Ekhulwini lethu leminyaka kunzima ukumangala izethameli. Kubonakala sengathi sebeyibonile yonke into, cishe yonke into. UConchita Wurst akakwazanga ukumangala nje kuphela, kodwa futhi nokushaqisa izethameli.
Umculi wase-Austrian ungomunye wobuso obungajwayelekile esiteji - ngesimo sakhe sobudoda, ugqoka izingubo, ugcobe ubuso bakhe, futhi ngokuvamile uziphatha okowesifazane.
Izintatheli ezaxoxisana noConchita zihlale zimbuza lo mbuzo: "Kungani edinga lokhu kucasula "kowesifazane"?".
Umculi uphendule ngokuthi kunzima kakhulu ukwahlulela umuntu ngegobolondo lakhe langaphandle, ngakho umgomo wakhe uwukusindisa abantu emibonweni yabanye.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaThomas Neuwirth
I-Conchita Wurst yigama lesiteji somculi, okufihla ngaphansi kwalo igama elithi Thomas Neuwirth. Inkanyezi yesikhathi esizayo yazalwa ngoNovemba 6, 1988 engxenyeni eseningizimu-mpumalanga ye-Austria.
Umculi wachitha ebuntwaneni bakhe e-Styria ehloniphekile, lapho ephothula khona esikoleni esiphakeme.
Kusukela ebusheni, uThomas wagxila ezintweni zabesifazane. Ngaphezu kwalokho, akazange afihle ukuthi wayengenasithakazelo futhi ekhangwa amantombazane. Esemusha, umfana wazilungisa ngokujulile, ngaphezu kwalokho, wathenga izingubo ezimpintshayo.
UThomas akazange abafihlele izingane afunda nazo ukuthi ukhangwa abafana, okwathi empeleni wakhokha inani. Umphakathi wamaPuritan ubulokhu ubabandlulula abantu abanjengoThomas, le nsizwa yabhekana nobunzima. Le nsizwa yayihlale izwa inhlekisa futhi ibekezelela ukuxhashazwa.
Eminyakeni yakhe yobusha, waqaphela izinto ezimbili ngesikhathi esisodwa: abantu banonya kakhulu; Akuwona wonke umuntu olungele ukwamukela abanye abantu ngalokho abayikho. Khona-ke uNeuwirth waqaphela ukuthi wayefuna ukunikela ukuphila kwakhe emzabalazweni welungelo lawo wonke umuntu emhlabeni ukuze azinqumele.
Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi empeleni i-Austria ingelinye lamazwe okuqala ukwamukela amalungu okuthambekela kwezocansi okungezona ezendabuko, futhi yayiphikisana ngokuqinile neqiniso lokuthi abantu be-LGBT akufanele baphule umthetho.
Kwezinye izindawo, basuke bephulwe umthetho. Okwamanje, umthetho wase-Austrian awukadlulisi umthetho wokuvumela ukubhaliswa kwemishado yabantu bobulili obufanayo.
Ngaphezu kokuthi uTomas wasebenza kanzima ekubukeni kwakhe ebusheni bakhe, wayefisa ukuzibona njengomculi. Okokuqala, lokhu kwakuzomvumela ukuba adlulisele imicabango yakhe emphakathini jikelele, futhi okwesibili, wayezokwazi ukuzama ezithombeni ezihlukahlukene zasesiteji.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaConchita Wurst
Abaningi bakholelwa ukuthi inkanyezi kaConchita Wurst yakhanya kuphela ngoba umfana emhlabeni wonke wakwazi ukuvuma ukuthi ungummeleli wezocansi ezingezona zendabuko. Nokho, eqinisweni lokhu akunjalo nhlobo.
Ngo-2006, uThomas waba yilungu lombukiso we-Starmania. Le phrojekthi yomculo yayingeyona nje isiqalo sabadlali abanamakhono, kodwa futhi nabangaziwa. UTomas akagcinanga ngokungena embukisweni, kodwa futhi wafinyelela ekugcineni, elahlekelwa indawo ye-1 kuNadine Beyler.
