Bucks Fizz's Jay Aston has given her verdict on who will win this year's Eurovision Song Contest - and it isn't the UK. The singer, 62, won the international competition back in 1981 with the pop group and their hit Making Your Mind Up. Yet Jay has a firm favourite, who isn't the UK's entry Mae Muller . The 80s star believes
Sweden is in for the top spot at this year's competition taking place in Liverpool. “Sweden is the favourite and should remain so. For me, that’s the one that stands out because she’s done it before - Loreen, the Swedish entry," Jay explained. "She is the favourite and I think for good reason because there is just a confidence about her performance because she’s won it before and it's very rare that you go back and win it again – I don’t think anyone has ever done that other than Johnny Logan." Ireland's Eurovision act slams song contest in scathing post after failing to qualify Bucks Fizz won the competition back in 1981 ( Image:
BBC Television) Jay added: "It’s the confidence and there is a similarity in the song that she did before which was a winner. There is a change in the
music this year – there is just a slight shift, with a few dark horses – but I think Loreen really has got it. “Other songs which are getting a lot of profile is
Spain,
France, and Norway, but I don’t think they’re actually as strong as they have been in previous years. "I think Mae Muller will do really well on the night, I’m sure she’ll at least be in the running – fourth or fifth," she told Sky Bingo . The
UK is currently hosting this year's event after
Ukraine won the competition last year. The war-torn country was ruled out as being able to host the event, and so
Liverpool was chosen. Jay has showed her support for Sweden's entry Loreen ( Image: Peter Kneffel/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) Representing the UK is North London-raised
Singer Mae Muller, 25, who will be the first female entrant for the UK since SuRie competed in 2018 with Storm – coming in 24th place. Her upbeat Eurovision banger I Wrote A Song is actually a diss track, which tells a story of an ex-boyfriend. "I was really annoyed at this guy. I wanted to do something crazy, maybe burn his house down, I don't know," Mae told followers on TikTok, In terms of her chances of winning the contest on Saturday, the star has odds of 33/1. Heading into the live shows, the bookies' frontrunner is the same as Jay Aston's. Jay says Loreen has the 'confidence' to win ( Image: Getty Images) Mae Muller is representing the UK and this year's competition ( Image: PA) Singer Loreen, who is representing Sweden with her song Tattoo, previously took home the Eurovision trophy in 2012. Her winning track “Euphoria” remains one of the most popular Eurovision songs of all time. However, following her performance yesterday, Loreen has had her odds cut to 8/15. With odds of 5/2, Finland could spring a surprise or there's a 17/2 shot that Ukraine makes it back-to-back successes. The final will be taking place this weekend on Saturday night. Read More Alesha Dixon's fallout with Mis-Teeq as she wows Eurovision fans with surprise rap Read More Rylan Clark reveals feud with TV presenter as he slams 'rude and fake' star Read More Eurovision's Hannah Waddingham savages Amanda Holden with brutal put down Read More BBC presenter confuses Finland's Eurovision act with one of their superfans Read More Rebecca Ferguson praised after emotional Eurovision performance in support of Ukraine