“I think that anyone who is in any way creative or is creating something, whether an architect or fashion designer, I think if you have the opportunity to create something that is fully you, it frees your mind and your spirit and gives you the opportunity to really find yourself.”

Austrian singer, actor and drag queen

Conchita Wurst is the stage persona of Thomas Neuwirth, an Austrian singer, actor, media personality and drag queen. He is known internationally for winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 for Austria with “Rise Like a Phoenix”. Under the name Conchita Wurst, Neuwirth became a public figure beyond music as well as performance. The persona has been widely associated with a bold, glamorous image, and with a song that brought him broad attention across Europe.