Conchita Wurst won Eurovision on Sunday with her power ballad “Rise Like A Phoenix,” and her win ruffled feathers of homophobes who protest her win as a drag queen performer.
i'm home <3 i don't know what to say.... Thank You!!!!! pic.twitter.com/bVoiE8koEo
— conchita wurst (@ConchitaWurst) May 11, 2014
Conchita Wurst
Wurst is the onstage persona of singer, Tom Neuwirth, 25, who performs in full makeup and dress with a beard, natural and enhanced by makeup. Newirth created Conchita Wurst in 2011 as a statement of protest against intolerance and discrimination, according to Conchita Wurst’s official website. Wurst enjoyed a successful stint on an Austrian talent competition called The Big Chance and competed as Wurst in various other reality singing competitions as well. Conchita is sometimes called ‘the Bearded Lady’ and has become a symbol for gay rights in Austria, where Newirth originates, and, now, across the world.
Wurst won the...
i'm home <3 i don't know what to say.... Thank You!!!!! pic.twitter.com/bVoiE8koEo
— conchita wurst (@ConchitaWurst) May 11, 2014
Conchita Wurst
Wurst is the onstage persona of singer, Tom Neuwirth, 25, who performs in full makeup and dress with a beard, natural and enhanced by makeup. Newirth created Conchita Wurst in 2011 as a statement of protest against intolerance and discrimination, according to Conchita Wurst’s official website. Wurst enjoyed a successful stint on an Austrian talent competition called The Big Chance and competed as Wurst in various other reality singing competitions as well. Conchita is sometimes called ‘the Bearded Lady’ and has become a symbol for gay rights in Austria, where Newirth originates, and, now, across the world.
Wurst won the...
- 5/12/2014
- Uinterview
Europe's World Cup-style song competition took place in Copenhagen this weekend. Whatever your thoughts on Eurovision and its often ridiculous acts, the event still drew in a TV viewership of 120 million (another 11,000 people made up the live crowd). This year's especially high ratings may have had something to do with the first-place winner, a bearded Kim Kardashian look-alike named Conchita Wurst. Also known as 25-year-old Thomas Neuwirth, Wurst hails from Austria and brought down the house by singing "Rise Like a Phoenix."Following the win, Wurst said, "This night is dedicated to everyone who believes in a future of peace and freedom. You know who you are — we are unity and we are unstoppable." And Austrian president Heinz Fischer called Wurst's success "not just a victory for Austria, but above all for diversity and tolerance in Europe." Now if only The Voice could be this exciting.
- 5/11/2014
- by Delia Paunescu
- Vulture
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