New favourites for Eurovision 2017

Just over a week before the Eurovision 2017 song contest final in Kyiv, bookmakers are actively taking bets on the participants. New favourites have emerged.

As before, Italy's representative Francesco Gabbani is predicted to win the contest, who will take the stage with a monkey, albeit not a real one.

Bulgaria's representative Kristian Kostov has unexpectedly risen to second place. He lived in Russia just a few years ago and would have had every chance of winning if the Russian Federation had not refused to broadcast the event and participate in the voting.

 Sweden has moved up to third place.

At the same time, Ukraine has dropped to 24th position.