Eurovision 2024: Olly Alexander looks up his shockingly low odds (2024)

Olly Alexanderwas left in stitches of laughter after looking up his shockingly low odds of winning the Eurovision Song Contest.

The singer, 33, isrepresenting the United Kingdom with his hit Dizzyand performed the song during the semi-final with plenty of raunchy dance moves.

Ahead of the final on Saturday night, Olly bravely googled his Eurovision odds and saw bookies predicted the singer a one percent chance of winning the contest.

After seeing the brutal predictions, Olly laughed off the embarrassment and joked 'it was better than zero'.

Olly told BBC Radio 2's Scott Mills: 'My odds for winning are at one per cent, but that’s fine. It’s better than zero.'

Earlier this week, Olly spoke aboutthe dramatic moment his Eurovisionsemi-final performance went awry, after sparking concern among fans with his 'shaky' vocals.

The Years and Years singer spoke to Lorraine on Wednesday about the 'wardrobe malfunction' he suffered, after fans got to hear his song Dizzy performed live in Malmö, Sweden ahead of Saturday's final.

Unfortunately, things began to go pear-shaped when Olly's microphone pack slipped from his trousers and began dangling behind him.

The star then had to continue the performance whilst attempting to grab the pack, no doubt contributing to the less-than-perfect vocals some fans complained about.

Olly said: 'Ihad a slight wardrobe malfunction and my mic pack fell off and I had to improvise, it's live tv and it happens!'

'The dancing is a bit naughty and the team is fantastic. It's like the Olympics of music, it's a fun, chaotic circus.

He added: 'This whole thing has been wild, it was amazing last night. It was the first time performing it on live TV.

'There is so much support from the other contestants, it's been the experience of a lifetime. I feel so lucky and privileged to be doing it.'

'My mum watched last night and she is coming out tomorrow and she is so excited.'

With the help of some clever camera work, Olly and his dancers appeared to be spinning around and walking on the ceiling in the jam-packed performance.

Olly's boxing themed routine, which is already guaranteed a place in Saturday's Grand Final, saw him don a distressed vest and red trousers which was worn with a colour-coordinated jock strap over the top.

The raunchy number saw Olly sensually running his hands over the dancer's shirtless bodies before they entered into a dance sequence and the singer thrusted to the beat.

Filmed inside the room for the majority of the performance, it was only in the final chorus the entourage broke out onto the stage as he belted out the final notes.

As the crowd went wild, the commentary hosts Scott Mills and Rylan Clark exclaimed: 'Yes Olly, that's how you do it!'

However it seems fans were split on the performance as they took to Twitter to share their opinions.

While half seemed to love the song and raved about the expressive staging, others noticed Olly's vocals were slightly off and shaky, as one even hoped he was saving his vocals ahead of Saturday's final.

Raving about the performance, fans exclaimed: 'so proud of you Olly!❤️✨ you smashed it, the vocal, staging, visuals, choreo, dancing was stunning!!! And those pirouettes by the dancers incredible! Well done #teamdizzy #Eurovision #Eurovision2024 ❤️xxx';

'Loved Olly. Great song. Great staging. Fab performance'; 'OMFG @alexander_olly OFF THE SCALE TONIGHT!!!!! SO SO SO PROUD OF YOU!!!!!#Eurovision2024 #Eurovision2024 @bbceurovision always doing a great job!!!!!';

However others shared their concern over Olly's vocals as they wrote: 'Well, Olly's vocals were a little dodgy in places, but that staging was superb. What an ending.'

'Not sure if Olly got overexcited or nervous but that vocal was very pitchy, I've heard him live before and he can do much better than that. Just hope the over-staging doesn't detract him too much from the vocals.'

'Even though I’m from the Uk , Olly’s vocals were shaky and I wasn’t keen on the staging. Song is catchy'; '#Eurovision2024Semi Final UK I expected better vocals from Olly tonight'

It comes after Olly revealed he came close to a 'breakdown'amid fierce pressure on him to quitthe competition.

There have been intense calls for him to pull out due to Israel's involvement in the show, which has enraged fans due to the country's ongoing bombardment of Gaza.

Olly told The Timesabout looking downcast at a recent Eurovision pre-party in London: 'Yes, I struggled that day. I was holed up in a room trying not to have a breakdown.

'Normally, you get on stage and turn it on, but I felt really unable to do that. It was tough... I just could not get it together and then I felt ashamed of myself and embarrassed.'

Olly also reportedly began to cry during his chat with the newspaper as he added: 'Obviously, there are a lot of things I wish were different. And this is so much bigger than me and Eurovision, it really is.

'Obviously, I wish there wasn't a war or this insane humanitarian crisis. I wish for peace and I have found this experience, at times, extremely... I've just felt really sad and distressed.

'But I still believe it's a good thing when people come together for entertainment. That's why I wanted to do Eurovision.'

The Eurovision Song Contest final airs on Saturday at 8pm on BBC One.