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Bambi Thug’s chances of winning Eurovision dwindle as punters bet on a Swiss victory

Bambie Thug reacts after being named as Ireland's Eurovision entry for 2024

Lara Haddaoui

As the competition draws closer, confidence is growing that Bambie Thug will sail through the semi-finals and seal Ireland’s first appearance in the Eurovision Song Contest final since 2018.

Bambi Thug currently has an odds of 4/7 with BoyleSports to qualify from the opening semi-final on May 7, with Croatia and Ukraine looking near certainties for the final at odds of 1/250.

The performer however remains one of the outsiders at 33/1 to win this year’s contest in Malmö.

Despite reaching over two million streams on Spotify, the Cork star’s Doomsday Blue has failed to hit the right notes on Irish radio and the songster has now recorded a new version of the ‘Ouija Pop’ track featuring a more traditional piano and vocal take of the hit.

It has been stressed however that the re-release will not be the song of choice in Sweden this summer.

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Despite punters going cold on Ireland’s chances of winning the competition for the first time since 1996, Bambie Thug wowed the crowd at a pre-Eurovision bash in London as 24 of the 37 contestants for this year’s contest took to the stage.

But it was once again Croatia’s Baby Lasagna that stole the show and he is now just 3/1 to be crowned this year’s winner on May 11th.

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“After a show stopping performance at London’s Eurovision Party, we’ve seen a surge of support for Bambie Thug to reach the final, but punters remain convinced that Switzerland’s Nemo will make a splash and lift the trophy,” said Brian O’Keeffe, spokesperson for BoyleSports.

Eurovision fans were not finding Nemo on the stage at the London bash, but the Swiss representative still tops the shortlist of punters as he now the 15/8 favourite for success in Sweden, while the UKs Olly Alexander is rated a 40/1 chance to end a 27-year drought for the country.

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