Eva Rivas is fourth
European bookmaker organizations predict that Armenia's representative Eva Rivas will place 4th during "Eurovision-2010".
According to their predictions, German singer Lena will win "Eurovision-2010" with her song "Satellite". Among the top three are Azerbaijani Safura and Israeli Harel Scott.
"Eurovision-2010" is currently the main topic on forums.
"We are going to vote for Eva Rivas. She is the best and her song is better than the one by the German singer for whom everyone is placing bets on. I have placed a 50 Euro bet on Armenia," says Alex from Greece.
Eva Rivas's song has caused a scandal in Turkish and Azerbaijani forums. Although the Azeri are sure of their victory, they are mad at mass media outlets because, according to them, "mass media outlets are advertising Rivas more by talking about Armenia and constantly repeating that Rivas's song is stolen and is very bad."
Ten European countries have refused to participate in the contest, considering it to be very expensive under circumstances of an economic crisis. However, the Czech Republic has refused to participate due to unsuccessful attempts in previous years.
"Eurovision-2010" will be held on May 25-29 at "Telenor Arene" in the Norwegian city of Oslo. "Telenor Arene" seats 23,000 people and is one of the largest stadiums in Southern Europe. Expenses for the contest already make up 17 million euros.
Eva Rivas will perform in the second finals to be held on May 27.