Ngemva kokuthatha indawo yesibili kuphrojekthi yomculo, umculi waqaphela ukuthi wayehamba ngendlela efanele. Lokhu kugqugquzele le nsizwa ukuthi iqhubeke nokuzizama esigabeni esikhulu.
Ngonyaka olandelayo, le nsizwa yasungula iqembu layo le-pop-rock i-Jetzt anders!. Nokho, cishe ngokushesha iqembu lomculo lahlukana.
Ukuhlehla okuncane akuzange kumthene amandla uThomas ukuthi aqhubeke. Le nsizwa yaba umfundi kwesinye sezikole zemfashini ezihlonishwayo. Ngo-2011, inkanyezi esizayo wathola idiploma kusukela Graz Fashion School.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ku-inthanethi ungathola ulwazi oluphambene ngokuphelele noThomas. Iqiniso liwukuthi lapho "ephinde wazalwa" njenge-transvestite Conchita Wurst, wanquma ukubhala i-biography yakhe yesibili "I".
Uma "ukholelwa" indaba eqanjiwe kaThomas, khona-ke uConchita Wurst wazalelwa ezintabeni zaseColombia, eduze neBogotá, futhi kamuva wathuthela eJalimane, lapho achitha khona ubuntwana bakhe.
Le ntombazanyana yaqanjwa ngogogo wayo, ongakaze aphile ukuze abone usuku lwayo lokuzalwa. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ekuhunyushweni kusuka kusiJalimane, igama elithi "wurst" lisho isobho. “Awekho amazwi, kodwa ajabulisa kakhulu,” kuncokola uConchita.
UThomas osesimweni sikaConchita Wurst waqala ukubonakala esidlangalaleni ngo-2011. Wabe esesebenza njengowesifazane kuphrojekthi ye-Die grosse Chance.
Ngemva kwalokhu kusebenza okumangalisayo, uTomas waba umuntu obalulekile ezweni lakubo. Indaba yakhe yayigcwele izibukeli eziyinkulungwane ezikhathalelayo.
Kodwa uTomas waqonda ukuthi kwakulula kakhulu ukulahlekelwa ukuthandwa, ngakho ngemva kokubamba iqhaza kulo msebenzi, wathatha noma yimuphi umbukiso owawuzomenza athandwe futhi izethameli zizokhumbula.
Ngo-2011, waba yilungu lombukiso othi "Umsebenzi Onzima Kakhulu e-Austria". UThomas kwadingeka asebenze embonini yezinhlanzi.
Ukuze umbono kaThomas usabalale emhlabeni wonke, wanquma ukuhambisa isicelo sakhe sokubamba iqhaza emncintiswaneni womculo wamazwe ngamazwe we-Eurovision.
UThomas, ngesikhathi kukhethwa, uthe akunandaba ukuthi umuntu ubukeka kanjani, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi uluhlobo luni lomuntu nokuthi unani ngaphakathi.
Umculi osemusha wabamba iqhaza ekukhethweni kazwelonke kwe-Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Kodwa, ngokuzisola kwakhe okukhulu, akawudluli umzuliswano wokuhlunga.
Ngo-2013, i-ORF, isebenzisa amalungelo okugunyaza, yeqa ivoti lezithameli, yamemezela ukuthi nguWurst owayezocula emqhudelwaneni we-Eurovision 2014.
Okwangimangaza kakhulu ukuthi abantu base-Australia ezinkundleni zokuxhumana bakhuluma kabi ngesinqumo sabahleli benkampani. Izinkulungwane zabantu base-Australia bezingafuni ukuthi uConchita Wurst amele izwe lazo, kodwa abagqugquzeli bebenganyakazi.
Ngakho, ngo-2014, u-Conchita Wurst ojabule wenza esiteji esikhulu ngengoma yomculo ethi Rise Like a Phoenix. Futhi yeka indlela ezimangaze ngayo izethameli lapho uConchita Wurst ebonakala esiteji - ingubo enhle, izimonyo ze-chic ... kanye nentshebe emnyama engenangqondo.
Kodwa ngandlela thize, nguye owawina umncintiswano womculo we-Eurovision 2014.
