The winner of the Eurovision song contest 2014, Conchita Wurst, has released a cover of Justin Bieber’s hit song Love yourself.

The Austrian drag queen released the video of her covering the song on Tuesday, which is artily shot in black and white. The guitar and backing vocals are provided by Severin Trogbacher.

Life Ball photoshoot

Conchita Wurst has also been busy modelling for photographs for Austria’s annual Life Ball. The Life Ball is a yearly event to raise money and awareness for people suffering from HIV and AIDS. Since 1993 it has sought to remove the associated taboos and raise money to fund scientific research into the conditions.

Here are a few of the photos from Conchita’s photoshoot, which be used in the Life Ball event in June.

The Life Ball will take place at Vienna’s City Hall for the 24th time on Saturday 10th June. More information can be found here.

Conchita Wurst won the Eurovision song contest 2014 in Copenhagen with her song Rise like a phoenix. She topped the leaderboard with 290 points, scoring Austria’s first victory since 1966.


Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.