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Dana International
Sharon Cohen, professionally known as Dana International, is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three additional compilation albums. She was the winner of the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham with the song "Diva" - the first transgender winner in Eurovision history.
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Born 2 February 1969 · Q201204
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2026· 6 entries
“Teach us the names of what we have destroyed.”
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“If Catholic Christianity does not offer a vision of existence that transcends the election cycle, if our redemption is social and our resurrection economic, then it’s time render everything up to Caesar.”
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BBC: Israel re-establishes closed West Bank settlement, defying growing international protests
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Published video “דנה אינטרנשיונל - עושה שלום | Most famous Jewish prayer for peace - Dana international”.
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Published video “דנה אינטרנשיונל, בן אל תבורי, אמיר שורוש - מה עושים בלילות (Prod. By Asi Tal)”.
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2025· 4 entries
Awarded Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer (2025).
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jpost.com: Dana International's torch-bearing omitted from Channel 14 broadcast, name not mentioned on website
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The Times of Israel: Transgender icon Dana International to get Independence Day honor, sparking right-wing backlash
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Dana was honored as one of the torchbearers in the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony
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2024· 1 entry
Published video “Dana International - Sunset (Prod. by Asi Tal) | דנה אינטרנשיונל - שקיעה אחת”.
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2023· 3 entries
Published video “Dana International X Itay Galo - BIG D*** ENEREGY”.
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Published video “Dana International - La Cucaracha // דנה אינטרנשיונל - לה קוקרצ'ה (מתוך "דנה קמה")”.
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Published video “Dana International - La Cucaracha (Lyrics Video) דנה אינטרנשיונל // לה קוקרצ'ה”.
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2019· 3 entries
Published video “Just The Way You Are (Eurovision 2019 - 1st Semi Final)”.
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Published video “Dana International at Sweden's Melodifestivalen gives the 8, 10 and 12 Duz Pua to FELIX SANDMAN”.
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Published video “Dana International & Charlotte Perrelli - Take Me To Your Heaven / Diva / Diva To Diva”.
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2018· 1 entry
Published video “דנה אינטרנשיונל - מי האיש - Dana International”.
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2014· 2 entries
“There is a special irony that this disappearance [of Catholic artists visibility despite Catholics constituting one-quarter of the US population] has occurred during a period when celebrating cultural diversity has become an explicit goal across the American arts. Some kinds of diversity are evidently more equal than others.”
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Dana was the main attraction aboard the first Jewish boat to participate in the Amsterdam Pride Canal Parade
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2011· 2 entries
Career landmark: Participated in Eurovision Song Contest 2011 (tournament / event).
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This time with the song "Ding Dong", which failed to make it into the final
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2009· 2 entries
Dana starred in a mock reality show called Dana Kama/Nama for cellphone provider Cellcom
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Dana International joined the 7th season of "Kokhav Nolad" (the Israeli version of Pop Idol) as a judge, also joining the 8th one in 2010
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “הכל זה לטובה”.
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2005· 1 entry
Dana participated in the 50th anniversary of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Copenhagen, after "Diva" was selected as one of fourteen songs considered to be the best Eurovision songs
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2003· 1 entry
Released an exclusive 8-CD box set, containing all singles from The Possible Dream and a new house version of the hit single "Cinque Milla", titled A
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2002· 2 entries
Released another album, HaHalom HaEfshari (The Possible Dream), which was a minor chart success
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Released album “החלום האפשרי”.
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2001· 2 entries
After a break, Dana released her seventh album Yoter Ve Yoter (More and More)
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Released album “Yoter Ve-Yoter”.
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1999· 2 entries
Dana released "Woman in Love", a Barbra Streisand cover
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Released album “Free”.
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1998· 5 entries
Released album “The Album”.
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Awarded First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest (1998).
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Released album “Diva: The Hits”.
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To represent Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "Diva"
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Career landmark: Participated in Eurovision Song Contest 1998 (tournament / event).
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1997· 2 entries
Following a visit to Cairo for an autobiographic film, Egyptian authorities banned her music
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Dana collaborated with the Israeli artist Eran Zur on his album Ata Havera Sheli, and together they sang the duet "Shir Kdam-Shnati (Sex Acher)" ("Pre-Bed Song (A Different Kind of Sex)") which became a huge hit
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “Maganuna”.
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Dana released her third album, Maganuna
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1995· 2 entries
Dana attempted to fulfill her childhood dream of performing in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Released ep “E.P. Tampa”.
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1994· 2 entries
Released album “Umpatampa”.
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Dana released her second, Trance-influenced album Umpatampa, which built on the success of her debut and provided further hit singles
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1993· 2 entries
Dana International flew to London for male-to-female sex reassignment surgery and legally changed her name to Sharon Cohen
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Released album “Danna International (Offer Nissim Presents)”.
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1992· 1 entry
“Designing Literature: Creative Collaboration”
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1969· 1 entry
Born 1969-02-02.
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