Conchita Wurst
Leah Mitchell
Updated on March 13, 2026
Wurst in 2017, photo by Denis Makarenko/Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Thomas Neuwirth
Place of Birth: Gmunden, Austria
Date of Birth: 6 November, 1988
Ethnicity: Austrian
Conchita Wurst, also known as Conchita, Tom Neuwirth, and WURST, is an Austrian singer, recording artist, and drag queen. He won the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark, with the song “Rise Like a Phoenix.”
Conchita is the son of Helga and Siegfried Neuwirth.
Conchita’s paternal grandmother was named Maria.
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