Bucks Fizz's Jay Aston has given her verdict on who will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest - and it isn't the UK.
The singer, 62, won the international competition back in 1981 with the pop group and their hit Making Your Mind Up.
Yet Jay has a firm favourite, who isn't the UK's entry Mae Muller.
The 80s star believes Sweden is in for the top spot at this year's competition taking place in Liverpool.
“Sweden is the favourite and should remain so. For me, that’s the one that stands out because she’s done it before - Loreen, the Swedish entry," Jay explained.
"She is the favourite and I think for good reason because there is just a confidence about her performance because she’s won it before and it's very rare that you go back and win it again – I don’t think anyone has ever done that other than Johnny Logan."
Jay added: "It’s the confidence and there is a similarity in the song that she did before which was a winner. There is a change in the music this year – there is just a slight shift, with a few dark horses – but I think Loreen really has got it.
“Other songs which are getting a lot of profile is Spain, France, and Norway, but I don’t think they’re actually as strong as they have been in previous years.
"I think Mae Muller will do really well on the night, I’m sure she’ll at least be in the running – fourth or fifth," she told Sky Bingo.
The UK is currently hosting this year's event after Ukraine won the competition last year.
The war-torn country was ruled out as being able to host the event, and so Liverpool was chosen.
Representing the UK is North London-raised singer Mae Muller, 25, who will be the first female entrant for the UK since SuRie competed in 2018 with Storm – coming in 24th place.
Her upbeat Eurovision banger I Wrote A Song is actually a diss track, which tells a story of an ex-boyfriend.
"I was really annoyed at this guy. I wanted to do something crazy, maybe burn his house down, I don't know," Mae told followers on TikTok,
In terms of her chances of winning the contest on Saturday, the star has odds of 33/1.
Heading into the live shows, the bookies' frontrunner is the same as Jay Aston's.
Singer Loreen, who is representing Sweden with her song Tattoo, previously took home the Eurovision trophy in 2012.
Her winning track “Euphoria” remains one of the most popular Eurovision songs of all time.
However, following her performance yesterday, Loreen has had her odds cut to 8/15.
With odds of 5/2, Finland could spring a surprise or there's a 17/2 shot that Ukraine makes it back-to-back successes.
The final will be taking place this weekend on Saturday night.
