The £1 Million Eurovision Song Contest Competition

Vienna may have meant nothing to Midge Ure’s eighties new wavers Ultravox, but win our £1 MILLION Eurovision song contest competition and it could mean a whole lot to you!

All you have to do is predict the top 15 artists and/or countries from 1 through to 15.  It can’t be that hard, can it? It’s definitely worth a go!  Read on for the lowdown on this year’s hopefuls and then head over to our Facebook Page and enter your top 15 picks!

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Let's Get Started!

Competition Instructions

For your chance to win a million pounds simply follow the instructions below:

• Go to the Lottoland Facebook page
• Add a comment with your top 15 countries and or artists in order from 1 through to 15
• Only one entry per user
• Deadline is 20:00 (or the start of the live show) on Saturday May 23rd, 2015.

The winner will be whoever manages to get all the top 15 entries in the right order. If more than one person does so then the prize will be split just like a regular lottery jackpot.

Who Will Win Eurovision 2015?

For the last 60 years the ‘cream’ of Europe’s vocal talent has been gathering annually to do battle for crown of Eurovision song contest winner.

The chase for the coveted title started with just seven competitors in 1956, with the UK getting involved a year later and a whole host of countries soon following suit.

Confusingly Australia enter this year’s competition, despite the antipodean nation’s location over 14, 000 miles from host city Vienna.

Austrian drag queen Conchita Wurst roared to success in a dazzling gold sequinned frock and disarming beard accoutrement in 2014.

But who will win this year’s event? And can you successfully name the top 15 and win a million?

Here’s the lowdown on the bookies favourites together with a few of our own tips for success at the Winener Stadhalle Arena.

Sweden: Måns Zelmerlöw's "Heroes" is a catchy hybrid song that starts off as a blues-influenced ballad before mutating into an uplifting pop-dance anthem. Sweden, of course, are no strangers to EuroVision wins and their entry has proven a popular favourite with bookies, EuroVision pundits and viewers alike.

Italy: Italy's entry is sure to be popular with the ladies. It's also popular with the bookies – who knew they had a romantic side!? "Grande Amore" from Il Volo is a stirring Italian-language love ballad with operatic overtones. It might not be as catchy as some of the other entries but it certainly has the goose bumps factor. 

Australia: Yeah we know, what the hell right? Still Guy Sebastian's "Tonight Again" is a funky and soulful pop track sure to get your toes tapping. We're not alone in this pick either, bookies, too, are predicting this will be a strong contender.

Russia: "A Million Voices" from Polina Gagarina is Russia's entry. It's a woefully predictable pop ballad with a rich platter of cheesy lyrics – so it's perfect for the EuroVision then. Russia frequently benefits from votes from its neighbours, something which has been commented on quite a lot, most notably by former EuroVision maestro Terry Wogan. Will the same thing happen again this year, or will Russia face some "EuroVision Sanctions"?

UK: It's been too long! Our last win was in 1997 with "Love Shine A Light" by Katrina and the Waves. And, although the bookies aren't predicting much of a result for this year's entry, we think it could still be a surprise contender. "Still In Love With You" by Electro Velvet is an upbeat and infectious electro swing duet with funny lyrics and scat singing – what more do you want?

Other countries that regularly appear in bookies and pundit lists include Slovenia, Azerbaijan, Estonia and Finland. If you want to go for the country with the most wins, meanwhile, then that would be Ireland – with seven wins in total. Though this year's entry, Molly Sterling's mope-fest "Playing With Numbers", doesn't sound like a winner to us, and the bookies and pundits seem to agree.

So – who are your top picks? Let us know on our Facebook page and you could be £1 million richer!

Rules

• You enter the Lottoland ESC competition by ranking the top 15 Eurovision Song Contest participants by name and/or nationality from 1st (competition winner) to 15th.
• Submit your entry by commenting on our Facebook post. Only submissions made in this way will be considered - so no messages, emails, phone calls etc please!
• You can only enter once and if you win, the name which your Facebook account is registered under must match an official piece of photo id.
• Multiple entries will disqualify all of your entries so don’t try it! 
• The winner’s prize is £1,000,000 for getting all 15 grand finalists in the correct order – there’s no runner’s up prize or a prize for coming close!
• If there is more than one winner the prize money will be split evenly amongst all of the winners.
• If you win then you need to claim your prize within 28 days (4 weeks) from the close of the competition.
• The competition starts Monday 18th and closes at 20:00 on Saturday May 23rd.

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