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Thomas "Tom" Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988), better known by his drag stage persona Conchita Wurst, is an Austrian recording artist and drag queen. Wurst came to international attention for winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 as Austria's entrant with the song "Rise Like A Phoenix". Openly gay, Neuwirth uses masculine pronouns when referring to himself but feminine pronouns to describe Wurst.

Conchita Wurst, ESC2014 Meet & Greet 08 (crop)

Conchita Wurst during a press conference.

At the International Music Festival[]

Wurst has competed in the International Music Festival six times: In the thirteenth edition with "Unbreakable", in edition fifteen with "Rise Like A Phoenix", in edition twenty with "Heroes", five editions later with "You Are Unstoppable" and the edition after with "Somebody To Love". She returned again one edition later for the twenty seventh edition as part of The Esc Vienna All Stars with the song "Building Bridges". While "Unbreakable" placed low, both "Rise Like A Phoenix" and "Heroes" won the competition. Wurst also won the semi-finals in those editions.

Edition Song Place Points Semi Points
#13 Unbreakable 18 83 5 93
#15 Rise Like A Phoenix 1 186 1 132
#20 Heroes 1 267 1 197
#26 Somebody To Love 19 82 10 75
#27 Building Bridges 14 92 2 99

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

Title Details Peak chart positions Certifications
AUT
AUS
BEL
(Vl)

BEL
(Wa)

FIN
GER
NLD SWI
Conchita
  • Released: 15 May 2015
  • Label: Sony Music Austria
  • Formats: CD, digital download
1 26 17 41 28 23 67 6
  • IFPI AUT: Platinum

Singles[]

Year Title Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
AM
BE
DE
DK
IE
IS
NL
SE
CH
UK
2011 "Unbreakable" 5 Non-album singles
2012 "That's What I Am" 2 3
2014 "Rise Like A Phoenix" 1 5 20 1 5 9 1 2 20 2 17

Austria: Platinum

"My Lights" 1
"Heroes" 1 1 39 1 5 2 3 10 5 16 Conchita
2015 "You Are Unstoppable" 13 1 2 65
"Firestorm" 45 1 10 5 20 5 78
"Up For Air" 5
"Put That Fire Out" 81
"Colors Of Your Love" 10 3
"Out of Body Experience" 105
"Where Have All The Good Men Gone" 61
"Somebody To Love" 48
"Pure" 70
"Other Side Of Me" 53
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released.


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