Conchita wurst eurovision
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Conchita Wurst
Birth date
6 November 1988
Conchita Wurst is the drag stage persona of Thomas Neuwirth, an Austrian singer. Wurst represented Austria and won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Neuwirth describes himself as a gay man and uses female pronouns to describe his Wurst character, but male pronouns when referring to himself.
Life as Neuwirth[]
Neuwirth was raised in Bad Mitterndorf in Austria but was born in nearby Gmunden. From an early age, he realised he was "different" to the other children, and has faced discrimination for his homosexuality. "Being a teenager, a gay teenager, in such a small village is not that much fun. I am part of the gay community and most gays have a similar story to mine." Initially, Neuwirth thought that "something was wrong."
In 2006, Neuwirth reached the final of the Austrian casting show Starmania (where 2011 entrant Nadine Beiler won). The next year, he founded the boyband Jetzt Anders!, but the group disbanded during the same year.
He graduated from the Graz School of Fashion in 2011, where h
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Conchita Wurst
Conchita Wurst is the stage persona of Austrian singer, recording artist and drag queen Tom Neuwirth. Neuwirth was born in Gmunden in Upper Austria and grew up in Bad Mitterndorf. In 2011 he completed an apprenticeship at the Graz Fashion School.
He took part in the third season of the TV casting show Starmania on Austrian TV in 2006 He finished second behind Nadine Beiler. In 2007 he founded the boy band Jetzt anders !, which broke up in the same year.
Since 2011 Neuwirth has appeared as drag queen Conchita Wurst and since 2015 as Conchita, a diva with a full beard. Her fictional biography begins with the birth in the mountains of Colombia and leads through a childhood in Germany to the beginning of the career as a singer in Austria. Neuwirth explains this creation as a reaction and statement against discrimination that he experienced in his youth due to his homosexuality. His appearance as Conchita should also mean that “it is easier for young people – regardless of the reason why they are different from the others”.
Neuwirth was first know
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Conchita Wurst
Thomas "Tom" Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer and drag queen with the stage name Conchita Wurst. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, representing Austria with the song "Rise Like A Phoenix".
Career
[change | change source]Tom Neuwirth began his singing career in 2006 when he took part in Starmania, an Austrian singing show. A year later, he was a member of Jetz Anders!, an Austrian band. The group separated the same year.
In 2011, he first appeared as Conchita Wurst while being a contestant on the Austrian music competition The Big Chance. In 2014, it was announced that Conchita Wurst would represent Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Pheonix". She won the contest.[1]
Since her win, Wurst has appeared on several television shows and Eurovision events. She also made a cameo appearance in the film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.
Public image
[change | change source]Conchita Wurst's victory was celebrated by many Eurovision fans who were members of the LGB
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