PlanetJedward had the nation enthralled on Saturday night.The TV audience watching the Eurovision final on RTE1 peaked at an incredible 1,448,800 (this doesn't include the thousand more watching in pubs/clubs).The average was 1,174,300 over the 3 and a half hours.

This was the highest television audience this year by far (beating the Leaders Debate which averaged 961,300 & the Late Late (when Jedward were taking part in Eurovision selection -average 898,600).The second semi final (featuring the Grimes twins) of the Eurovision Song Contest on RTÉ 2 peaked at 1.173 million.There is some consolation for Jedward as they won the social media Eurovision.They were the most tweeted act prior to the final as well as being most popular with the blogosphere.

In the UK the BBC1 eurovision audience peaked at a very impressive 12.7 million (60% share of people viewing TV).
The show averaged 9.5 million, this was the highest in the last 10 years and almost double the 2010 figure.

In case you missed it you can see the Ell and Nikki  from Azerbaijan's winning performance here.

 TV Source: TAM Ireland Ltd/Nielsen TAM, Live + VOSDAL data, National Individuals
 (VOSDAL is those who recorded the show and viewed it on the same day).