Which country is most likely to win Eurovision according to history?
The UK-based betting agency analysed 71 past winners and their characteristics to find out who might become this year's winner based on historical stats.
Slightly over 45% of the past winners sang a pop song, and 49.3% did so in English.
The most shared music topic amongst previous winners is love, romance, and relationships at 59.7%.
Past winners' songs also share similarities in the titles: 18.4% of their songs started with the letters "D" or "T".
In this year's competition, Sissal, representing Denmark with the song "Hallucination," shares the most traits with five characteristics of a typical Eurovision winner.
She is a female solo performer who sings a pop song about love in English.
This is followed by three other contestants who have four traits of a typical Eurovision winner, the second-highest number of characteristics.
Emmy, representing Ireland with the "Laika Party" song, and Miriana Conte, representing Malta with the music named "Serving", are both women, solo performers, singing a pop song in English.
Popularity might not dictate the future of the 37 countries, but it can be a good indicator for the public televote.
Besides this, the "Big Five" countries - France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom - automatically qualify as the biggest financial contributors to the event.
The host country also has a guaranteed participation in the finale and does not need to qualify through the semi-finals.
At the beginning of May, Sweden's entry, "Bara bada bastu" by KAJ, was the most-streamed song on Spotify with 38.5 million streams and the most viewed YouTube video with 9.179 million views.
Italy's entry, "Volevo essere un duro" by Lucio Corsi, was the second most-streamed song on Spotify, with 37.9 million streams.
Meanwhile, French singer Louane is the most followed contestant on Instagram with 1.245 million followers, followed by Tommy Cash from Estonia with 1.17 million followers, and Lucio Corsi from Italy with 1.055 million followers.
On TikTok, Louane maintains her spot with 1.3 million followers. Ireland's Emmy and San Marino's Gabry Ponte are right behind Louane since both have 1.2 million followers on TikTok.
This year's Eurovision is taking place in Switzerland, the country that hosted the first ever contest back in 1956.
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