Conchita Wurst
| Thomas Neuwirth | |
|---|---|
 Conchita Wurst (2013) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | Conchita Wurst |
| Born |
6 November 1988 Gmunden, Austria |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
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, he will represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Biography
Her real name is Tom Neuwirth, a shop window decorator who made it to the final of the 2007 version of Starmania.[1]
He first appeared in public in an advertisement in 2006, then attended the Austrian casting show Starmania, whereupon disappeared until 2011, when he returned with a new look, but also under the pseudonym of today. 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.
He graduated from the Graz School of Fashion in 2011, and since then he 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. He got the second place in the Austrian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] 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".[5] In December, a similar petition surfaced in Russia.[6]
Discography
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUT [7] | |||
| 2011 | "Unbreakable" | 32 | Non-album singles |
| 2012 | "That's What I Am" | 12 | |
External links
References
- ↑ "Austria: Bearded Woman Conchita Wurst Bids For Eurovision". The Eurovision News. 2 December 2011.
- ↑ "Conchita Wurst – Neues Leben nach "Starmania"". Kleine Zeitung (in German). 24 February 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "Conchita Wurst soll Österreich beim Song Contest vertreten". nachrichten.at (in German). 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ "Editorial: Why ORF Must Stand By Conchita Wurstl". wiwibloggs.com. 14 September 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
- ↑ "Will Belarus Remove Conchita Wurst from its Eurovision Broadcast?". wiwibloggs.com. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
- ↑ "Will Russia cut its broadcast of Eurovision 2014 because of Conchita Wurst?". wiwibloggs.com. 28 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Conchita Wurst". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
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