Conchita’s way to Victory
Conchita Wurst – Tom Neuwirth, two person one soul, when Tom can’t go any further, Conchita makes the next step. Tom was born on November 6th 1988 in Gmunden, Austria. He always knew that his “star” will shine very bright one day, thought that led him to music and singing. In 2006 he took part in a talent show, Starmania, and in 2007 he joined the band "jetzt anders!", but that experiment wasn’t his dream.
After his personal “wandering” in various “roads” of life, Tom gave birth to Conchita Wurst, his alter ego, “born” to conquer all Europe. In 2011 Conchita enter in the talent show Die große Chance. In that period Conchita won the impressions of Austrian public. Conchita participated also in the ORF production The Hardest Jobs Of Austria, where she worked in a fish factory, and in Wild Girls, where a group of candidates had to survive in the deserts of Namibia, Africa together with native tribes.
In 2012 made her first atemption to enter Eurovision Song Contest, unfortunately, she ended second with the song “That’s what I am”, but it wasn’t her time. Two years after, Austria decides to give her a chance to represent her country in Eurovision Song Contest, but this time without competition. ORF, Austrian broadcaster, chose her for the biggest event of Europe. And just like that, the “voyage” was already had started. The journey was full of surprises, Conchita gave her best to win the love and respect of people and she did it. In 10th of May 2014, Europe votes her as the “Best Performance” of the night and Conchita won Eurovision Song Contest 2014. A night to remember in the world’s most popular TV Show of all time.
Conchita - Tom, Tom - Conchita, the core is one, the soul of a true artist who gave an important lesson to the world: "Be the best version of yourself rather than a bad copy of someone else!" words that was always her/his motto.
The winning song “Rise like a Phoenix” was written by Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski and Julian Maas. The song gained 169 points in the Second Semi-Final and 290 points in Grand Final with 13 “12 Points”.