UThomas wabonakala engumdlali othinta inhliziyo kakhulu. Lapho elindele isinqumo sabalaleli, wayekhala njalo futhi ekhathazeke kakhulu. Umshikashika ngemizuzu yokugcina uqale phakathi kwe-Austria nalaba ababili baseNetherlands.
Amazwe ngezinye izikhathi ayehlukana, ngezinye izikhathi ayelingana. Kodwa izethameli zanquma ukuvotela ubuntu obungavamile - ubuntu bukaConchita Wurst.
Ngemuva kokuduma, uConchita uqophe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Conchita ngo-2015. Umdwebi ufake ingoma yomculo ethi "Heroes" kudiski yakhe yokuqala.
UThomas wayinikezela kubalandeli bakhe, abavotele uConchita Wurst. Kamuva, uConchita wakhipha isiqeshana sevidiyo esithinta inhliziyo salo mculo. Kwaphela isonto futhi i-albhamu yokuqala yathola isimo se-platinum.
Ukunqoba kweConchita Wurst esabekayo kwabangela ukucasuka okukhulu. Ikakhulukazi, isithombe sikaConchita sagxekwa kakhulu osopolitiki basePoland, eHungary naseSlovakia.
Izibalo zezombangazwe zathi ubuciko obunjalo nesithombe ngokwaso kungabangela abantu ukuba bafiphaze imingcele phakathi kwendoda nowesifazane. Ezweni lamazwe e-CIS, osopolitiki bakhuluma kabi nakakhulu.
UWurst uvumile ezintathelini ukuthi usekulungele ukubhekana nesimo sengqondo esibi. UConchita usebhekane kaningi nokucasuka kwabantu ababona umuntu wasesiteji. Kodwa yilokho kanye afuna ukukunqoba. Wonke umuntu unelungelo lesabelo sakhe senjabulo nobuhlanya.
Isithombe sowesifazane onentshebe sigxile kakhulu emakhanda ezethameli kangangokuthi akunakwenzeka ukucabanga uConchita Wurst ngaphandle kwama-bristles. Kodwa ungakhohlwa ukuthi, ngaphezu kokubukeka nokugqoka okucasulayo, okufihliwe ngemuva komzimba wesilisa, uConchita unamakhono aqinile ezwi.
Ngo-2014, uThomas wabamba iqhaza embukisweni wokuziqhenya kwezitabane eLondon, eZurich, eStockholm naseMadrid. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uConchita Wurst uyisivakashi esivamile semibukiso yemfashini ehlonishwayo.
UConchita wayesembukisweni weqoqo lomsiki wengqephu uJean-Paul Gaultier. Lapho, umculi wenza phambi kwezilaleli emfanekisweni kamakoti ogqoke ingubo yomshado.
Ngo-2017, uConchita Wurst wayehlelelwe ukuvakashela iRussian Federation. Inhloso yokuvakasha kwalesi sihlabani somhlaba ukuhambela i-Side by Side LGBT Cinema Party. Ephathini, uConchita wenza izingoma eziningi zomculo.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaConchita Wurst
UConchita Wurst akayifihli impilo yakhe yangasese ngemuva kwezingidi eziyisikhombisa. UThomas, eneminyaka engu-17 ubudala, wavuma ukuthi wayengungqingili, ngakho izinkulungwane zezintatheli ezithakazelayo zabukela ukuphila kwakhe.
Ekuqaleni kuka-2011, uConchita wenza isitatimende esisemthethweni lapho amemezela khona ukuthi umdansi okhokhelwayo uJacques Patriac usephenduke isoka lakhe. Kamuva lesi sitatimende saqinisekiswa abantu abambalwa abadumile.
UWurst noma umyeni wakhe osemthethweni abesabi imibuzo evela ezintathelini nabezindaba bebonke. Inethiwekhi igcwaliswe ngokoqobo ngezithombe zalo mbhangqwana ongajwayelekile.
Kodwa ngo-2015, uConchita wenza isitatimende sokuthi umbhangqwana wabo awusekho. Yena noJacques manje bangabangane abakhulu, futhi basalondoloza ubuhlobo obufudumele. Ngokusho kukaThomas, kwacaca ukuthi namuhla ukhululekile futhi uvule ngokuphelele ukuxhumana.
