Diana

[casaespana]

Does anyone remember Diana the Irish girl who won the eurovision song contest? She sang "All Sorts Of Things" which became a best seller all over the world. Her real name was Black. In honour of her success she was made President of Ireland and was instrumental in bringing in the no smoking ban which is still in force today. From pop singer to leader of her country. what an intelligent girl she has proved to be.

[seeandess]

Think it was Dana. Found this one....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_%28singer%29

[seeandess]

Sorry Casaespana, link doesn't appear to work. Search for eurovision through Wilkipedia and you can get the link for countries. Select Ireland and you'll have all their winners. Hope this helps

C

[gary baldy]

I think you are thinking of Liza Minelli who was the managing director of the United Nations before Boutrous Boutrous Galli. She sang 'On the Good Ship Lollypop' in the film Some Like It Hot and was married to the baseball player Babe Ruth for a while.
She was also became the vice president of the National Association for the Advancement of Small People (formely known as The Munchkins Society) after appearing in the movie The Wiz with that famous lover of small people Samuel L Jackson.

[lodekka]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana_%28singer%29 should work.

[Mortartube]

Dana sang All kinds of everything and won Eurovision in the early 70's (1972, I think but can't be sure).

[Quizmonkey]

Thank goodness at least Gary Baldy has a sense of humour...

[noxlumos]

Gary you just ruined my keyboard. I just spat coffee all over it :)

[casaespana]

Thanks to all for helping to identify Dana. Also to Gary for his research, although you seem to have got mixed up with the question. I think Liza Minelli was Italian and certainly not Irish. You mention Some Like It Hot but that was Marilyn Monroe and she was married to that other baseball player Arthur Miller, not Babe Ruth. I remember her best in High Society singing Boom Bang A Bang along with Bing Crosby. Going back to Dana, I believe she has now retired from the Irish Presidency and has handed over to Ann Robinson another warm and caring person. Long may it continue.

[littleoldme]

I think you'll find the Irish president was Mr Charles Hockey, who ran the country in his spare time when not inventing sports that were conveniently named after him. He also later invented ice hockey, so that people could combine hockey with those other famous Irish pastimes, ice skating and beating the cack out of each other with sticks. It also helped to end the little-remembered Irish-Canadian war, Mr Hockey realising that the Canadians were less likely to invade if they were too busy beating the cack out of each other with sticks.

Meanwhile Dana had sexual re-alignment surgery and became a woman, just in time to win Eurovision again, this time under her full name, Dana International. This made her only the second person to win Eurovision twice, after fellow Irishman, Johnny Wogan, who won in 1980 with What's Another Year and 1987 wth The Floral Dance, while managing to commentate on the whole event with his trademark acerbic wit at the same time. What a guy!.

Sadly, by the timw of her second triumph, Miss International's memory was failing, and she ended up representing Israel by mistake, because she "knew it was a country beginning with I". After several abortive attempts to convince the Eurovision International Committee (named after her) that Iran should take part in Eurovision, rumour has it that she will be back representing Italy next year.

[gary baldy]

Pigeons in Flight,
I want to see you tonight!

[vikki236]

i think it was dana and all kinds of everything