1971Nominee
Best Performance
Flight of the Doves
Dana
Actor
London, England, UK
August 30, 1951
Biography
Dana Rosemary Scallon known professionally as Dana, is an Irish singer and songwriter. While still a schoolgirl she won the 1970 Eurovision Song Contest with "All Kinds of Everything". It became a worldwide million-seller and launched her music career. She entered politics in 1997, as Dana Rosemary Scallon, running unsuccessfully in the Irish presidential election, but later being elected as an MEP for Connacht–Ulster in 1999. Scallon was again an independent candidate in the Irish 2011 presidential election, but was eliminated on the first count. Scallon served as a politician as a Member of the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2025Nominee
Best Performance
The Best of Eurovision in the 70s
2018Nominee
Best Performance
When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
Career Highlights
2020Highlight
Best Performance
Dana: The Original Derry Girl
1973Highlight
Best Performance
Why Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?