You’ll have to wait a few more hours for the confetti to fall at Melodifestivalen. But the odds for the first semi-final are already dropping. The bookmakers have watched the one-minute snippets, read your catty comments, and glanced over our reviews of the second rehearsal. Here are their favourites.

YOHIO and Helena Paparizou currently have the lowest odds of finishing in the Top 2 and heading direct to the Friends Arena. YOHIO has odds as low as 4/9, while Helena has odds as low as 11/13. They are the only two acts with odds <1. If these two don’t qualify this evening, jaws will drop. (And Helena bring her wedding forward).

On the flip side of things, Sylvester Schlegel and Mahan Moin appear to have no chance of making the final—or the second chance round. She has odds as high as 33/2, while he has odds as high as 49. Ouch.

You can see the latest betting odds from three leading agencies—Ladbrokes, UNIBET, and betfair—below. Just click on the preceding links to place your bets! Are the bookies on to the winners? Do you think Linus and Alvaro will be in the second chance? Should we all place an outside bet on Sylvester?!

Odds for first semi-final

1. YOHIO 4/7, 11/17, 4/9
2. Helena Paparizou 1, 11/13, 1
3. Linus Svenning: 5/4, 6/4, 2
4. Alvaro Estrella: 7/4, 6/4, 7/5
5. Ellen Benediktson: 7/2, 9/4, 21/20
6. Elisa Lindstrom: 7, 33/2, 9
7. Mahan Moin: 14, 33/2, 69/5
8. Sylvester Schlegel 20, 49, 29

To re-watch the one-minute snippets, click here.

Willy Lee Adams contributed this report from London. Follow him on Twitter @willyleeadams. You can also keep up with the latest Eurovision news and gossip by following wiwibloggs.com on Twitter and Facebook.

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Jessica
Jessica
10 years ago

I have a question how come you guys are following the Swedish song content here?? Do you even understand what they / we are saying, I am from Sweden so I wonder how come you follow it? i am just curious

Arianna
10 years ago

Maybe Elisa will end up in the second chance place? It’s a nice song!

D
D
10 years ago

After listening to the songs again, I actually really like “Casanova” now. I doubt Elisa will be able to beat the powerhouses that are Helena and YOHIO, but she definitely has my vote this semi. In my perfect world, Ellen and Elisa would advance to the final but that’s almost definitely not happening. One of my big hopes is that a song sung in Swedish will represent my country sometime soon. I don’t know if this will be the year considering all the favourites (I think) have English-language songs, but you never know. We’ve only heard the first semi-final songs… Read more »

Tiggeh
Tiggeh
10 years ago

Good Luck to YOHIO.