Conchita Wurst Names As Winner of the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest

Austria’s bearded drag queen Conchita Wurst was proclaimed as winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 held Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark as she gave a convincing performance of the song “Rise Like A Phoenix”. Wurst’s final score was 290 points!

Austria was followed by The Netherlands and Sweden with 238 and 218 points respectively.

Austria previously won the second Semi-Final with 169 points and that the Netherlands won the first Semi-Final with 150 points.

Here is Conchita’s performance on stage from the Grand Final: