Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Participating broadcaster Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA; 2011–2019)
Formerly
Participation summary
Appearances17 (14 finals)
First appearance 1994
Last appearance 2019
Highest placement4th: 1994
Participation history
    • 2000
    • 2001
    • 2002
    • 2003
    • 2004
    • 2005
    • 2006
    • 2020 2025
Related articles
A Dal
External links
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Song contest current event.png For the most recent participation see
Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2019

Hungary has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 17 times since making its debut in 1994. Hungary attempted to participate in 1993 but failed to qualify from Kvalifikacija za Millstreet , a special qualifying competition set up for seven former Eastern Bloc countries. The current Hungarian participant broadcaster in the contest is Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA).

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Hungary's first contest in 1994 remains its most successful, with " Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? " performed by Friderika Bayer finishing in fourth place. The country's only other top five result is a fifth-place finish with "Running" by András Kállay-Saunders in 2014. Other top ten results are "Unsubstantial Blues" by Magdi Rúzsa finishing ninth in 2007, " Kedvesem " by ByeAlex tenth in 2013, and " Origo " by Joci Pápai eighth in 2017, giving Hungary a total of five top ten placements.

History

Magyar Televízió (MTV) was a full member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) since 1 January 1993, thus eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest since then. It participated in the contest representing Hungary since its 39th edition in 1994. Since 2011, after a restructuring that led to the incorporation of MTV into the current Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA), it is the latter who has participated representing Hungary. Before becoming a member of the EBU, earlier contests had often been broadcast on MTV.

Hungary's first entry in the Eurovision Song Contest would have been "Árva reggel", performed by Andrea Szulák, in 1993, but a qualification round was held for former Eastern Bloc countries, and the song did not manage to qualify to the final. The first official Hungarian participation was with "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?", performed by Friderika Bayer, in 1994. Hungary received the maximum score of 12 points from the first three countries to vote. However, as the competition progressed, it attracted fewer votes and ultimately finished in fourth place.

The 1995 entry was not as successful, garnering only 3 points, narrowly beating last-place Germany. In 1996 Hungary again failed to qualify when "Fortuna", performed by Gjon Delhusa did not qualify from the pre-qualification round.

Hungary withdrew after the 1998 contest. It had planned to return in 2004, [1] but ultimately did not take part in the contest. They eventually returned in 2005, where they finished in 12th place in the final with "Forogj, világ!", performed by NOX. However, Hungary withdrew again in 2006, returning in 2007 with "Unsubstantial Blues", the first Hungarian entry in English, performed by Magdi Rúzsa, the winner of the 3rd season of the Hungarian talent show Megasztár. The song came 9th in Helsinki, receiving 128 points in the final.

After coming last in the semi-final in the 2008 contest, MTV confirmed Hungary's participation at the 2009 contest in Moscow. After its original choice was revealed to have been released before 1 October 2008, breaking contest rules, it was decided that "Dance with Me", performed by Zoltán Ádok, would be Hungary's entry, after MTV's second choice to represent Hungary declined. [2] [3] The song placed 15th in the second semi-final, failing to qualify for the grand final for the second time since the introduction of the semi-finals in 2004.

In October 2009, MTV confirmed that it would not participate in the 2010 contest due to financial limitations in the company which would prevent it from sending an entry. [4] Duna Televízió broadcast the event live and applied for EBU membership to send a representative to Düsseldorf in 2011. However, during the EBU's 65th conference, Duna's bid to become an active member was rejected. In December 2010, it was confirmed that MTVA had agreed to return to the 2011 edition. [5] MTVA internally selected the song "What About My Dreams?", performed by Kati Wolf. The song placed 7th in the first semi-final with 72 points and was the first entry representing Hungary to qualify for the final since 2007. In the final, the song placed 22nd with 53 points.

In 2012, MTVA organised a national final, A Dal , to select the Hungarian entry for the contest in Baku. The song "Sound of Our Hearts", performed by Compact Disco, was selected. The song placed 10th in the first semi-final with 52 points, and 24th in the final with 19 points. A Dal had been used as the Hungarian selection process every year since.

In 2013, Hungary reached the top 10, when the song "Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix)", performed by ByeAlex, placed 10th with 84 points. Hungary reached the top 5 in 2014, when the song "Running", performed by András Kállay-Saunders, placed 5th with 143 points, achieving the best result Hungary has had since their first participation in 1994.

Hungary made it to the top ten once again in 2017, when the song "Origo", performed by Joci Pápai, placed 8th with 200 points, achieving their best result in three years. Pápai represented Hungary again in 2019 with the song " Az én apám ", but failed to qualify for the final, marking Hungary's first non-qualification since 2009.

