Conchita Wurst is to present the Eurovision Song Contest in 2015.

Conchita Wurst stole the show at Europe’s biggest charity event, despite plenty of big-name competition.

Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst was sent a bouquet of flowers by Sir Elton John in recognition of the song contest triumph.

Conchita Wurst is tipped to appear on 'Celebrity Big Brother'.

Russia's Vladimir Zhirinovsky insists Conchita Wurst's Eurovision Song Contest win symbolises the "end of Europe".

Latin crooner Julio Iglesias has backed Conchita Wurst saying the Eurovision winner was “a super singer”.

Austria’s “bearded lady” Conchita Wurst finished the clear winner in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.

So we didn’t qualify - and from the arena, it was clear it wasn't going to happen long before the votes came in.

THIS morning, in our village, 3km from the sea, on the terraced slopes of the Valle Gran Rey on the island of La Gomera in the Canary Islands, cocks crowded, blackbirds piped, and the fish van passed up the valley leaving skirls of sentimental Canarian music in its wake.

IN 1961 the town of San Sebastian de Garabandal in the Cantabrian Mountains of northern Spain had only 80 households.