopes for winning.
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