"Rise Like a Phoenix" is a song recorded by Austrian singer Conchita Wurst, written by Joey Patulka, Alexander Zuckowski, Julian Maas, and Charlie Mason.
On 10 September 2013, ORF announced that it had internally selected singer Conchita Wurst as its performer for the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.
The accompanying music video was premiered on YouTube on the same day, while the song was offered on the ORF website for download.
[2][4] On 21 March, Wurst made the first live performance of the song, on the ORF show Dancing Stars.
The contest was co-hosted by Wurst herself, who opened the first semi-final on 19 May 2015 performing "Rise Like a Phoenix".