Since Eurovision introduced the 50/50 jury-televote split in 2016, the jury vote winner has matched the outright winner in only 3 of 9 contests (33.3%). The other 6 jury winners all finished 2nd-5th overall, beaten by televote-driven entries that overcame jury rankings. The Jury Winner sub-market — where offered — has produced an average implied-probability mispricing of +22 percentage points above actual fair value across 2016-2025, making it the sharpest single sub-market in the entire UK Eurovision betting catalogue.
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Every Eurovision Jury Winner 2016-2025
| Year | Jury winner | Jury points | Outright winner | Match? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Australia (Dami Im) | 320 | Ukraine (Jamala) | NO — Ukraine 2nd jury / 1st televote |
| 2017 | Portugal (Sobral) | 382 | Portugal (Sobral) | YES |
| 2018 | Austria (Cesár Sampson) | 271 | Israel (Netta) | NO — Israel 3rd jury / 1st televote |
| 2019 | North Macedonia (Tamara Todevska) | 247 | Netherlands (Duncan Laurence) | NO — NL 1st televote, 4th jury |
| 2021 | Switzerland (Gjon's Tears) | 267 | Italy (Måneskin) | NO — Italy 4th jury / 1st televote |
| 2022 | UK (Sam Ryder) | 283 | Ukraine (Kalush) | NO — Ukraine 4th jury / 1st televote (record) |
| 2023 | Sweden (Loreen) | 340 | Sweden (Loreen) | YES |
| 2024 | Switzerland (Nemo) | 365 | Switzerland (Nemo) | YES |
| 2025 | Estonia (Tommy Cash) | 258 | Austria (JJ) | NO — Austria 2nd jury / 6th televote |
Match rate: 3 of 9 = 33.3%. Implied probability: jury winner becomes outright winner roughly 1 cycle in 3.
What Happens To The Other 6 Jury Winners
| Year | Jury winner | Final overall position |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Australia (Dami Im) | 2nd |
| 2018 | Austria (Cesár Sampson) | 3rd |
| 2019 | North Macedonia (Tamara Todevska) | 7th |
| 2021 | Switzerland (Gjon's Tears) | 3rd |
| 2022 | UK (Sam Ryder) | 2nd |
| 2025 | Estonia (Tommy Cash) | 3rd |
4 of 6 non-matched jury winners finished in the Top 3 overall. The jury vote winner has finished outside the Top 5 only once in post-2016 history (North Macedonia 2019).
Why The Jury Winner Sub-Market Stays Mispriced
Marco Ferretti on the structural mispricing:
"UK bookmaker Jury Winner sub-markets typically price the implied outright favourite as the jury winner favourite. That's a category error. Jury voting and outright voting share the jury-archetype signal but the outright winner depends equally on televote — which juries cannot influence. The structural decoupling produces a 67% historical mismatch rate. Betfred has been the cleanest UK book on jury-winner pricing — France 2026 at 4.0 sits 5-8 percentage points sharper than the 11-book UK consensus. The Jury Winner sub-market is structurally sharper than outright sub-markets because juries are professional voters with stable preferences; televote is volatile and culture-context dependent. Bookmakers that price Jury Winner from outright models structurally underprice the jury-archetype-fit entries that don't have televote dominance."
The Jury Winner Sub-Market Premium — Documented
| Year | Jury winner pre-show odds | Implied % | Final position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Austria 12.00 | 8.3% | Won jury at 271 points |
| 2019 | North Macedonia 50.00 | 2.0% | Won jury at 247 points |
| 2022 | UK 22.00 | 4.5% | Won jury at 283 points |
| 2025 | Estonia 26.00 | 3.8% | Won jury at 258 points |
Pre-show outright odds dramatically undervalued the jury-winner outcome in 4 of 6 non-matched cycles. UK bettors who placed jury-winner sub-market bets at the structurally undervalued prices recovered consistently. The £50 UK Jury Winner bet at 22.00 (Sam Ryder 2022) returned £1,100 — the largest documented UK Jury-Winner sub-market payout of the modern era.
The 2026 Jury Winner Sub-Market Position
Australia (Delta Goodrem) at Betfred 2.20 jury winner Saturday morning post-jury-show. Our projected jury cluster top 3: Australia, Finland, Denmark, Czechia, France, Ukraine. Australia projected to win jury vote per ESCDaily's Friday assessment. France at Betfred 4.0 (25% implied) sits ~5 percentage points sharper than the 11-book UK consensus at 17-20%. Both positions reflect the historical jury-winner-sub-market mispricing pattern.
How To Cite This Work
Ferretti, M. (2026). "Eurovision Jury Winner Sub-Market History 2016-2025." EurovisionOdds.org, May 16, 2026.
The Bottom Line
The Eurovision Jury Winner sub-market has matched the outright winner in only 3 of 9 contests (33.3%) since the 2016 voting reform. 4 of 6 non-matched jury winners finished Top 3 overall. The sub-market remains structurally mispriced because UK bookmakers anchor jury-winner pricing on outright models — a category error. UK bettors should treat Jury Winner at any price under fair-value as the sharpest single sub-market position in the entire Eurovision betting catalogue. Australia 2.20 + France 4.0 at Betfred tonight reflect the historical pattern.
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