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"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

Viva laDiva, viva Viktoria, Diva

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

DIVA...

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Eurovision Song Contest
Winners
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Miscellaneous
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Eurovision Song Contest 1998
Songs
"Diva" • "Where Are You?" • "The One That I Love" • "Hemel en aarde" • "Neka mi ne svane" • "Dis oui" • "Guildo hat euch lieb!" • "Alltid sommer" • "Is Always Over Now?" • "Kärleken är" • "Genesis" • "Se eu te pudesse abraçar" • "Mere lapsed" • "Unutamazsın" • "Aava" • "¿Qué voy a hacer sin ti?" • "To takie proste" • "Naj bogovi slišijo" • "Ne zori, zoro" • "Mia krifi evesthisia" • "Modlitba" • "Eu cred" • "A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" • "Où aller" • "Lass ihn"
Participants
Dana InternationalImaaniChiaraEdsilia RombleyDanijelaMélanie CohlGuildo HornLars FredriksenDawn MartinJill JohnsonAlma LusaKoit ToomeTüzmenEdeaMikel HerzogSixteenVili ResnikVlado JanevskiThalassaKatarína HasprováMălina OlinescuCharlieMarie LineGunvor
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