CONCHITA WURST: BEING CONCHITA - WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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CONCHITA
WURST:
BEING
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CONCHITA
John Blake – EN World WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE
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„WE LOVE YOU, ELTON & DAVID.“ Elton John
CONCHITA WURST: BEING CONCHITA WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE ‐ AUTOBIOGRAPHY TECHNICAL INFORMATION WRITTEN TOGETHER WITH DANIEL OLIVER BACHMANN, AN EXPERIENCED NOVELIST AND GHOSTWRITER ORIGINAL PUBLISHER | LANGEN MÜLLER, MUNICH PUB DATE IN GERMANY | MARCH 2015 PUD‐DATES IN UK, FRANCE & ITALY | MAY 2015 FORMAT | APROX 180 PAGES | LARGE–SIZED PAPERBACK | ISBN: 978‐3‐7844‐3375‐2 4–COLOUR PHOTOS THROUGHOUT | MOST OF THEM NOT PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED | PREDOMINATELY BACKSTAGE SHOTS | PHOTOS WILL BE SUPLLIED BY THE MANAGEMENT OF CONCHITA | NO ADDITONAL REPRO RIGHTS TARGET GROUPS ● ALL CONCHITA WURST FANS (FB LIKES +875.000 ‐ AS PER APRIL 2015) ● ALL EUROPEAN SONGCONTEST (ESC) FANS ● FANS OF TALENT SHOWS ● GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND TRANSEXUAL READERSHIP THE BOOK CONCHITA WURST WON MORE THAN JUST A SONG CONTEST WITH HER TRIUMPHANT VICTORY AT THE ESC 2014. CONCHITA’S CLEVER CONCEPT, COMBINED WITH HER STUNNING ENTRANCE, HER COURAGE AND HER EARTHSHATTERING SHOW IMPACTED LIKE A METEOR. EUROPE AND THE WORLD DISCUSS TOLERANCE AND HUMAN DIGNITY ON A BROADER LEVEL BECAUSE OF HER APPEARANCE. THE OVERWHELMING SOLIDARITY THAT THE JURY AND THE AUDIENCE SHOWED TOWARD CONCHITA MAY NOT HAVE COMPLETELY SILENCED THE DIE‐ HARDS, BUT THEY HAVE BECOME VERY QUIET. BEING CONCHITA IS THE STATEMENT OF THE UNSTOPPABLES. THEY DEFINITELY HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY TO THE WORLD AND ‐ MIRACULOUSLY – THE WORLD IS NOW READY TO LISTEN.
CONCHITA WURST:
BEING CONCHITA
WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE ‐ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
OUTLINE
POINT OF VIEW: CONCHITA TELLS HER STORY
IN THE FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE
FOREWORD FROM JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
LIKE A PHOENIX
OPENING SCENE: CONCHITA ON MAY 11, 2014 ON
THE WAY TO THE STAGE FOR HER APPEARANCE AT
THE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST:
I AM EXTREMELY CONCENTRATED, FOCUSED
EXCLUSIVELY ON THE MISSION I AM ABOUT TO
UNDERTAKE.
I KNOW THAT WHEN THE SPOTLIGHTS ARE
ILLUMINATED, THERE’S NO TURNING BACK. I AM
OFFERING MYSELF UP TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE
WORLD WITH MY PROVOCATIVE CONCEPT, AND
THERE’S NO TELLING HOW IT WILL COME OUT.
I, HOWEVER, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I WANT TO
ACCOMPLISH.
1. HOW DID THE PROPHET COME TO HIS
BEARD?
“I WOULD WISH THAT BECAUSE OF MY UNUSUAL
APPEARANCE, PEOPLE WOULD START TO
REEVALUATE THEIR THOUGHTS ON SEXUAL
ORIENTATION AND THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF BEING
‘DIFFERENT’ OR ‘OTHER’. ONE SOMETIMES HAS TO
SHOW PEOPLE CLEARLY AND UNMISTAKEABLY WHAT
IT’S ALL ABOUT.”
PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
TOM NEUWIRTH UP TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
ALTER EGO CONCHITA WURST, IN WHICH A WIDE
SPECTRUM OF BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES ARE
PRESENTED REVEALING MY VIEWS TOWARD
TOLERANCE AND LIVING PEACEFULLY AND LOVINGLY
WITH ONE ANOTHER. “TWO HEARTS ARE BEATING
IN MY BREAST.”
2. ART, FASHION, AND THE STIRRING
QUESTION, “WHO AM I?”
