On this page you can see my predictions for the final 2013 (drum roll, very exciting), so if you trust my judgment then you can blindly wager your hard earned cash on these tips. Due to the dearth of quality this year, allied with a rare misplaced bookie's favourite, there is a real chance of value. Under normal circumstances by May the markets have sorted themselves out after the bookies have explored the crevasses of key Eurosong fans for their take on matters. Denmark remain red hot favourites, and so I am sticking my neck out by looking elsewhere.

It appears to me that in choosing a Denmark/Ukraine 1-2, they have backed the wrong Goldolphin-like stable. So where to look? Only a fool overlooks the Russian powerhouse, guaranteed as they are approximately 60+ points for free from their ever so-thankful neighbours. This helps to just take them over the line from the hosts, who may just do the double. The lovely dirge from the Dutch in 3rd may be a tad optimistic, however I have revised my findings somewhat by saying that Azerbaijan is guaranteed to hit the top 10. Add in the Germans, Danes, Georgians and Ukraine and you have your winner's pot.
Those eagle-eyed amongst you may just notice that I have amended my predictions following confirmation of the final 26, post semi's. I took the difficult decision to foresake my belief in perfection because to the demands of an average Saturday, and have simply substituted the countries I thought would qualify, with those that actually did. Whilst this will probably not affect the top of the leaderboard, I fully appreciate that my bone idleness is clear to see.

As ever the predictions below are based on an assumption of certain qualifiers from the two semi finals, details of which you can see here and here.