Delta Goodrem som representerar Australien med bidraget ”Eclipse”. (Jessica Gow/TT / TT Nyhetsbyrån)

Australien har seglat upp som favorit inför finalen

Finland har fått nytt sällskap i toppen för oddsen inför kvällens final. Tidigare har Danmark och Grekland varit storfavoriter, men efter andra semifinalen i torsdags seglade Australiens popstjärna Delta Goodrem upp från en fjärde plats till en andraplats, enligt Eurovision World.

Goodrem var en av Australiens största stjärnor på 00-talet och har sedan dess bland annat varit coach i The Voice Australia under många år. Hon var dessutom tveksam till om Eurovision ens var något för henne, skriver Aftonbladet.

– Men när jag började djupdyka i det blev jag så förälskad i hela upplevelsen, säger hon.

Men om landet skulle vinna Eurovision kommer tävlingen trots det inte hållas på australisk mark nästa år. I stället får de vara medvärdar, troligtvis till det land som kommer tvåa, skriver The Guardian.

Topplistan just nu enligt oddsen

1. Finland

2. Australien

3. Grekland

4. Israel

5. Rumänien

6. Bulgarien

7. Danmark

8. Italien

9. Frankrike

10. Malta

Ordningen är en ögonblicksbild av oddsen klockan 09.30 från Eurovision World.

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Delta Goodrem
Wikipedia (en)
Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born 9 November 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She has a total of nine number-one singles and 17 top-ten hits on the ARIA Singles Chart. She has sold over eight million albums globally and overall has won three World Music Awards, 12 ARIA Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and several other awards. Goodrem signed a recording contract with Sony Music at the age of 15 in 1999. Her debut studio album, Innocent Eyes (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive weeks. It is one of the highest-selling Australian albums and is the second-best-selling Australian album of all time with over four million copies sold. Goodrem's second studio album, Mistaken Identity (2004), was recorded while she was undergoing treatment for cancer. It became her second number-one album. In 2007, Goodrem released Delta, her third number-one album, which saw another number-one single, "In This Life". Her fourth studio album, Child of the Universe (2012), produced the single "Sitting on Top of the World". In 2016, her fifth studio album, Wings of the Wild, became her fourth number-one album on the ARIA Albums Chart, while giving her another number-one single, "Wings". Goodrem's most recent and fifth number-one studio album, Bridge over Troubled Dreams was released in May 2021. From 2012 to 2020, Goodrem was a coach for eight seasons on The Voice Australia and during her one-season hiatus in 2014, served as a coach on The Voice Kids. Since 2020, she has hosted the annual Christmas special Christmas with Delta on the Nine Network. Goodrem is representing Australia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 with the song "Eclipse".
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