Eurovision 2016 final: What time is it on? What is the running order? What are the odds? Who will win?
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Your support makes all the difference.Two tense semi-finals later and the Eurovision grand final line-up has been revealed, with the UK’s Joe and Jake hoping to reverse recent embarrassing trends and bring home the trophy on Saturday night.
The duo has been given the penultimate slot in the running order, sandwiched between 2014 winner Austria and the closing act Armenia. The running order is carefully curated by producers to make sure each song stands out and creates the most exciting show possible.
Listen to every song and read our verdicts here, and check out the running order below complete with the best odds at the time of publication (Friday morning) from oddschecker.com:
Belgium, 100/1
Czech Republic, 300/1
The Netherlands, 100/1
Azerbaijan, 250/1
Hungary, 200/1
Italy, 70/1
Israel, 100/1
Bulgaria, 125/1
Sweden, 16/1
Germany, 500/1
France, 14/1
Poland, 150/1
Australia, 5/1
Cyprus, 150/1
Serbia,100/1
Lithuania, 300/1
Croatia, 200/1
Russia, 8/13
Spain, 150/1
Latvia, 100/1
Ukraine, 11/1
Malta, 50/1
Georgia, 300/1
Austria, 100/1
United Kingdom, 150/1
Armenia, 33/1
Russia remains the clear favourite to win with odds of 8/13, followed by Australia, which returns to the competition for the second consecutive year after being invited to participate again (read more on the thinking behind that here). Ukraine, France, Sweden and Armenia are also in with a shot according to the bookmakers, while the UK trails with best odds of 150/1. Many bookmakers have slashed the UK’s odds following an impressive dress rehearsal, however, with some offering odds of 33/1. Russia aside, and whether it can win with a history of poor gay rights remains to be seen, it’s a pretty open contest this year. It’s anybody’s game as it stands, so a lot will depend on those final performances.
Graham Norton is providing the commentary once again, with the show starting at 8pm on BBC1.
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