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Conchita Wurst
b. 1988
Austrian singer and drag queen
- Born
- 6 Nov 1988 · Gmunden
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 6 Nov 1988BornBorn in Gmunden
- 2014AwardFirst prize of the Eurovision Song Contest
- 2014AwardBBC 100 Women
- 2024AwardRomy
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1988 – today).
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
- 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
- 19941994 FIFA World Cup
- 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
- 19981998 FIFA World Cup
- 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
- 2003 – 2011Iraq War
- 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
- 20062006 FIFA World Cup
- 20082008 Summer Olympics
- 2008Russo-Georgian War
- 20102010 Haiti earthquake
- 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
- 20112011 Norway attacks
- 2011Libyan civil war
- 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
- 20122012 Summer Olympics
- 20142014 FIFA World Cup
- 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2015Paris Agreement
- 20182018 FIFA World Cup
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic
- 20212020 Summer Olympics
- 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
- 2023Gaza war
- 20242024 Summer Olympics
- 20262026 Iran war
Biography
Thomas Neuwirth (born 6 November 1988) is an Austrian singer, actor, media personality and drag queen who is known for his stage persona Conchita Wurst, nicknamed "the queen of Austria". He came to international attention after winning the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 for Austria with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix".
Born in Gmunden, Neuwirth moved to Graz to do his Matura exam with a focus on fashion, before embarking on a singing career through the 2007 casting show Starmania. He subsequently became a founding member of Jetzt Anders!, a short-lived boy band. In 2011, Neuwirth began appearing as Conchita—a female character noted for her beard—and came second in the Austrian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012.
At the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Neuwirth represented Austria as Conchita. His win brought him international attention and established him as a gay icon, resulting in invitations to perform at pride parades, the European Parliament, and the United Nations Office in Vienna.
Text from the Wikipedia article Conchita Wurst, CC BY-SA 4.0
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