Hungary did not appear on the final list of participants for the later-cancelled 2020 contest; it has been absent from the contest since. [6] [7] [8] MTVA stated that it would continue to organise A Dal to "support the valuable productions created by the talents of Hungarian pop music directly" instead of participating in the contest. [9] The withdrawal came during a rise of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiment among the leadership of Hungary and MTVA; while no official reason for the withdrawal was given by the broadcaster, an inside source speaking with the website Index.hu speculated that the contest was considered "too gay" for MTVA to participate. [10]

Participation overview

Table key
2Second place
3Third place
Last place
XEntry selected but did not compete
YearArtistSongLanguageFinalPointsSemiPoints
1993 Andrea Szulák" Árva reggel "HungarianFailed to qualify [a] X644
1994 Friderika " Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? "Hungarian4122No semi-finals
1995 Csaba Szigeti" Új név egy régi ház falán "Hungarian223
1996 Gjon Delhusa " Fortuna "HungarianFailed to qualify [b] X2326
1997 V.I.P." Miért kell, hogy elmenj? "Hungarian1239No semi-finals
1998 Charlie " A holnap már nem lesz szomorú "Hungarian234
2005 Nox " Forogj, világ! "Hungarian12975167
2007 Magdi Rúzsa "Unsubstantial Blues"English91282224
2008 Csézy "Candlelight"English, HungarianFailed to qualify19 ◁6
2009 Zoli Ádok "Dance with Me"English1516
2011 Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?"English, Hungarian2253772
2012 Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts"English24191052
2013 ByeAlex " Kedvesem " (Zoohacker Remix)Hungarian1084866
2014 András Kállay-Saunders "Running"English51433127
2015 Boggie "Wars for Nothing"English2019867
2016 Freddie "Pioneer"English191084197
2017 Joci Pápai " Origo "Hungarian82002231
2018 AWS " Viszlát nyár "Hungarian219310111
2019 Joci Pápai" Az én apám "HungarianFailed to qualify1297

Awards

Marcel Bezençon Awards

YearCategorySongComposer(s)
lyrics (l) / music (m)
PerformerFinalPointsHost cityRef.
2007 Composer Award"Unsubstantial Blues" Magdi Rúzsa (m) and Imre Mózsik (l) Magdi Rúzsa 9128 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki

Winner by OGAE members

YearSongPerformerPlacePointsHost cityRef.
2011 "What About My Dreams?" Kati Wolf 2253 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf

Barbara Dex Award

YearPerformerHost cityRef.
2009 Zoli Ádok Flag of Russia.svg Moscow

Conductors

Their first entry was conducted by Péter Wolf

Heads of delegation

Each participating broadcaster in the Eurovision Song Contest assigns a head of delegation as the EBU's contact person and the leader of their delegation at the event. The delegation, whose size can greatly vary, includes a head of press, the performers, songwriters, composers, and backing vocalists, among others. [14]

YearHead of delegationRef.
20082016 Szilvia Püspök
20172019 Lőrinc Bubnó

Commentators and spokespersons

YearChannelCommentator(s)SpokespersonRef.
1965 MTV UnknownDid not participate
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974 MTV1
1975
1976 Petőfi Rádió  [ hu ]
1977 MTV2
1978
19791980 No broadcast
1981 MTV2 András Sugár  [ hu ]
1982 MTV1Unknown
19831985 No broadcast
1986 MTV1Unknown
1987 MTV2 István Vágó
1988 Unknown
1989
1990 No broadcast
1991 MTV1István Vágó
1992
1993
1994 MTV2Iván Bradányi
1995 Katalin Bogyay
1996 Did not participate
1997 MTV1Györgyi Albert
1998 Gábor Gundel Takács  [ hu ]Barna Héder
19992004 No broadcastDid not participate
2005 m1 Zsuzsa Demcsák  [ hr ], András Fáber and Dávid SzántóZsuzsa Demcsák
2006 No broadcastDid not participate
2007 m1Gábor Gundel Takács Éva Novodomszky
2008 m1 (SF2, Final)
2009 m1
2010 Duna TV Zsolt JeszenszkyDid not participate
2011 m1Gábor Gundel TakácsÉva Novodomszky
2012
2013
2014
2015 Duna Csilla Tatár
2016
2017 Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie
2018 Bence Forró
2019
20202024 No broadcastDid not participate

Notes and references

Notes

  1. A qualifying round was held for new countries looking to make their debut at the 1993 contest. Hungary failed to progress from this round; entries which failed to progress have subsequently been discounted by the EBU and do not feature as part of the countries' list of appearances.
  2. In order to reduce the number of participating countries at the 1996 event a qualifying round was held among all countries except the hosts. Hungary failed to progress from this round; entries which failed to progress have subsequently been discounted by the EBU and do not feature as part of the countries' list of appearances.

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