The United Kingdom follows in second place with 10 percent, thanks to TikTok star Sam Ryder and his catchy song ‘Space man’. The bronze plaque, according to the bookies go to Sweden. They send Cornelia Jakobs, who manages to impress with both her breakup song ‘Hold me Closer’ and her phenomenal voice. The fourth place seems to be reserved for Italy. After the rockers of Måneskin, this time the country opts for the emotional ‘Brividi’, by Mahmood & BLANCO. Spain completes the top five. The southern country sends Chanel with ‘SloMo’, a song that seems to have been plucked from the oeuvre of Rosalía or Shakira.
According to the bookmakers, Belgium ends up a lot lower: currently somewhere around twentieth place. Jérémie himself attaches little value to those predictions. “I’m not concerned with points and rankings,” said the singer. “You can’t control that. Nobody knows in advance how the professional juries will vote, or what the public will do.”