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Thomas Neuwirth
Conchita Wurst (2014)Conchita Wurst (2014)
Background information
Also known asConchita Wurst
Born (1988-11-06) 6 November 1988 (age 36)
Austria Gmunden, Austria
OccupationSinger
Years active2006–present
Musical artist

Thomas "Tom" Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988), better known as his drag persona Conchita Wurst, is an Austrian singer. In the role of Conchita Wurst, she will represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Biography

Before taking up a drag persona, he worked as a shop window decorator. Competing under his birth name, he made it to the final of the 2007 version of Starmania.

He first appeared in public in an advertisement in 2006, then entered the 2007 Austrian casting show Starmania, after which he disappeared until 2011. She returned to television in drag as 'Conchita Wurst'. More recently, Conchita Wurst participated in the ORF production The hardest jobs of Austria, where she worked in a fish factory, and in Wild Girls, where a group of candidates had to survive in the deserts of Namibia together with native tribes.

Tom Neuwirth graduated from the Graz School of Fashion in 2011, and has lived in various locations in Vienna.

Music career

2006–07: Starmania & Jetzt anders!

In 2006 he took part in the third edition of the Austrian show Starmania. He got the second place (Nadine Beiler got the first place). One year later, in 2007, he founded the boyband Jetzt anders! that disbanded the same year.

2011–12: Die große Chance & Eurovision 2012

In 2011, Neuwirth participated in his debut as Conchita Wurst, in the ORF's show Die große Chance. She got the second place in the Austrian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.

2013–14: Eurovision Song Contest 2014

On 10 September 2013, it was announced that Wurst would represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, to be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, after being selected by the Austrian national broadcaster ORF. Wurst's selection sparked controversy in Austria. Four days after ORF announced its decision, more than 31,000 people liked an "Anti-Wurst" Facebook page. In October, the Ministry of Information in Belarus received a petition calling on BTRC, Belarus' state broadcaster, to edit Wurst's performance out of its Eurovision broadcast. The petition claimed that the performance would turn Eurovision "into a hotbed of sodomy". In December, a similar petition surfaced in Russia.

In March 2014 Conchitas song was revealed as Rise Like a Phoenix.

Discography

Singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
AUT
2011 "Unbreakable" 32 Non-album singles
2012 "That's What I Am" 12
2014 "Rise Like a Phoenix" 51

External links

References

  1. "Austria: Bearded Woman Conchita Wurst Bids For Eurovision". The Eurovision News. 2 December 2011.
  2. "Conchita Wurst – Neues Leben nach "Starmania"". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 24 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
  3. "Conchita Wurst soll Österreich beim Song Contest vertreten". nachrichten.at (in German). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  4. "Editorial: Why ORF Must Stand By Conchita Wurstl". wiwibloggs.com. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  5. "Will Belarus Remove Conchita Wurst from its Eurovision Broadcast?". wiwibloggs.com. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  6. "Will Russia cut its broadcast of Eurovision 2014 because of Conchita Wurst?". wiwibloggs.com. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  7. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Conchita Wurst". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation
Artists
Songs
  • "Alive"
  • "All to You"
  • "Amen"
  • "Boom Boom Boomerang"
  • "Du bist"
  • "Du bist Musik"
  • "Du hast mich so fasziniert"
  • "Einfach weg"
  • "Falter im Wind"
  • "Für den Frieden der Welt"
  • "Die ganze Welt braucht Liebe"
  • "Get a Life – Get Alive"
  • "Halo"
  • "Heute in Jerusalem"
  • "Hurricane"
  • "I Am Yours"
  • "Der K. und K. Kalypso aus Wien"
  • "Keine Mauern mehr"
  • "Kinder dieser Welt"
  • "Limits"
  • "Lisa Mona Lisa"
  • "Loin d'ici"
  • "Maria Magdalena"
  • "Merci, Chérie"
  • "Mrs. Caroline Robinson"
  • "Musik"
  • "My Little World"
  • "Nobody but You"
  • "Nur ein Lied"
  • "Nur in der Wiener Luft"
  • "Nur noch Gefühl"
  • "One Step"
  • "Reflection"
  • "Rise Like a Phoenix"
  • "Running on Air"
  • "Sag ihr, ich lass sie grüßen"
  • "Say a Word"
  • "The Secret Is Love"
  • "Sehnsucht"
  • "Shine"
  • "Sonntag"
  • "Tausend Fenster"
  • "Venedig im Regen"
  • "Vielleicht geschieht ein Wunder"
  • "Warum es hunderttausend Sterne gibt"
  • "Warum nur, warum?"
  • "Weil der Mensch zählt"
  • "Weil's dr guat got"
  • "Die Welt dreht sich verkehrt"
  • "Wenn du da bist"
  • "We Will Rave"
  • "Who the Hell Is Edgar?"
  • "Wohin, kleines Pony"
  • "Woki mit deim Popo"
  • "Y así"
  • "Die Zeit ist einsam"
  • "Zusammen geh'n"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Austria did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.
Eurovision Song Contest 2014
Countries
Final
Semi-finals
Artists
Final
Semi-finals
Songs
Final
Semi-finals
  • "Amazing"
  • "Attention"
  • "Cake to Bake"
  • "Heartbeat"
  • "Mother"
  • "One Night's Anger"
  • "Quero ser tua"
  • "Same Heart"
  • "Three Minutes to Earth"
  • "To the Sky"
  • "Wild Soul"

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