Conchita Wurst, the bearded drag performer who stormed the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014 and won it for her country Austria, has cut ties with the contest. In an Instagram post on 13 January, Thomas Neuwirth – the man behind the Conchita Wurst persona – wrote that he would be “withdrawing from the Eurovision context” […] The post Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst distances herself from song contest: ‘I am moving on’ appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news .