Baku

This year's Spanish representative, Pastora Soler, has released an English version of her much acclaimed song, Quédate Conmigo after requests from Eurovision fans all over Europe. She says that it has been a big challenge and a wonderful experience for her. Listen to it right here!

Buranovskiye Babushki's main intention for participating in the Eurovision Song Contest was to raise money to rebuild their church but reality has exceeded their expectations and the peasant families in the village of Buranovo will profit from the grannies' fame more than imagined.

The interesting for the Eurovision Song Contest in this year's host country, Azerbaijan, has been growing a lot. Something that is confirmed by the many Eurovision concerts arranged. Yesterday Mandinga from Romania was the international guest star of such a concert.  

Željko Joksimović speaks out to the Serbian press about his disappointment over the result in Baku. After coming third in Azerbaijan, the Balkan singer denies any future participation as a performer.

The 2012 Eurovision Song Contest was the most watched since 2008 with over 6.5 million viewers. Audience numbers peaked when Pastora Soler performed her song Quédate Conmigo at 22:27 CET with almost 9 million viewers. She achieved the tenth place with 97 points from 18 countries.