Finland Favourites as the 2026 Eurovision Field Is Finalised

by Roy Brindley, 19 March 2026

The top four acts in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest betting will perform their song in their native, non-English language. Finland is the favourite, but France is the fancy.

Linda Lampenius and Pete Parkkonen will represent Finland at the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. © Getty Images

Key Facts:

• The songs that will represent 35 countries at Eurovision 2026 are now confirmed.
• Finland, one of three short-priced Scandinavian countries, is the 6/4 competition favourite.
• Look Mum No Computer will represent the UK with ‘Eins, Zwei, Drei’.
• The pop-opera genre angle makes France an interesting contender.

The list of songs and acts that will represent the 35 nations contesting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest is now complete. The world’s biggest live music show heads to Vienna, Austria, in mid-May for two semi-finals and a final show. The competition winner will be crowned on Saturday, May 16.

The betting on the outcome of the 70th edition of ‘Eurovision’ is dominated by Scandinavian countries. The UK’s best online betting sites make Finland 6/4 favourites to recapture the prize that it last won in 2006 courtesy of Lordi, performing Hard Rock Hallelujah.

Denmark, three-time winners that last lifted the prize in 2013, trade as the second favourites. Sweden, the winner three times in the past 14 years, has been given 16/1 odds, meaning they are currently sitting fifth on the betting lists.

66/1 the UK and 500/1 the Defending Champions

Bookmakers have far less optimism about Austria’s chances of defending the title. The nation has been given a dismissive 500/1 quote. Its odds mean the country joins Portugal, Poland, Montenegro, and Estonia as the rank outsiders.

The BBC has once again chosen the UK’s song and act by an internal selection process. As a result, British electronic musician Sam Battle, known as Look Mum No Computer, will perform Eins, Zwei, Drei on behalf of his country.

The artist is priced at 66/1 odds in the outright betting. Betting firms offering odds on a top-10 finish give the 37-year-old a 10/3 quote about him finishing in the top half of the finals night scoreboard. Be warned, UK acts have claimed a top-10 Eurovision finish just three times since 1998.

Greece and France Are In-Form and Overdue

Joining longstanding favourites, Finland, and Denmark as nations trading on single-digit prices are France (11/2) and Greece (9/1). A nation that registered a top-10 finish nine times in a decade at the start of the century, Greece won the competition in 2005.

Akylas, a TikTok graduate who appeared on The Voice Greece in 2022, will perform Ferto in Vienna. His song has to be seen and heard to be described – and the Online-Casino’s team are still stuck for words!

France last won the competition in 1977, but it came close to victory in 2021’s Eurovision when Voila, performed by Barbara Pravi, finished second. The country has never sent a song with English lyrics to the competition, and 2026 is no different.

In the Eurovision final – and France, as a ‘Big Four’ country, will be fast-tracked to the final – 17-year-old female singer, Monroe, will represent the nation by performing a song called Regarde!

In addition to sounding custom-made for new-car commercials, Regarde ! is from the same pop-opera genre that charmed judges (not so much televoters) to deliver the last two Eurovision winners. Trading on 11/2 odds, many Eurovision betting experts believe this song represents outstanding value in the win market as an each-way proposition.