Wurst, Conchita
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| Birthname | Thomas Neuwirth | ||||
| born on | 6 November 1988 at 17:52 (= 5:52 PM ) | ||||
| Place | Gmunden, Austria, 47n55, 13e48 | ||||
| Timezone | MET h1e (is standard time) | ||||
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| Astrology data |   14°30'   11°50 Asc. 11°14'
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Biography
Austrian singer and gender illusionist who came to international attention when winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".
Tom Neuwirth studied fashion before embarking on a singing career through the 2007 casting show Starmania. He subsequently became a founding member of the short-lived boyband Jetzt Anders!. In 2011, Neuwirth began appearing as Wurst – a drag persona noted for her beard – and came second in the Austrian preselection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Wurst was successfully selected to represent Austria at the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest 2014, where she proved victorious. Wurst's entry and victory courted controversy, being condemned by many of the continent's social conservatives and right-wingers who saw her performance as a promotion of LGBT rights.
Neuwirth describes himself as a gay man and uses female pronouns to describe his Wurst character, but male pronouns when referring to himself.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Entertainment: Eurovision Song Contest (born 24 May 1956). Notes: 2014 winner, Austria
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield quotes Tom/Conchita's father with the time 5 pm in the Austrian documentary, "Conchita Wurst: To Eurovision" (ORF, 2014; viewed on SBS2 TV, Australia, 5 June 2014, English subtitles), in which he says that Conchita's mother was in labour with Tom/Conchita for 12 hours "from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.". Forum user Jenna-Leigh Black had posted the same information on the forum on 19 May 2014.
On 21 April 2015 by email, a reliable source not wanting to be named in public quoted from the Gmunden birth registry the time 17:52.
Categories
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Passions : Sexuality : Transvestite (Drag queen with a beard)
- Vocation : Entertain/Music : Vocalist/ Pop, Rock, etc.
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ social (LGBT rights spokesperson)
- Notable : Awards : Other Awards (Won Eurovision Song Contest, 2014)
