Topic: [Discussion & Betting] Eurovision Song Contest 2020 - page 7. (Read 1786 times)

Went through the songs that were already confirmed and I am not really impressed so far

My ranking:

Italy
Greece
Spain
Georgia
Albania
Czech Republic
Australia
Latvia
Austria

Italy is really way above everyone else so far. They are odds favourite for now, but not sure, if this song is enough to win ESC.

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I just read that the ESC will be available in the US via Netflix this year. Not sure, if many people are interested in ESC over there though or even know what it is. ESC is a big thing in LGBT community, so they might get some viewers there.

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I like this sound very much and now you made me curious what the belgian entry will look like (or sound like^^).

Hope you succeed in grabbing a ticket for the show

TYVM for this thread tyKiwanuka

Well, last year it was available at least on cloudbet.com, sportsbet.io and onehash.com
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/eurovision-song-contest-5138706

Yes in fact the contest is open to all countries of the COE (Council of Europe) and few selected guests like Australia.

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LOL WTF where are you living man?  
It's one of the biggest TV event in the world with the FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games...

This is the first time I'm hearing of the Eurovision song contest. Thanks to the link posted by : @mu_enrico. Now I know what the contest is about and I'm thrilled to experience it. That said, I wanted to know if the contest won't be available on some betting sites or if there's anyone that will support the contest. If what everyone is saying on this thread is true, then I'm in for an entertaining contest.

I'm not at all embarrassed to say I'll be watching this year's one (as I did last year), thanks to a young kid girl who actually got some mentions from Junior Eurovision stars AND that the venue is less than an hour away from me.

Me and the partner already wasted 2 days of our lives queueing up online for the tickets AND we didn't get it opening on 4 different devices (it's supposedly a random queue assignment but I suspect it's semi-rigged because right after it's gone, tickets are sold on those reseller sites).

One last ticket wave to go so I'd rather bet on myself getting even 1 ticket for the girl... I'd say my odds are 10/1? Or does anybody here actually have a tick? I don't even mind the Family or Jury show for the semis...

P.S. I happen to have my all-time fav Euro band representing Belgium (Hooverphonic). I've been listening to them ever since their cover of This Strange Effect hit my eardrums in the 1990s. So I actually have a band I support in this edition. If anyone wonders what 1990s triphop sounded like, without mentioning Massive Attack and Portishead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu2nSWSgFa8

P.P.S. @ty definitely delete the spammers. There's quite a few in this sub-forum who I suspect truly don't gamble at all. It's a reason I rarely read the EPL mega thread now =(

That is why they introduced jury voting some years ago in addition to televoting and both count 50% each. It makes for a fairer competition in the end, but of course you still have a lot of neighbouring countries giving each other points. And then you have certain countries always getting a lot of points from country XY, because of some huge diaspora there. Romania always got a lot of points from Spain because of that for example.

I wouldn't always call it politics though, if neighbouring countries give each other points. Often times these countries have cultural similarities and thus also tend to like the same style of music. The Ex-Yugoslavian countries for example often exchange points among themselves. They are attached to some musical elements which is typical in these countries and so it's not surprising, that Croatians often like the serbian entry and vice versa.

The 2007 winner from Serbia, Marija Šerifović with the song Molitva, didn't catch me at all, but was very well liked in Ex-Yugoslavian countries (and lots of other countries). Different countries, different music

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I am not sure about this, but there are enough crypto bookmakers being present in this forum, so you could ask them, if they are willing to add some market(s).


Europe and Eurovision are not the same You have quite some non-european countries taking part in ESC (Israel, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Australia), taking part in the past (Morocco) or maybe wanting to take part in the future (Kazakhstan).

It’s the same like in UEFA football, where you have non-european teams playing in UEFA competitions as well (the above mentioned apart from Australia and Morocco).

Is this event got covered or featured by some of the popular crypto-gambling betting sites before?

If none and for crypto gamblers reference, do you have any info if there are crypto-gambling sites that will feature this event? As you know, obviously, most gamblers here are lurking only with cryptos unless someone will open a P2P form of betting or Mutual Betting at this particular event.

Kind of OT but I can't believe that out of 41 countries, our country, that is known for being involved in the music industry and music events, locally and internationally are not taking part in this.

Yes, its "EURO" but there are other participants outside Europe.

EDIT: my bad! I misread "Austria" into "Australia".

I haven't watched Eurovision in last few years, because I was disappointed about winners in recent years. I still didn't decided will I watch it this year. Most of countries still didn't announced their participants, so it's early to talk about favorites. It's interesting which crypto sportsbooks will give Eurovision lines. Cloudbet had it last year, can't remember about other websites.

I don't think that English language is big factor nowadays. If you look at recent winners, you'll see that quite many was non-English songs.
But it's biased contest with lot of politics inside. Many just vote for their neighbour countries and friebds, not for the song.

For those who are not familiar with this contest, you could read this:
https://eurovision.tv/about/how-it-works

2019 winner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiIjuLRyinM

My current basket, "Fai rumore & Shaj." >> I wish for the English version so bad tho. I'll visit this thread occasionally and update my basket

I think this kind of contest would be a bit biased since people like English-language songs more.

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The Eurovision Song Contest is not only a great event overall and lots of fun, but also nice for some betting. I will update this thread regularly with the latest news and all stuff surrounding this years ESC. Hoping for a good discussion and good insights from people all over the world that visit this forum on a daily basis and are interested in this event. Maybe we can make some bucks here together, good luck

I made this thread self-moderated. I don't plan to delete a lot of posts, but rather let a fruitful discussion unfold. If it gets too spammy, I will delete posts though. So just stay on topic, share your thoughts, discuss the entries and don't spam useless stuff.