Posts tagged Conchita Wurst

The Eurovision 2014 winner has been announced as a headline act for the post-parade Mardi Gras Party.

As we usher in a brand new year, the Star Observer reflects on some of the biggest LGBTI news stories of 2015 – from important law reforms to topics that had everyone talking.

The world’s most famous bearded lady, Conchita Wurst, will finally be part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festival with a concert at the Sydney Opera House. David Alexander caught up with her to talk about her recent involvement in Adelaide’s Feast Festival, the high calibre of Australian drag queens, and Australia’s return to Eurovision in 2016.

For those in the nation’s capital, the SpringOUT Festival in November is when the city’s LGBTI pride can be celebrated in an exuberant fashion. Matthew Wade took a sneak peek as festival organisers prepared for its 17th year.

Conchita Wurst is heading back to down under to headline Adelaide’s Feast Festival. David Alexander caught up with the world’s most famous bearded drag queen to talk about life after handing over her Eurovision crown, her advocacy for Syrian refugees, and her love of Australia.

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IT’S pretty much official: Conchita Wurst is the Queen of Austria, if not the reigning monarch of the European continent. Sure, those titles either do not …

SWEDEN is quickly catching up to Ireland as Eurovision’s most awarded nation after Måns Zelmerlöw won the Scandinavian nation’s sixth competition title on Sunday in Vienna, Austria. …

Europe — and the world’s — favourite bearded lady is taking time out of her Eurovision preparations to launch her debut album in Australia next week, and bring some Austrian class to the upcoming Logies.

In the lead up to next month’s Eurovision Song Contest, past winners Conchita Wurst and Dana International performed together for the first time at a BBC concert celebrating the 60th anniversary of the competition.