Conchita Wurst, an Austrian singer and drag queen, garnered international attention when she won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 with her song "Rise Like a Phoenix". Born Tom Neuwirth, the bearded singer blew fans and judges out of the water with the James-Bond-inspired power-ballad. Neuwirth quickly became an LGBTQ+ icon, and was invited to perform at various pride parades including Cologne, Amsterdam, Vienna, and Sydney, before launching an exclusive streaming platform called WURSTTV.