sappho666: LGBT moments at the Eurovision Song Contest Dana International, whose real name is Sharon
sappho666:LGBT moments at the Eurovision Song ContestDana International, whose real name is Sharon Cohen, represented Israel in the 1998 Eurovision Song Contest in Birmingham, being the first openly transgender woman to do so. She won the contest with 172 points.Verka Serduchka is the drag persona of gay Ukrainian artist Andriy Mykhailovych Danylko, who represented his home country at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. He ended up with the second place, scoring 235 points.Marija Serifovic was the winner of the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest. She represented Serbia and received 268 points. In 2013, she came out as a lesbian, which made her the first known lesbian participant and winner of the contest.Krista Siegfrids represented Finland at the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö. The kiss she shared with one of her female background dancers at the end of her performance was cut out in the Belarusian broadcast of the finale, which led to Belarus being disqualified for the next year’s contest due to violating the broadcasting rules.Conchita Wurst is the drag persona of the openly gay Austrian singer Tom Neuwirth. He represented Austria in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest and won, receiving 290 points.Saara Aalto represented Finland at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. Aalto is openly lesbian and lives with her girlfriend, making her the first openly lesbian participant (who was out at the time of her performance). She received just 46 points and came in second to last (25th).Ryan O’Shaughnessy may not be gay himself but caused a controversy when his performance for the Irish entry at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest included two male background dancers acting as a gay couple, holding hands and dancing together. The Chinese broadcast cut out the scenes at their broadcast of the semi-final, which resulted in the EBU taking away their broadcasting license for the finale. O’Shaughnessy himself received 136 points and came in 16th. -- source link
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