Will the Alvan and Ahez group manage to thwart the predictions? The Breton group will represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday evening at the Pala Olimpico in Turin in front of 15,000 spectators. But their electro-pop title Fulenn in the Breton language does not seem to convince the bookmakers so far, ranked 15th on average with less than 1% chance of winning the contestat the same level as Finland or Portugal.
Ukraine starts as the big favorite, with more than a one in two chance of finishing first according to the betting sites. Due to the war waged by Russia on its soil, the country should enjoy the sympathy and vote of the public. Far behind, the United Kingdom and Sweden complete the podium.
Proving the tipsters wrong
As predictions are not an exact science, all hope is not lost. But last year, the bookmakers were not mistaken by giving Italy the winner ahead of France, with second place won by Barbara Pravi and her title “Voilà”. It will therefore be necessary to count on a good performance on stage by Alvan and Ahez to make them lie and take up the torch left by Marie Myriam, the last French candidate to have won the competition in 1945.