[keliot]

It seems to be much harder this year so I am just doing some small stakes fun E/W bets. I'm going for Bosnia, Ukraine and France. They all represent good value to me.

Bosnia - modern tune that's offbeat without being an annoying novelty. It's got an interesting structure, the artist is apparently well established and Balkans countries have a decent advantage, being more or less a cultural bridge between eastern and western europe.

France - another modern offbeat tune from a well known artist, it's more of a grower, is a bit too repetitive and lacks the immediacy of many of the favourites but at odds of 80/1 or so I'll have a nibble.

Ukraine - punchy campy europop number with some excellent hooks performed by drop dead gorgeous girl with powerful voice. Eurovision written all over it imo.

I like the Armenian entry for much the same reasons as above but the singer's performance has been a bit lacklustre when live which is unfortunate as she looks and sounds great in the video. I think the Russian one is boring but I can see it doing well.