{"id":1392354,"date":"2026-05-12T12:11:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/what-are-ukraines-chances-of-winning-eurovision-2026-bookmakers-forecast\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:11:14","slug":"what-are-ukraines-chances-of-winning-eurovision-2026-bookmakers-forecast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/what-are-ukraines-chances-of-winning-eurovision-2026-bookmakers-forecast\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Ukraine’s chances of winning Eurovision 2026: bookmakers’ forecast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before the start of the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest 2026, bookmakers have updated their predictions for the favorites and potential finalists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is evidenced by updated analytical betting data on the eve of the first semi-final in Vienna.<\/p>\n

Finland is currently considered the main contender for victory. Its chances are considered the highest among all participants.<\/p>\n

\u201cFinland remains the main favorite of the competition,\u201d the bookmakers note.<\/p>\n

Next in the ranking are Greece and Denmark, which are also in the top three in terms of probability of victory. France and Australia also made the top five.<\/p>\n

In addition to them, the top 10 predictions included Israel, Malta, Romania, Italy, and Sweden.<\/p>\n

As for Ukraine, bookmakers currently place it in 11th place. The representative of LEL\u00c9KA with the song \u201cRidnym\u201d has low chances of winning, but analysts estimate that reaching the final is very likely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe probability of Ukraine reaching the final remains high \u2014 over 90%,\u201d the forecasts say. <\/p>\n

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Ukraine will perform in the second semi-final on May 14.<\/p>\n

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Before the start of the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest 2026, bookmakers have updated their predictions for the favorites and potential finalists. This is evidenced by updated analytical betting data on the eve of the first semi-final in Vienna. Finland is currently considered the main contender for victory. Its chances are considered the highest among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1392346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76878],"class_list":["post-1392354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}