I'm not sure if it was expected or not, but Dana International won the Israeli final on Tuesday night with her self-penned song "Ding Dong".
Dana International - Ding Dong (Israel 2011)
The song has a quiet sophistication about it, and Dana herself said after her victory that this version is only a demo. Some major changes will be done to it before she presents it in Düsseldorf.
Dana has two top ten finishes to her credit, since she not only won back in 1998, but also wrote the 2008 Israeli entry for Boaz Mauda.
Winners who attempt comebacks have not been particularly successful lately in the ESC. Carola made it to fifth place in 2006, which proved really impressive compared to Charlotte Perrelli's 18th place (2008) or Niam Kavanagh finishing 23rd last year.
What I hope for the most is that Europe will have gone on since 1998 and only pay Dana attention as the successful performer and songwriter that she is, and refrain from cracking any tired jokes about transsexuals.
We have progressed a bit since 1998, haven't we?
I love this song it is so magical.
ReplyDeleteI think this can be a second chance for Dana to show the human tolerance in Israel between people (seeing the difficulties). This can be a positive message to Europe, I guess! :)