winner, 1970
Dana Rosemary Scallon
Dana Rosemary Scallon, billed as Dana, represented Ireland at Eurovision 1970 in Amsterdam with “All Kinds of Everything”, and won.
- who
- Northern Irish singer and politician
- billed as
- Dana
- contest
- 1970
- win
- 1970
- music
- pop, religious music
- active
- since 1967
- record labels
- Decca
- studied at
- Thornhill College
- sang for
- Ireland
Biography
Dana is an Irish singer, songwriter and politician. Still at school, Dana won the 1970 contest in Amsterdam with “All Kinds of Everything”, which was Ireland’s first win. The record sold more than a million copies around the world and started a career in music.
Politics came later, under the name Dana Rosemary Scallon: an unsuccessful run for the Irish presidency in 1997, a seat in the European Parliament from 1999 to 2004, and a second presidential campaign in 2011.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Dana Rosemary Scallon”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1970 Amsterdam
“All Kinds of Everything”
Winner Won the contest with 32 points, ahead of 11 other songs.
- Billed as
- Dana
- Sung in
- English
- Written by
- Derry Lindsay, Jackie Smith
- Conductor
- Dolf van der Linden
- Running order
- 12th of 12
Play: Dana — “All Kinds of Everything”, the winning performance at Eurovision 1970 hear it YouTube the contest’s channel Spotify search Apple Music search
The story of Eurovision 1970: A boycott, a coin-toss host and the first postcards
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Order of St. Gregory the Great
As recorded on Wikidata, which is rarely the whole list.
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- 1970 Dana
Ireland sang last. Its singer was Dana, a little-known schoolgirl from Derry, and the song was "All Kinds of Everything". She won with 32 votes. It was Ireland's first victory. There would be six more — seven in all, a total no country has beaten.
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