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Eurovision star Conchita Wurst is unrecognisable in the video for their new tune Hit Me. Appearing with short hair and a white beard, Conchita Wurst delivers a catchy new pop tune. Don’t worry Austrian singer Tom Neuwirth is still pretty camp parading around in some high heels to the electro number. The singer has previously talked […]
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24 Mar 2019 /
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Last month Conchita Wurst came out as HIV positive via social media. Conchita is the stage name for the Austrian singer and performance artist Thomas Neuwirth, who won the Eurovision song contest in 2014 as Conchita for her song Rise Like a Phoenix. In her statement, Conchita wrote, “I have been HIV-positive for several years. […]
Tags: Conchita Wurst, Disclosure, discrimination, Eurovision, HIV
14 May 2018 |
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Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst has shared that she has been living with HIV for several years. The singer shared the information on her Instagram account noting that she had decided to share her diagnosis after a former boyfriend threatened to blackmail her. “I have been HIV positive for many years,” Wurst wrote. “This is actually […]
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16 Apr 2018 |
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Ever wondered how that Eurovision broadcast runs so smoothly? It’s because the entire show is rehearsed many times before going to air. Last night we watched the dress rehearsal for the second semi-final which will be performed live tonight (or early in the morning in Australia). Eurovision has clearly taken over Vienna, it’s everywhere you […]
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21 May 2015 |
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Everyone’s favourite bearded drag songstress Conchita Wurst has returned with a new video. ‘Heroes’ is Wurst’s first single since winning the 2014 Eurovision song contest in May In artistic black and white, Wurst channels the Madonna (religious Madonna, not singer Madonna) cradling a small blonde boy and wearing a halo-like headpiece. There’s a lot of […]
Tags: Austria, Conchita Wurst, Eurovision, Heroes, Putin
24 Nov 2014 |
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Everyone’s favourite bearded songstress Conchita Wurst has been nominated for the ice bucket challenge: the nipple-hardening internet sensation that’s taking the world by storm! Thousands of celebrities have taken part in the challenge, including Ben Affleck, Kate Upton, Justin Bieber, Eva Longoria a pantsless James Franco and Lady Gaga, who dumped a bucket of ice […]
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21 Aug 2014 |
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A Bulgarian MEP Angel Dzhambazki made controversial comments about Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst in an interview with One Europe. Dzhambazki described the ‘Rise Like a Phoenix’ singer as “like genetically modified organism”. He also stated that he wondered “if the vice of our time is that we tolerate the perversity” and said that he wouldn’t want […]
Tags: Angel Dzhambazki, Catherine Bearder, Conchita Wurst, European Union
26 Jun 2014 |
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The 2014 Eurovision Song Contest reached its conclusion last weekend, with many celebrating this year’s competition as one of the fiercest yet. Drag artist Conchita Wurst won the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest for Austria with her triumphant ballad ‘Rise Like a Phoenix’, securing her victory before all the votes had even been counted. ‘Rise Like […]
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12 May 2014 |
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Austria’s entry for the Eurovision Song Contest, bearded drag artist Conchita Wurst has attracted controversy. People in Russia, Belarus and Armenia and started petitions calling for the singer to be removed from the competition or edited out of the Eurovision broadcasts in their countries. Aram MP3, Armenian Eurovision contender, reportedly said that Wurst’s lifestyle was […]
Tags: Austria, Conchita Wurst, drag, Eurovision, gay, LGBT, Rise Like a Phoenix
28 Apr 2014 |
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Austria’s entry for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen has been getting plenty of press attention. At a press conference on the 18th of March, the Austrian broadcaster revealed the country’s chosen song: a power ballad sung by a bearded drag queen. The singer in question first rose to fame under the name Tom […]
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19 Mar 2014 |
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