Azerbaijan hosts the annual Eurovision Song Contest this weekend ... She begins with the controversial 1998 winner, Israeli transsexual Dana International. Photo: Getty Images ...

As Eurovision’s first ever trans winner, Dana International showed Europe that trans people were also people just like them. It allowed people to connect to her as a person and as a performer ...

Linda's Eurovision star pal Dana Rosemary Scallon ran for president in 1997 before winning a seat in the European Parliament in 1999. A second failed bid for the presidency followed in 2011.

When the 2024 winner is crowned ... publicity was Israel’s Dana International. Image caption, Dana International won the 1998 Eurovision in Birmingham The singer was one of Israel’s most ...

Linda would not be the first Eurovision winner to fancy her chances in a Presidential election. Dana Rosemary Scallon, who won the title in 1970 with All Kinds of Everything, came third in the ...

There's also a very odd dinner with his parents' gaybours (gay neighbours) and an unexpected meeting with Eurovision winner Dana International in a disabled toilet.