Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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Eurovision Song Contest 1994
Participating broadcaster Magyar Televízió (MTV)
CountryFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
National selection
Selection processTáncdalfesztivál 1994
Selection date(s)5 February 1994
Selected artist(s) Friderika Bayer
Selected song" Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? "
Selected songwriter(s)Szilveszter Jenei
Finals performance
Final result4th, 122 points
Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Hungary was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song " Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? ", written by Szilveszter Jenei, and performed by Friderika Bayer. The Hungarian participating broadcaster, Magyar Televízió (MTV), selected its entry through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Hungarian in the contest, after MTV was unable to debut in the previous contest by failing to pass the qualifying round.

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Before Eurovision

Táncdalfesztivál 1994

Táncdalfesztivál 1994 was the national final organised by Magyar Televízió (MTV) to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. The contest consisted of three semi-finals and a final held over four weeks which were all hosted by Dorottya Geszler and held in the MTV studios in Budapest. [1]

Competing Entries

MTV received 963 songs from which 45 were chosen to compete in Táncdalfesztivál 1994. [2]

Semi-Finals

The semi-finals were held on 15, 22, and 29 January 1994. Each semi-final had a 20-member jury panel, representing the 19 counties of Hungary and Budapest, who each awarded between 1 and 9 points per song with the top four in each semi-final going to the final. One more finalist was chosen by an audience vote in every semi-final. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Artists who are known to have competed but aren't listed below are: Róbert Szikora, Dolly Roll, András Payer, Annamária Sasvári, and Péter Poór. [6] [8] [9]

Marcellina performed the song "Feltaláltad a fájdalmat című szerzeményt" in either the second or third semi-final. [10]

  Jury qualifier  Audience vote qualifier

Semi-Final 1 – 15 January 1994
ArtistSongPointsPlace
Kata Janza"Úgy vártalak"1691
Andrea Szulák"Fenn a szabad ég"1632
Grażyna Kowalczyk and Lui"Úgy gondolj rám"1533
Ágnes Bogolin"A pillanat"1424
Boldizsár László"Vége már"1415
Gábor MajsaiUn­known1336
ApostolUn­known1297
Andrea Tohai"Várj még"1218
Janula StefaniduUn­known1209
Magdi BódyUn­known11810
Martony Klári"Ennyi volt"11011
Kriszta KránitzUn­known10312
Edit ClaptonUn­known9713
Szénási Pál BertalanUn­known8614
Károly KadlottUn­known7715

It is known that the winner of the second semi-final received 140 points. [11]

Semi-Final 2–22 January 1994 [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]
ArtistSongPointsPlace
Kati Bontovics"Gyere haza"Un­knownUn­known
László Gombos"Szívemben élsz"Un­knownUn­known
Maya Vas"Tavaszváróval"Un­knownUn­known
Un­known"Az élet egyszer mindent visszakér"Un­knownUn­known
AlbatrossUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
Emőd OláhUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
Gábor VargaUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
Attila HorváthUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
Semi-Final 3 – 29 January 1994 [17] [18]
ArtistSongPointsPlace
Enikő Détár and Pál Makrai"Miért pont én"Un­knownUn­known
Rita Pap and Attila Bodnár"Az élet megy tovább"Un­knownUn­known
Gábor Király"Add a kezed"Un­knownUn­known
Anikót DományUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
Enikőt GáspárUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
Jánost SzabolcsiUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
RokanokUn­knownUn­knownUn­known
LavinaUn­knownUn­knownUn­known

Final

There were 15 songs in the final with the winner being chosen by a 16-member jury who each awarded between 1 and 9 points per song. Votes were given out generously as "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" received only 4 points short of the maximum total possible, and even the last placed song had an average score of 6.1. [1] A non-competitive public vote conducted through televoting was also held and selected "Az élet megy tovább" performed by Rita Pap and Attila Bodnár as the winner with 4,518 votes. [4]

Final – 5 February 1994
DrawArtistSongPointsPlace
1Zsolt Bognár"Eszembe jutott"10214
2Adrienne, Csaba and the 4 Nem Piskóta"Elmentél"1169
3Kati Bontovics"Gyere haza"1169
4Andrea Szulák"Fenn a szabad ég"1343
5Beáta Karda"Könyörgés a kedvesemért"1382
6Kata Janza"Úgy vártalak"1275
7Enikő Détár and Pál Makrai"Miért pont én"1226
8Grażyna Kowalczyk and Lui"Úgy gondolj rám"1304
9László Gombos"Szívemben élsz"1188
10Rita Pap and Attila Bodnár"Az élet megy tovább"10912
11 Friderika Bayer "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?"1401
12Kati Farkas"Remélni kell"1207
13Boldizsár László"Vége már"10613
14Tamás Aczél and Új Rákfogó"Jó leszek"9815
15Ágnes Bogolin"A pillanat"1169

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bayer performed 22nd in the running order, following Spain and preceding Russia. "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" got off to the a strong start in the voting, receiving maximum 12s from the first three juries (Sweden, Finland, and Ireland). However the votes received then became more mixed, with only one further 12 (from Poland) and six juries bypassing the song altogether. At the close of voting "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" had received 122 points, placing Hungary 4th of the 25 entries, which remains the country's best Eurovision placement to date. [19] [20]

Voting

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