Past champions range from Sweden's ABBA — with “Waterloo” in 1974 – to Finnish metalheads Lordi in 2006, Austrian drag performer Conchita Wurst in 2014, Italian rock band Måneskin in 2021 ...

Past champions range from Sweden's ABBA — with "Waterloo" in 1974 – to Finnish metalheads Lordi in 2006, Austrian drag performer Conchita Wurst in 2014, Italian rock band Måneskin in 2021 and ...

Pietsch hopes to follow in the footsteps of Austria’s second Eurovision winner, drag icon Conchita Wurst, who took home the microphone trophy in 2014 with their single “Rise Like A Phoenix”.

In more recent years, Austria’s Conchita Wurst wowed crowds in 2014 with “Rise Like a Phoenix,” a power ballad that had previously been declined by every major record label in the country.

Past champions range from Sweden's Abba — with Waterloo in 1974 — to Finnish metalheads Lordi in 2006, Austrian drag performer Conchita Wurst in 2014, Italian rock band Måneskin in 2021 ...