- EUROVISION SONG CONTEST 2009 TOP 5 PREDICTIONS
We're now one third way through our "Top 5 Prediction" contest for 2009 and in he first ten days, we have a received the first seventy two predictions for the result of this year's Eurovision Song Contest. Don't forget if you want to enter this competition and be in with a chance of winning the official Triple DVD of this year's contest, you have until midnight on April 30th to send us your prediction.
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Right now the predictions are following the money being bet on the event with the clearest leader we have seen in the over ten year history of the Top 5 Prediction Competition. Norway's Alexander Rybak (left) and his song "Fairytale could be heading for victory in Moscow as 57% of the predictions have the Norwegian entry as the winner.
If the predictions are correct, the main challenges to Norway will come from Greece and Turkey. So far ten countries out of forty two have a winning prediction, perhaps surprisingly among them are Estonia, U.K. and Malta all of whom have a very poor record in the contest in recent years. The countries that have done best in the contest in recent years; Russia, Ukraine and Serbia are not going to make much impression this year, if the predictions are to be believed.
One third of the countries taking part in this year's contest have still to find anyone who thinks they will be in the Top 5, including Ireland and perhaps more surprisingly, 2007 Eurovision winners Serbia.
Here's a table of the predictions we have received so far;
| Country | 1st place Predictions | 2nd place Predictions | 3rd place Predictions | 4th place Predictions | 5th place Predictions. | Total Predictions | |
| 1 | Norway | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 58 |
| 2 | Turkey | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 43 |
| 3 | Greece | 6 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 46 |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Estonia | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Malta | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | |
| 8 | Albania | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 9 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 28 | |
| 11 | Armenia | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | |
| 12 | France | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | |
| 13 | Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 13 | Spain | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 14 | |
| 14 | Ukraine | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 11 | |
| =15 | Lithuania | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| =15 | Russia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 17 | Finland | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 18 | Iceland | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | |
| 19 | Montenegro | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 20 | Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 21 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 22 | Sweden | 3 | 4 | 7 | |||
| 23 | Portugal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 24 | Denmark | 3 | 3 | 6 | |||
| 25 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| =26 | Cyprus | 1 | 1 | ||||
| =26 | Israel | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 28 | Latvia | 1 | 1 | ||||
Here are the entries we have received so far anmd once again can I remind everyone to let me known what country they are from, when submitting prerictions.
| Prediction (Country) | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||
| 1 | Keith Mills (Ireland) |
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Norway | Armenia | Bosnia-Herz. | Finland | Greece |
| 2 | Srdjan (Serbia) |
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Norway | Turkey | Greece | Bosnia-Herz. | Estonia |
| 3 | Dimitrios (Spain) |
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Greece | U.K. | Spain | Cyprus | Malta |
| 4 | Yom (France) |
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Norway | Azerbaijan | Bosnia-Herz. | Estonia | France |
| 5 | Kris (Estonia) |
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Estonia | Armenia | U.K. | Malta | France |
| 6 | John Egan (Canada) |
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U.K. | Turkey | Estonia | Bosnia-Herz. | Latvia |
| 7 | Dashimir (Canada) |
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Albania | Norway | Armenia | Denmark | Montenegro |
| 8 | Dimitry Kuzmin (USA) |
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Greece | Azerbaijan | Turkey | Israel | Norway |
| 9 | Edwin Peeters (Netherlands) |
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Norway | Estonia | Turkey | Montenegro | Denmark |
| 10 | Angelica Nikolov-Arvela (Australia) |
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Norway | Turkey | Azerbaijan | Greece | Armenia |
| 11 | Henkie Clicque (Belgium) |
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Norway | France | Estonia | Portugal | Bosnia-Herz. |
| 12 | Mustafa Hoşgören (Turkey) |
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Turkey | Azerbaijan | Sweden | Greece | France |
| 13 | Chris Wllaby (U.K.) |
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Norway | Turkey | Greece | Azerbaijan | Iceland |
| 14 | James Samson (U.K.) |
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Malta | Norway | Greece | Turkey | Spain |
| 15 | Paul Hutter (Germany) |
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Estonia | Iceland | Bosnia-Herz. | Azerbaijan | Spain |
| 16 | Gil'ad Yanay Amir (Israel) |
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Turkey | Norway | Spain | Malta | Bosnia-Herz. |
| 17 | Etienne Micallef (Malta) |
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Malta | Norway | Turkey | Greece | Azerbaijan |
| 18 | Stefano Figallo (Italy) |
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Greece | Norway | Malta | Azerbaijan | Switzerland |
| 19 | Gert Poelman (Belgium) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Portugal | U.K. | Moldova |
| 20 | Ilan Lee-Or |
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Norway | Russia | France | Bosnia-Herz. | Ukraine |
| 21 | Andrew Hordern (China) |
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Norway | Turkey | Bosnia-Herz. | Greece | Iceland |
| 22 | Philip Stuart (U.K.) |
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Estonia | Norway | Azerbaijan | Spain | Portugal |
| 23 | Jonathan Knapman (U.K.) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Sweden | Estonia | Greece |
| 24 | Fredrik Nyman (Sweden) |
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Norway | Moldova | Turkey | Greece | Azerbaijan |
| 25 | Anne Mette Christensen (Denmark) |
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Turkey | Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Azerbaijan | Greece |
| 26 | Peter Brodey (U.K.) |
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Greece | Montenegro | Sweden | Romania | Malta |
| 27 | Ajdin Mehic (Bosnia-Herz.) |
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Norway | Ukraine | Azerbaijan | Armenia | Greece |
| 28 | Ori Rosenberg (Israel) |
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Malta | Bosnia-Herz. | Iceland | Greece | Turkey |
| 29 | Ben Cook (U.K.) |
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Norway | Greece | Bosnia-Herz. | Turkey | Ukraine |
| 30 | Gary Mulhall (Ireland) |
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Norway | Azerbaijan | Greece | Turkey | Malta |
| 31 | Murat Guldu (Turkey) |
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Norway | Turkey | Greece | Finland | Romania |
| 32 | Marina Angelidou (Cyprus) |
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Greece | Turkey | Azerbaijan | U.K. | Norway |
| 33 | Kenneth Stormack (Norway) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Estonia | Iceland | France |
| 34 | Moray James (U.K.) |
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Turkey | Greece | Azerbaijan | Bosnia-Herz. | Ukraine |
| 35 | David Venon (France) |
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Turkey | Moldova | Bosnia-Herz. | Estonia | Armenia |
| 36 | Paul Cooper (U.K.) |
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Turkey | Azerbaijan | Armenia | Moldova | France |
| 37 | Ken Riisalu (Estonia) |
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Norway | Greece | Spain | Turkey | Spain |
| 38 | David A Allan (U.K.) |
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Azerbaijan | Hungary | Turkey | Ukraine | Estonia |
| 39 | Marcus Klier (Germany) |
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Turkey | Bosnia-Herz. | Ukraine | Azerbaijan | Greece |
| 40 | Daniel Denes (Argentina) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Turkey | U.K. | Ukraine |
| 41 | Elias An (Cyprus) |
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Norway | Greece | Bosnia-Herz. | Turkey | Estonia |
| 42 | Athan (Greece) |
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Norway | Lithuania | Greece | France | Spain |
| 43 | Paul Gurney (U.K.) |
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U.K. | Norway | Malta | Spain | France |
| 44 | David G.(U.K.) |
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Turkey | Greece | Ukraine | Norway | Malta |
| 45 | Jonas Fylke (Norway) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Turkey | Greece | Azerbaijan |
| 46 | Alper (Turkey) |
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Turkey | Azerbaijan | Greece | Norway | Sweden |
| 47 | Ed Rackstraw (U.K.) |
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U.K. | Norway | Greece | Turkey | Malta |
| 48 | Harout Baghamian (Israel) |
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Greece | Turkey | Norway | Spain | Azerbaijan |
| 49 | PJ Hogan (Ireland) |
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Norway | Greece | Russia | Malta | Azerbaijan |
| 50 | Howard Lodge (Ireland) |
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Norway | Switzerland | Estonia | Denmark | U.K. |
| 51 | David L (Finland) |
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Norway | France | Bosnia-Herz. | Finland | Lithuania |
| 52 | David Berlinger (Israel) |
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Slovenia | Norway | Malta | Greece | Iceland |
| 53 | Tadas (Lithuania |
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Norway | Turkey | Finland | Iceland | Denmark |
| 54 | Luke Mitchell (Ireland) |
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Norway | Greece | Malta | Denmark | U.K. |
| 55 | Stefan Heinze (Germany) |
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Norway | Estonia | Lithuania | Spain | Greece |
| 56 | Chris Weiss (Germany) |
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Norway | Finland | Greece | Turkey | Sweden |
| 57 | BJ Murphy (USA) |
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Norway | Turkey | Moldova | Greece | Ukraine |
| 58 | Willan Suarez Parada (Bolivia) |
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Norway | Azerbaijan | Greece | Turkey | Sweden |
| 59 | Stian Fjerdingen (Norway) |
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Azerbaijan | Greece | Norway | Malta | Ukraine |
| 60 | Anthony Berardinelli (Venezuela) |
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Norway | Spain | Turkey | Azerbaijan | Sweden |
| 61 | Osman Irmak (Turkey) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Turkey | Greece | Denmark |
| 62 | Phil Staveley (U.K.) |
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Norway | Estonia | Turkey | Bosnia-Herz. | Iceland |
| 63 | Stephen B (Azerbaijan) |
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Estonia | U.K. | Greece | France | Russia |
| 64 | Steven Wheeler (U.K.) |
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Norway | Greece | Bosnia-Herz. | Azerbaijan | U.K. |
| 65 | Jonathan Rodriguez (U.K.) |
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Norway | U.K. | Turkey | Spain | Greece |
| 66 | Colin McKnight (U.K.) |
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Norway | Greece | Azerbaijan | U.K. | Turkey |
| 67 | Stephen Crump (U.K.) |
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Azerbaijan | Turkey | Malta | U.K. | Norway |
| 68 | Gareth (U.K.) |
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Azerbaijan | U.K. | Ukraine | Turkey | Finland |
| 69 | Keijo (Finland) |
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Norway | Turkey | Estonia | Spain | Finland |
| 70 | Richard Kort (U.K.) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Russia | Azerbaijan | Greece |
| 71 | Kirk Thompson (Ireland) |
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Norway | Bosnia-Herz. | Greece | Azerbaijan | U.K. |
| 72 | Clive Taylor (U.K.) |
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Norway | U.K. | Lithuania | Bosnia-Herz. | France |