Bookmakers named the favorites of Eurovision 2025 Semi-final 1

Eurovision 2025 will take place next week from May 13th to 17th in the Swiss city of Basel. Bookmakers have already made a forecast of who will reach the final from the first semifinal of the contest.

This was reported by Novyny.LIVE with reference to the Eurovision website.

Which 10 countries will get to the final from the first semi-final

According to the forecasts, the first 4 candidates on the list have almost equal chances to win the first place. According to the forecast, the first ten finalists will include the following countries:

1. Sweden (KAJ with the song "Bara bada bastu") — 95% chance to take 1st place;
2. Estonia (Tommy Cash with the song "Espresso Macchiato") — 94%;
3. Ukraine (Ziberblat with the song "Bird of Prey") — 94%;
4. Netherlands (Claude with the song C'est La Vie) — 93%;
5. Albania (Skodra Electronike with Zjerm) — 91%;
6. Norway (Kyle Alessandro with Lighter) — 85%;
7. Cyprus (Theo Evan with Shh) — 84%;
8. Poland (Justyna Steczkowska with Gaja) — 81%;
9. Belgium (Red Sebastian with Strobe Lights) — 69%;
10. San Marino (Gabri Ponte with Tutta L'Italia) — 56%. 

The full list of forecasts can be found below.

Previously, we reported that Czechia will be represented by Adonxs with the song Kiss Kiss Goodbye, and Israel by Yuval Raphael with New Day Will Rise, a track about healing and hope.