Dana

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.

Known For

Flight of the Doves
Flight of the Doves
When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
Dana: The Original Derry Girl
Dana: The Original Derry Girl
The Best of Eurovision in the 70s
The Best of Eurovision in the 70s

Filmography

2025 The Best of Eurovision in the 70s
as Self
2020 Dana: The Original Derry Girl
as Self
2018 When Eurovision Goes Horribly Wrong
as Self
2018 Pilgrimage
as Self
2008 Who Do You Think You Are?
as Herself
2008 Celebrity Bainisteoir
as Herself
2006 Celebrity Jigs 'n' Reels
as
2003 Celebrity Mastermind
as Self - Contestant
1988 Michael Barrymore's Saturday Night Out
as Self
1981 Summertime Special
as
1975 Seaside Special
as
1971 Flight of the Doves
as Sheila
1969 Sez Les
as
1969 Die ZDF-Hitparade
as Self
1968 Cilla
as Self
1964 Top of the Pops
as Self