Dana International

Dana International is, to me, far more than a Eurovision champion. When she won in 1998 with "Diva," she became the contest's first transgender winner, and that moment carried a weight that reached well beyond pop music. Born Sharon Cohen in Tel Aviv, she has built a real catalogue across eight albums, so the artistry is no footnote to the symbolism. What moves me is her refusal to shrink under pressure. She faced genuine hostility and kept singing, kept being herself, on the biggest stage available. Artists who expand what an audience can imagine are the ones I keep coming back to.

Name (English)

Dana International

Name (Japanese)

ダナ・インターナショナル

Reading

だな・いんたーなしょなる

Born

February 2, 1969 (age 57)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Rooster

Origin

Tel Aviv, Israel

Occupation

singer-songwriter / recording artist / singer / musician

High school

Ironi Alef High School

Awards & achievements

• 1998 First prize of the Eurovision Song Contest

• Official sitehttps://www.danainternational.co.il
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/danainternational/
• Xhttps://x.com/dana_inter
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20International
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A7%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201204

Tags

• singer-songwriter
• recording artist
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.