# Conchita Wurst

> Won Eurovision 2014 for Austria as a bearded drag queen singing "Rise Like a Phoenix", a performance that turned a song contest into a statement and made Conchita Wurst - Thomas Neuwirth's stage persona - a global talking point overnight.

*Austrian singer and drag queen*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/conchita-wurst

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Austria
- **Born:** 1988-11-06
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Thomas Neuwirth was born in Gmunden on 6 November 1988 and moved to Graz to complete his Matura exam with a focus on fashion. He entered the public eye through the 2007 casting show Starmania, then became a founding member of the short-lived boy band Jetzt Anders!. In 2011 he began performing as Conchita, a female character distinguished by a beard, and came second in Austria's Eurovision national final the following year. At Eurovision 2014, representing Austria as Conchita, Neuwirth won with "Rise Like a Phoenix". The victory brought international attention and established him as a gay icon, leading to performances at pride parades, the European Parliament, and the United Nations Office in Vienna.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.7 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.2 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 100.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #3
- **Total followers across platforms:** 152,000

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: https://conchitawurst.com
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2535973/ (@nm2535973)
- **X**: https://x.com/ConchitaWurst (@ConchitaWurst)
- **INSTAGRAM**: https://www.instagram.com/conchitawurst/ (@conchitawurst)
- **TIKTOK**: https://www.tiktok.com/@conchitawurst (@conchitawurst)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/ConchitaWurst (@ConchitaWurst)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1TGdxJ3UvFq055SVjwx49v (@1TGdxJ3UvFq055SVjwx49v)
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy6wwVk8XMIVmiqql62BRFQ (@@conchitawurst, 152,000 followers)

## Timeline
- **2024** - Romy
- **2014** - BBC 100 Women
- **2014** - First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest
- **1988** - Born

## Sources
- [Conchita Wurst](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1521260)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [كونشيتا ورست](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [كونشيتا ورست](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [کنچیتا وورست](https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [Konçita Vurst](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kon%C3%A7ita_Vurst)
- [Канчыта Вурст](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82)
- [Канчыта Вурст](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%87%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82)
- [Кончита Вурст](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Κοντσίτα Βουρστ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B1_%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CF%83%CF%84)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Tom Neuwirth](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Neuwirth)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [کنچیتا وورست](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%86%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7_%D9%88%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Conchita Wurst](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Conchita_Wurst)
- [Wikiquote](https://sr.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%87%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%92%D1%83%D1%80%D1%81%D1%82)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/95f44a54-04d6-41a1-8101-bbd6d833b30a)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/3749389)

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