Mayelana nobuntu bukaConchita Wurst, amahlebezi ahlala ezungeza mayelana nokuhlinzwa kwepulasitiki okuvamile. UTomas ngokwakhe uthi waphendukela ekukhuliseni ibele, izindebe nezihlathi, kodwa kwakungekho ukuguqulwa kocansi, futhi ngalesi sikhathi ngeke kube khona.
Imfihlo eyinhloko yesithombe izingubo zesitayela, izimonyo ezisezingeni eliphezulu nokunakekelwa komuntu siqu njalo.
Kuyaziwa ukuthi uConchita une-talisman yakhe - lokhu kuyi-tattoo ebekwe emhlane wakhe, lapho kuboniswa khona unina. Ngokusho kukaThomas, umama wakhe wadlala indima enkulu empilweni yakhe nasekukhuleni kwakhe njengomculi.
10 Amaqiniso Ashisayo Mayelana neConchita Wurst
Abaningi bathi iConchita Wurst iyinselele yangempela emphakathini wanamuhla. Yebo, cishe akunakwenzeka ukumangala ababukeli besimanje ngentshebe nengubo. Futhi nakuba abantu abaningi bemukela abantu abavela emaqenjini amancane ocansi, lisekhona ibanga elithile. Isikhathi sokufunda okwengeziwe mayelana ne-Conchi.
- Ubaba kaThomas ungum-Armenian, kanti umama wakhe ungowase-Austrian ngokobuzwe.
- I-Conchita Wurst i-ego kaThomas, eyavela ngenxa yokubandlululwa nokuxhashazwa kwabafundi afunda nabo.
- Intshebe acula ngayo umculi esiteji ingeyangempela. Ama-stylists agcizelele ubuhle bakhe kuphela ngepensela nemikhiqizo yokunakekela.
- Abalandeli balo mculi wentshebe emhlabeni jikelele balithande kakhulu iculo elithi Rise Like a Phoenix kangangokuthi bafuna kube yingqikithi yefilimu elandelayo kaJames Bond.
- UConchita Wurst uhlala ebonakala emibuthweni yezitabane.
- UConchita unabalandeli bakhe, futhi bona, ngendlela, abanandaba nokusekela umculi ngokuziphatha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, banikeza ukwesekwa kwabo ngendlela yokuqala - bakhulisa noma badaye izintshebe, futhi bathumele izithombe zabo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
- Eya eDenmark, uNeuwirth waqala wafuna ukubona i-Little Mermaid ka-Andersen.
- Umculi oyintandokazi yomculi uCher.
- Enye yezintatheli ibuze uConchita umbuzo wokuthi angakwazi yini ukuthwebula enqunu kumagazini i-Playboy. Intatheli ithole impendulo elandelayo: “Ngeke ngikwazi ngempela ukushuthela umagazini i-Playboy. Indawo kuphela lapho umzimba wami uzobukisa ngeVogue.
- Njalo ekuseni uConchita uqala ngengilazi yejusi esanda kukhanywa.
UConchita Wurst ungumbungazi ovelele. Umdwebi unekhasi lakhe le-Instagram, lapho uThomas ebhala khona izindaba zakamuva ezivela empilweni yakhe. Uxhumene nezihlabani ezehlukene, azicobelela ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Conchita Wurst manje
Entwasahlobo ka-2018, i-Wurst yashaqisa ngokoqobo umphakathi. Ubike ukuthi uthwele igciwane lengculazi.
Umculi wahlushwa lesi sifo esibi iminyaka eminingi, kodwa wayengeke enze ulwazi obala, ngoba wayekholelwa ukuthi lolu lwazi kwakungelona izindlebe prying.
Nokho, umthandi wangaphambili Conchita waqala ukusongela ngazo zonke izindlela. Uthe maduze nje uzovula ikhethini kubalandeli beWurst.
