"Diva" was the Israeli entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1998 in Birmingham, performed by Dana International.
It won the Contest with 172 points, beating host nation United Kingdom by a margin of 6 points, and gave the country its third victory and its first in 19 years.
Its victory also made Dana International the first transsexual to win the Contest in its 32 year history.
Lyrics[]
Yesh isha gdola mehachaim
Yesh chushim sheyesh rak la
Yesh ksamim veyesh yamim kashim
Uvama shehi kula shela
Lamal’achim Diva hi imperia
Al habama Diva hi histeria
Hi kula shir ahava
Viva nari’a, viva Viktoria, Afrodita
Viva laDiva, viva Viktoria, Kleopatra
Yesh nashim – dma’ot shel hachaim
Hen yis’u tfila belo milim
Lamal’achim Diva hi imperia
Al habama Diva hi histeria
Hi kula shir ahava
Viva nari’a, viva Viktoria, Afrodita
Viva laDiva, viva Viktoria, Kleopatra
Viva nari’a, viva Viktoria, Afrodita
Viva laDiva, viva Viktoria, Kleopatra
Diva, Diva, Diva, Diva
Viva nari’a, viva Viktoria, Afrodita
Viva laDiva, viva Viktoria, Kleopatra
Viva nari’a, viva Viktoria, Afrodita
She's all
You'll ever dream to find,
On her stage
She sings her story
Pain and hurt
Will steal her heart tonight,
Like a queen
in all her glory
And when she cries diva,
He's an angel,
When she laughs,
She's a devil,
She is all
Beauty and love
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodita
Viva la diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
Silent tears
Drop from these eyes tonight,
Tears of prayer
For all those aching hearts
And when she cries diva,
He's an angel,
When she laughs,
She's a devil,
She is all
Beauty and love
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodita
Viva la diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodita
Viva la diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
Hey oh ahh, Haahaaa, Ahhhh, Ahhhh, Oooooooh
Diva
Diva
Diva
Diva
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodita
Viva la diva
Viva Victoria
Cleopatra
Viva Maria
Viva Victoria
Aphrodita
Viva la diva
Viva Victoria
Videos[]
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