SHAKESPEARE WOULDN’T HAVE UNDERSTOOD ALL
THE EXCITEMENT. HE REGULARLY STUCK HIS ACTORS
IN WOMEN’S CLOTHING, MOST CERTAINLY ALSO
UNSHAVEN. DIDN’T HE BRING IT TO A HEAD WITH
COSTUMED MEN DRESSED AS WOMEN WHO KISSED
CONCHITA WURST:
BEING CONCHITA
WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE ‐ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
MEN WHO AGAIN WERE OF WHICH SEX?
THIS PLAY WITH GENDER ROLES IS AS OLD AS ART.
CLOTHING AND FASHION HAVE ALWAYS SERVED TO
TRANSFORM, TO METAMORPHOSE, TO TRY OUT
ONESELF, TO CHANGE ONE’S APPEARANCE.
ACCOUNT OF MY FUN PLAYING WITH ROLLS, MY
LOVE OF FASHION, AND MY RELIEF AT BEING
SOMEBODY TOTALLY DIFFERENT AGAIN IN THE
EVENING.DIE NOCHMAL WELCHEN GESCHLECHTS
WAREN?
3. AND THE WINNER IS...
EVERYTHING BEGAN WITH MY (TOM NEUWIRTH’S)
CASTING SHOW APPEARANCE IN AUSTRIAN STATE
BROADCASTING’S “STARMANIA”. I TOOK TO THE
STAGE FOR THE FIRST TIME, AS YET WITHOUT
COSTUME.
IT CONTINUED WITH THE INVENTION OF CONCHITA,
HER 2011 APPEARANCE IN AND ELIMINATION FROM
“THE BIG CHANCE” (A CASTING SHOW OF AUSTRIAN
STATE TELEVISION).
IN 2012 I (CONCHITA) PRESENTED MYSELF TO A
LARGER AUDIENCE WITH MY APPEARANCE IN THE
PRELIMINARIES OF THE EUROPEAN SONG CONTEST. I
LOST BY A SMALL MARGIN.
THE DEFEAT SHAPED ME AND ENSURED THAT I
HONED MYSELF AND PERFECTED MY PERFORMANCE.
„SHOOT FOR THE MOON. EVEN IF YOU MISS, YOU’LL
LAND AMONG THE STARS.“
THE SONG CONTEST AS TRIUMPHANT CULMINATION
OF A NOT ALWAYS EASY PATH.
„WE ARE UNITY, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE,
YOU KNOW WHO WE ARE!“
4. IN THE WIND TUNNEL
MY CONCEPT IS NOT TOLERATED BY EVERYBODY.
BEFOREHAND AND ESPECIALLY AFTER MY
OVERWHELMING VICTORY, LOVE AND HATE HAILED
DOWN IN EQUAL MEASURE.
WORLDWIDE REACTION AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE
SCORES OF THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES:
CONCHITA WURST:
BEING CONCHITA
WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE ‐ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
„THIS IS PROOF OF THE DECAY OF MODERN
EUROPE(…)UPSETTING THINGS OCCUR IN EUROPE
WHICH SHOW ITS DECADENCE.“
JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI, POLISH OPPOSITION LEADER
„THE AUSTRIAN TRANSVESTITE THOMAS NEUWIRTH
IS THE HEIGHT OF BRAINWASHING, THE PEAK OF
PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE AGAINST NORMAL
HUMAN PERCEPTION AND THE CREATIVE
DISTINCTION BETWEEN MAN AND WOMAN…“
GERHARD WISNEWSKI
„WE LOVE YOU, ELTON UND DAVID.“
ELTON JOHN
„CAN ANY1 IMAGINE THE TEARS THIS BOY HAS
SHED... TRYING 2 B TRUE 2 HIMSELF ?THE SHEER
GUTS ITS TAKEN 4 HIM 2 ACHIEVE HIS DREAM..ON
HIS TERMS.“
CHER
MY HANDLING OF PRAISE AND CRITICISM? THESE
PEOPLE DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT A FAVOUR
THEY’RE DOING ME.
5. THE FUTURE BELONGS TO ALL OF US
„ IT SOUNDS KITSCHY, BUT IN THE END, WE’RE ALL
ONE.“
6. PROSPECTS
„I WANT THE WHOLE
WORLD. I SEE MY PURPOSE
IN LIFE AS A FUTURE
WITHOUT DISCRIMINATION,
THAT’S WHAT I WANT
TO WORK TOWARD.
IF A FEW PEOPLE
CHANGE THEIR THINKING,
THEN THAT’S A LOT.“
CONCHITA WURSTCONCHITA
WURST:
BEING CONCHITA
WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE ‐ AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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