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So here’s the Os Man’s strategy on this one (or, to put it another way, give me another chance please): $10 on each of the aforementioned picks – Norway (8/33), Greece (11/6), Turkey (10/3), Azerbaijan (10/3), UK (4/1), and Malta (40/3) ensures a win if Greece or Norway finishes in the top three along with one of the other four. If $35 goes down on Greece and $10 on the others, you’re guaranteed a profit if Greece comes in; another other winner on your trifecta ticket is gravy.

In Bet365’s intriguing “To win match” Eurovision proposition bets, Denmark (at 8/11) is a slight favorite over Lithuania (1/1). With second-round favorites Greece and Norway plus Hungary all deploying studboys – not to mention better songs – Lithuania’s Sasha Son is working from a disadvantage already. Combine this with Sasha’s placement directly after the Greek titan Sakis Rouvas, and things don’t look great for the Lithuania bid against Finland’s contender for the finals.

Ready for part two of the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest, the fantastic competition wonderfully described by one anonymous news scribe “the annual extravaganza of music and camp”? Right, then, LiveBetsDirect.com presents another round of its fearless predictions!

Finally, there is the mystery of prop betting on the Bosnia and Herzegovina entry, “Bistra Voda” by Regina. Two months ago, most bookmakers were offering odds of 25/1 on Regina taking Eurovision 2009 outright. Now Bosnia and Herzegovina’s chances’re down to 8/1 at Intertops – and most others offer comparable numbers – putting the entry at third to take the whole enchilada and the favorite to best the field tonight.

This is the week, music fans, proposition-bet fans, and especially music prop-bet fans! The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest goes down this week in Moscow, with semifinal contestants competing on Tuesday and Thursday to determine the final 25 for Saturday’s sing-off.

With less than a week to go before the Eurovision Song Contest kicks off (round one goes down Tuesday, May 12), Germany has received big news – huge news, albeit in a small, wasp-waisted package: Sex bomb/burlesque artiste Dita von Teese will likely be appearing along with Alex Christensen in his performance of “Miss Kiss Kiss Bang” in Moscow.

This year, Ireland’s entry is a number cleverly entitled “Et Cetera” and is performed by Sinead Mulvey and Black Daisy. Equal parts 80s girl band and 90s riot grrrrrrrrrrrrl sensibilities, “Et Cetera” is one of the few straight-up rock ‘n’ roll songs in this year’s competition; it’s also infectious on a level of Norway’s “Fairy Tale” and Turkey’s “Büm Tek Tek.”

Yesterday, Live Bets Direct had a look at some of the bookmakers’ favorites to take 2009’s edition of the Eurovision Song Contest; today, a consideration of contenders slightly further down the table at those entries thought to be viable Top 10 finishers.

As for the outcome, bookmakers have this one all but wrapped up already. Alexander Rybak of Norway will soon be joining the illustrious ranks of Celine Dion, Lulu and ABBA as winning performer…