Remember Monday's Eurovision result ‘revealed' just hours before live final – and it's not looking good
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BRITISH girl group Remember Monday will be taking to the stage tonight in Basel in a bid to win the Eurovision song contest.
But the band, who are singing What The Hell Just Happened?, have been dealt a crushing blow with just hours to go before they perform.
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Remember Monday will be the eight band to perform this evening
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The friends are singing What The Hell Just Happened
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The bookies now make them 66/1 to cause an upset tonight, meaning they're more likely to finish in last place (3/1) than first, while 12/1 says they score 'nul points'.
Alex Apati of Ladbrokes said: "Remember Monday need nothing short of a miracle to cause an upset in Switzerland tonight, if the latest odds are anything to go by."
Inspired by their friendship after they met at school in Hampshire, Remember Monday will be the eighth performance this evening.
They will be up against the noted contenders Sweden, who are represented by Swedish-speaking Finnish trio Kaj with their entry Bara Bada Bastu, a comedic song about Nordic sauna culture, and who will break Eurovision records if they win.
Ireland, whose 2025 representative Emmy Kristiansen failed to get through in Thursday's semi-final, and Sweden are currently on seven wins each after Swedish singer Loreen's victory in Liverpool in 2023.
Other favourites this year are Austria's JJ (Johannes Pietsch) with the emotional song Wasted Love, and Israeli singer Yuval Raphael, who will see her country join Luxembourg, France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom on five wins if she lifts the trophy with the ballad New Day Will Rise.
Also in the mix are Finnish leather-wearing Erika Vikman with the innuendo-laden German language song Ich Komme, France's Louane with the soulful Maman, and Dutch singer Claude Kiambe's touching C'est La Vie.
There has also been buzz around host country Switzerland's Zoe Me with Voyage, Estonia's Tommy Cash with Italian parody Espresso Macchiato, and Malta's Miriana Conte, who changed her song's title, Kant, due to a complaint about its similarity to an English language swearword, to Serving.
The winner will be determined by a combination of points from national juries and viewer votes in the participating 26 countries, along with a separate rest of the world poll.
The UK's national jury votes are set to be announced by singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor, after Doctor Who actor Ncuti Gatwa pulled out of being the British Eurovision spokesperson due to "unforeseen circumstances".
The grand final will also see previous Eurovision runners-up Croatia's Baby Lasagna and Finland's Kaarija perform, as well as 2024 champion and Swiss singer Nemo with their new song Unexplainable.
There has also been speculation that Canadian singer Celine Dion, who won for the Swiss in 1988 with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi, could take to the St Jakobshalle stage, amid her stepping back from touring due to health issues.
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