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Simon Duke

Who is Eurovision favourite to win? Sweden and Finland 'too close to call' as new contender emerges

This year's Eurovision Song Contest looks set to go right down to the wire, with two countries well ahead in the odds and tipped to be locked in a head-to-head battle for this year's crown. But, a new contender has also emerged, after France's first dress rehearsal dazzled fans.

It's now been 12 months since Ukraine won Eurovision in Turin, thanks to their act Kalush Orchestra receiving a huge share of the public vote, to eclipse the United Kingdom's Sam Ryder, who had scored the best with the juries.

However, given what has been going in Ukraine over the last year or so, the European Broadcasting Union decided that Ukraine couldn't host and, therefore, the job of taking on the competition for 2023 fell on the shoulders of the UK and the BBC.

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