OH DEER...BAMBIE A EURO OUTSIDER
Thug’s odds of winning with Doomsday now out to 33/1
RTE’s Director General Kevin Bakhurst is set to be among a host of guests at this year’s Celtic Media Festival in Wales.
The new DG of the station is set to give an exclusive interview in Cardiff ahead of the end of his first year at the broadcaster after taking over from Dee Forbes.
The festival sees media professionals from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall, Brittany and Galicia come together to celebrate the wide-ranging creativity and talent on display across the celtic nations and regions.
The packed programme of events includes conference panel sessions, workshops, networking events, and the everpopular International Pitching Forum.
BELLE OF THE BALL: Bambie Thug
EUROVISION hopeful Bambie Thug has become a complete outsider to win the song contest – as bookies back Switzerland’s Nemo to be crowned.
The Cork singer will perform fourth in the first semi-final on May 7 with their song Doomsday Blue.
Bambie is now backed 33/1 to win the song contest despite a flurry of popularity for the star earlier this year.
Switzerland’s Nemo is now red-hot 2/1 favourite.
Brian O’Keeffe, spokesperson for BoyleSports, said: “With just a month to go until the Eurovision Song Contest, the betting is really heating up and punters are hoping that they’ll be finding Nemo at the top of the leaderboard come May 11th.”
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Switzerland are the red-hot 2/1 favourites with bookies BoyleSports to claim their first Eurovision win since 1988 next month in Sweden.
Nemo will represent the Swiss at the ballad-filled bash after beating 400 rivals to secure their ticket to Malmo.
They hope to end a 36-year drought for the country in the song contest.
Celine Dion guided the country to their last win as she fended off a British challenge in Dublin to win with Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi. As the contestants are set to take to the stage in just one month’s time, Croatia (7/2) and Italy (9/2) are the likely challengers to the Swiss army. Baby Lasagna set to catch the eye of viewers with his hit Rim Tim Tagi Dim.