Eurovision Rewatch: Birmingham 1998 - 20.00 GMT tonight (25/3)

[Lucille]

This felt like such a bigger moment for 10 year old Lucille!

Why’s she dressed like a recently raped TURKEY!!!

 

[Penelope]

Truly RESPLENDENT and WORTHY OF DAWN MARTIN HERSELF!

 

[GinAg (39)]

And 7 weeks later the single came out and reached No.11 in the UK

Did she appear on TOTP? I have seen her live THREE TIMES NOW. Which is a lot for me.

 

[win_the_game]

Why’s she dressed like a recently raped TURKEY!!!

Because she CAN.

 

[Tisch]

WHERE IS DANA

 

[Lucille]

The credits rolling over the performance!

 

[Penelope]

AFRO-DITE!

 

[Penelope]

PATTI BOULAYE'S SUN DANCE

 

[Lucille]

Right. I need a second bottle of wine after that STINGING MEDIOCRITY.

 

[win_the_game]

Did she appear on TOTP? I have seen her live THREE TIMES NOW. Which is a lot for me.

Indeed she did.

 

[GinAg (39)]

And THAT'S WHY we remember so FONDLY!

 

[Penelope]

Indeed she did.

BIT OF GENDER STUFF GOING ON HERE

 

[Tisch]

Coming out looking like a Pokémon waving an Israeli flag

 

[lolly]

More popular on moopy than Baku 2012

 

[Madíson]

How many other Israeli chart acts are there? The other Eurovision winners, Ofra Haza, Esther and Abi Ofarim. Any others?

 

[GinAg (39)]

How many other Israeli chart acts are there? The other Eurovision winners, Ofra Haza, Esther and Abi Ofarim. Any others?

I feel like there may have been a trivial dance act in the last decade.

 

[Penelope]

How many other Israeli chart acts are there? The other Eurovision winners, Ofra Haza, Esther and Abi Ofarim. Any others?

I feel like Toy went top 75

 

[GinAg (39)]

Did Netta not chart?

 

[VoR]

I feel like Toy went top 75

#49

 

[VoR]

You've got to think Diva would have been a UK #1 if they'd got it out the Monday after, surely?

 

[lolly]

You've got to think Diva would have been a UK #1 if they'd got it out the Monday after, surely?

How long did we wait?

 

[Madíson]

I've found two more: Yael Naïm and Asaf Avidan & The Mojos.

I'll message old @Eileen tomorrow - he'll know.

 

[VoR]

How long did we wait?

7 weeks!

 

[lolly]

Were there two Diva CD singles? My memory is telling me the same cover, but one with a pink background and another blue...

 

[VoR]

Other very good Dana International songs

 

[GinAg (39)]

I have a feeling I taped the contest. I must have watched Diva about 200 times before it finally came out.

 

[Madíson]

OT: I put the word 'Diva' in the wrong search field on Polyhex, and discovered a pair of Norwegian blonde (twins?) charted in 1995 with a cover of a-Ha's "The Sun Always Shines On TV"

 

[GinAg (39)]

I actively went to see her at G.A.Y.

I think Lolly supported!

 

[VoR]

Pretty certain Dana was for me and many other people around my age the first time the concept of trans identity drifted (or rather STRUTTED) into our awareness.

 

[Penelope]

LISTEN TO THE RHYTHM (ON YOUR WALKMAN)

 

[Penelope]

I actively went to see her at G.A.Y.

I think Lolly supported!

And then MOVED TO BRISTOL AFTER?

 

[VoR]

LISTEN TO THE RHYTHM (ON YOUR WALKMAN)

I serve BANANAS, POTATOES... and some COCK!

 

[GinAg (39)]

Pretty certain Dana was for me and many other people around my age the first time the concept of trans identity drifted (or rather STRUTTED) into our awareness.

Absolutely. The concept that a trans woman could not only be that beautiful, but be on my TV was BRAND NEW. She really did break ground. I think this was the moment the gays began to truly claim the show.

 

[win_the_game]

You've got to think Diva would have been a UK #1 if they'd got it out the Monday after, surely?

I think she was lost in a sea of HETERO WORLD CUP ANTHEMS that summer. Talk about poor timing.

 

[GinAg (39)]

And then MOVED TO BRISTOL AFTER?

I have never lived in Bristol

 

[Lucille]

OT: I put the word 'Diva' in the wrong search field on Polyhex, and discovered a pair of Norwegian blonde (twins?) charted in 1995 with a cover of a-Ha's "The Sun Always Shines On TV"

LIVING for how off topic this is.

This is probably my favourite song of all time, and honestly, it’s so timeless even these sluts do a decent job of it!

 

[Penelope]

Other very good Dana International songs

 

[GinAg (39)]

I remember thinking how BRAVE she was!

 

[Penelope]

I have never lived in Bristol

It's BORING AS FUCK

 

[Madíson]

LIVING for how off topic this is.

This is probably my favourite song of all time, and honestly, it’s so timeless even these sluts do a decent job of it!

I'm now stuck watching "Sun Always Shines.." covers on YouTube. I've found a good one from Didrik Soli Tangen, and an awful Belgian dance version.