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Conchita Wurst
Austrian singer and drag queen
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| Birth name | Thomas Neuwirth |
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| Born | (1988-11-06) 6 November 1988 (age 36) Gmunden, Austria |
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| Years active | 2006–present |
| Labels | Sony Music Austria |
| Website | conchitawurst.com |
Musical artist
Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer, actor,[1] fashion designer,[2] human rights activist[3] and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst (or simply Conchita). He came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Austria's entrant with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix". Neuwirth has stated that he is not a trans woman.[4][5] He is gay, and has also described himself as a drag queen.[6][7][8]
Born in Gmunden, Neuwirth moved to Graz to do his matura exam with a focu
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The Eurovision rumour mill in Austria and Germany is hot on the iron, with numerous rumors doing the rounds regarding Conchita Wurst’s potential return to the Eurovision Song Contest next year in Sweden.
2024 will be marking the 10th anniversary of Conchita Wurst‘s historical and epic triumph at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. Will ORF and Austria invite the ultimate Austrian Eurovision Queen to return to the competition next year.
According to German Eurovision news portal ESC- Kompakt Conchita has been dropping hints via her social media platforms on a possible return. Namely Peter Schreiber one of the persons involved in scouting the potential Austrian 2024 Eurovision act made a post via his Instagram account in order to scout for potential acts for representing Austria in Malmo. Guess what? Conchita left a number of comments under this post…..This has added more fuel to the fire and sparked the rumours that Wurst might be eyeing a Eurovision return next year!
It is early days yet, as nothing has been finalized or decided yet. W
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Rise Like a Phoenix
2014 song by Conchita Wurst
"Rise Like a Phoenix" is a song recorded by Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, written by Joey Patulka, Alexander Zuckowski, Julian Maas, and Charlie Mason. It represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 held in Copenhagen, resulting in the country's second win in the contest.
Background
Conception and selection
Composer Alexander Zuckowski had originally composed the song for another project, however, every major record label in Austria had refused to produce "Rise Like a Phoenix". Following a request from Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) about possible song contributions, Zuckowski immediately thought of suggesting "Rise Like a Phoenix", reasoning, "I knew that with this song still something great was going to happen". It was entered into the ORF internal selection process for Eurovision.
On 10 September 2013, ORF announced that it had internally selected singer Conchita Wurst as its performer for the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.[1] On 18 March 2014, ORF announced "Rise
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