Not to be confused with Irish 1970 Eurovision star Dana, Israel's
Eurovision winner Dana International would probably have gone largely unnoticed with
her power-pop anthem Diva, were it not for the fact that she used
to be a man.
The transsexual singer helped generate unusually high levels of
publicity for the much-maligned annual event.
Not since Abba won Eurovision
in 1976 had so many people got so excited about the spectacle.
