Introducing 2014 – Austria

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[tps_header]Thirty-seven countries are competing with the aim to lift the trophy in Copenhagen. The next country to be introduced is Austria. Singing for Austria this year is Conchita Wurst.

Artist information

Artist – Conchita Wurst
Song – Rise like a phoenix
Composer (s) – Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas
Writer (s) – Charly Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski, Julian Maas
Event – Second semi-final
Position – 6

Tom Neuwirth was born on 6 November of 1988, while his alter ego, Conchita Wurst, was born in November 2011 when he performed under his stage name for the very first time.

As Tom Neuwirth he began his career on the talent show Starmania in 2007 and then as part of the boy band Jetzt anders!, but was in 2011 when he took the stage of the talent show Die große Chance as the bearded lady, Miss Conchita Wurst. Since then, he has been a symbol for tolerance and artistic freedom in Austria and beyond.

In 2012 Conchita participated in the Austrian final for the Eurovision Song Contest finishing second with the upbeat song That’s what I am.

Rise like a phoenix

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Want to sing-a-long? Well you can! Please find below the lyrics to Rise like a phoenix

Waking in the rubble
Walking over glass
Neighbours say we’re trouble
Well that time has passed

Peering from the mirror
No, that isn’t me
A stranger getting nearer
Who can this person be?

You wouldn’t know me at all today
From the fading light I fly

Rise like a phoenix
Out of the ashes, seeking rather than vengeance
Retribution, you were warned
Once I’m transformed, once I’m reborn

You know I will rise like a phoenix
But you’re my flame

Go about your business
Act as if you’re free
No one could have witnessed
What you did to me

‘Cause you wouldn’t know me today
And you have got to see to believe
From the fading light I fly

Rise like a phoenix
Out of the ashes, seeking rather than vengeance
Retribution, you were warned
Once I’m transformed, once I’m reborn

I rise up to the sky
You threw me down but I’m gonna fly

And rise like a phoenix
Out of the ashes, seeking rather than vengeance
Retribution, you were warned
Once I’m transformed, once I’m reborn

You know I will rise like a phoenix
But you’re my flame

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