Lesi senzo esinyanyekayo sale nsizwa yangaphambili samphoqa ngokoqobo uConchita ukuba embule le mfihlo embi. UWurst ukhiphe imininingwane yokuthi ungumthwali we-HIV. Uphinde wengeza ngolwazi lokuthi umndeni uyazi ukuthi kwenzekani ngempilo yakhe, futhi uthola usizo lwezempilo.
Kodwa-ke, abalandeli abaningi abaqiniseki ngeqiniso lalokho uConchita Wurst abike ngakho. Futhi ingabe inkinga ye-HIV iyamkhathaza uThomas Neuwirth. Phela, wonke umuntu uyakhumbula ukuthi uThomas kanye ne-alter ego yakhe ekuqaleni babenomlando ohlukile.
Emuva ebusika ka-2017, uTomas wakhuluma ngendlela ayecabanga ngayo ngokuhlukana noConchita, njengoba wayesezuze okuningi ngenxa yalesi sithombe. Kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, waphakamisa umbuzo ngobuntu bomphakathi wanamuhla.
Kungenzeka ukuthi ngokubika ukuthi une-HIV, uThomas wayefuna ukudonsela ukunakekela kule nkinga. Nokho, lesi isicelo sakhe esisemthethweni kubalandeli bakhe. Namuhla, uhambela zonke izinhlobo zemicimbi yesisa esekela abantu abane-HIV noma abane-AIDS.
Entwasahlobo ka-2018, izithombe zikaThomas zavela ku-Instagram yomculi. Kwaqoshwa kubo indoda enesihluku, ngaphandle kwama-curls, enama-bristles amahle amnyama. UThomas ubike ukuthi uConchita Wurst ufiphele ngemuva.
Lapho izintatheli zifuna ukuthola isizathu salesi sinqumo, uThomas wamane wathi: “Ngikhathele uConchita. Manje angifuni ukugqoka izingubo, izithende eziphakeme, amathani ezimonyo. UThomas usevukile kimi, futhi ngifuna ukumeseka.”
Okwamanje, uThomas ugcina isitayela sakhe somuntu ngamunye. Abanye abalandeli bathi uConchita Wurst ufile unomphela futhi ngeke aphinde abuye.
Kodwa-ke, izithombe ezibabayo ku-bikini, izingubo zangaphansi ezinhle nezeleyisi zivela ku-Instagram yomculi ngezikhathi ezithile.
Lo mculi utshele abalandeli bakhe ukuthi uhlela ukukhipha icwecwe elisha ngo-2018 ngaphansi kwegama elithi Conchita. Kodwa-ke i-Wurst izoqedwa unomphela.
Uzitholile, futhi ngalesi sikhathi sokuphila kwakhe akamdingi uConchita. Lokhu kuthuse kancane, kodwa akuzange kubacasule abalandeli bakhe. Phela babesalilindile irekhodi elalithenjisiwe.
Kepha uConchita usabuyele ku-Eurovision Song Contest 2019. Lapho, uThomas wethusa izethameli ngokudlala esiteji egqoke izingubo ezikhanyayo. Akuwona wonke umuntu owaqonda iqhinga lomdlali wase-Australia. “Intaba” yezibuyekezo ezingezinhle yawela phezu kwakhe ngokoqobo.
Ngo-2019, uThomas wayezibandakanye kwezobuciko nomculo. Esikhathini esingengakanani esidlule, wethule isiqeshana sevidiyo namathrekhi amaningana amasha. Akekho u-Conchita eziqeshaneni zevidiyo manje, kodwa kunendoda enonya nenhle ngendlela emangalisayo uThomas.
Uma sibheka izibuyekezo, umphakathi uthanda uThomas kakhulu kunoConchita. Mhlawumbe umculi wenze iziphetho ezifanele.
UThomas uvakashela izwe lakubo minyaka yonke. Kodwa akakhohlwa abalandeli bakwamanye amadolobha. Uyavuma ukuthi manje abantu basabela ngokuzola kakhulu kunaseqophelweni eliphezulu lomsebenzi wakhe womculo. UThomas uyakuqonda ngale ndlela: “Noma kunjalo, ngakwazi ukudlulisela kubantu kuwo wonke umhlaba umbono wami wobuntu nokubekezelelana.”
