Potential spoiler alert!
The 61st Eurovision Song Contest will take place this Saturday. We already know some of the countries through to the final from the first semi-final on Tuesday, but our very own Nicky Byrne competes tonight, in the second semi-final, for his spot on Saturday’s show.
But before all that we could know the overall winner.
Spotify has released the list of countries in order of the likelihood of winning. According to BuzzFeed, they based their ranking on the most-streamed tracks on Spotify from this year’s contest and even mirrored the structure of the voting process by excluding plays from the artist’s home countries, because they can’t vote for themselves in the competition.
And before we dismiss their method of guessing who will win, that same method lead them to predict that Sweden would win last year. They even managed to place seven other countries in the top ten.
So drum roll please….
This year they reckon Sweden will win, for a second year running, with their entry If I Were Sorry.
Poor ole Nicky Byrne doesn’t even make the top ten and neither do our neighbours, Britain.
Here is the full ranking list from Spotify:
1. Sweden
Frans – If I Were Sorry
2. France
Amir – J’ai cherché
3. RussiaSergey Lazarev
Sergey Lazarev – You Are the Only One
4. Spain
Barei – Say Yay!
5. AustraliaDami
Dami Im – Sound of Silence
6. Bulgaria
Poli Genova – If Love Was a Crime
7. Italy
Francesca Michielin – No Degree of Separation
8. Denmark
Lighthouse X – Soldiers of Love
9. Netherlands
Douwe Bob – Slow Down
10. Malta
Ira Losco – Walk on Water
11. Azerbaijan
Samra – Miracle
12. Croatia
Nina Kraljić – Lighthouse
13. Austria
Zoë – Loin d’ici
14. Norway
Agnete – Icebreaker
15. Finland
Sandhja – Sing It Away
16. Germany
Jamie-Lee – Ghost
17. Hungary
Freddie – Pioneer
18. Iceland
Greta Salóme – Hear Them Calling
19. Latvia
Justs – Heartbeat
20. Armenia
Iveta Mukuchyan – LoveWave
21. United Kingdom
Joe and Jake – You’re Not Alone
22. Czech Republic
Gabriela Gunčíková – I Stand
23. Ireland
Nicky Byrne – Sunlight
24. Cyprus
Minus One – Alter Ego
25. Israel
Hovi Star – Made of Stars
26. Lithuania
Donny Montell – I’ve Been Waiting for This Night
27. Estonia
Jüri Pootsmann – Play
28. Belarus
Ivan – Help You Fly
29. Ukraine
Jamala – 1944
30. Poland
Michał Szpak – Color of Your Life
31. Moldova
Lidia Isac – Falling Stars
32. Serbia
Sanja Vučić ZAA – Goodbye (Shelter)
33. Switzerland
Rykka – The Last of Our Kind
34. Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dalal & Deen feat. Ana Rucner and Jala – Ljubav je
35. Greece
Argo – Utopian Land
36. Slovenia
ManuElla – Blue and Red
37. Albania
Eneda Tarifa – Fairytale
38. Macedonia
Kaliopi – Dona (Дона)
39. Belgium
Laura Tesoro – What’s the Pressure
40. Georgia
Nika Kocharov & Young Georgian Lolitaz – Midnight Gold
41. Montenegro
Highway – The Real Thing
42. San Marino
Serhat – I Didn’t Know
