The rehearsals are in full swing for the orchestra and the media has had their usual preview hearing of the entries and their comments, votes and critics are all over the Italian press. At the same time the betting odds are shaping up to determinate the favorites. Who are they? Will Achille Lauro finally enter the podium? Will he return to Eurovision?! Will Giorgia score another win? She's already got a perfect podium: 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Will the giant Olly (1,95m) lift the trophy to new heights?
First of all summing the various media comments the best scores overall went to Brunori Sas and Simone Cristicchi, followed by Giorgia, Lucio Corsi, Achille Lauro, Joan Thiele, Shablo & co, Willie Peyote, Noemi and Olly completing the Top-10. The first two are probably getting the Critic's awards rather than the podium though.
The betting odds in various sites seem to agree with the Top-10 almost completely as the Top-8 is the same for all when writing this and almost in same order: Giorgia, Olly, Achille Lauro, Irama, Elodie, Rocco Hunt, Boemi and Brunori Sas.
Then it gets a bit mixed with Come_Cose, Lucio Corsi, Simone Cristicchi and Emis Killa completing the top-10. Then we have Clara, Francesca Michielin, Joan Thjiele, Shablo & co, Francesco Gabbani and Gaia bubbling under.
In the bottom of the list we have Marcella Bella, Rkomi, Emis Killa (yes, very mixed odds for him), Serena Brancale, Modà and Sarah Toscano and even Fedez doing rather poorly.
And finally have Tony Effe and Bresh left in limbo in the middle of nowhere, placing somewhere between 18 and 22 in every list completing the cast of 30. Both have a fandom ready to vote them a lot higher I'm sure.
All this will change of course once the real voting will start between televote, the Press room jury with tv and web and finally the radio jury (instead of demoscopic jury as before). Enter the social media favorites, fan bases etc. The final touch will be given when the previous three night's plus final night's first round votes are summed up and the Top-5 will re-enter for the final voting round and all those who lost their favorite need to find a new one - both various juries and televoters.
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