Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest

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**Hungary**

Member station	MTV
National selection event(s)	{{{National selection event}}}
Appearances	6
First appearance	1993
Best result	4th, 1994
Worst result	23rd, 1998

Hungary has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest seven times (five times in the Grand Final and twice in a Qualification). The first participation would have been Andrea Szulák's in 1993 but a Qualification round was just installed for former Eastern Block countries and she did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final.

The first real participation was Friderika Bayer's back in 1994 (see ESC1994). After three rounds of voting the Hungarian entry had taken the top mark each time and was well ahead, however, afterwards the song got weaker votes and in the end it ended up in a credible fourth place. The 1995 entry was not as successful, garnering only 3 points, narrowly beating last placed Germany. In 1996 Hungary suffered another qualification lost when Gjon Delhusa's song didn't make it through the pre-qualification round.

Hungary began a hiatus from the competition after the 1998 contest, returning in 2005 when they reached a 12th place in the final. Hungary however announced not to participate again in 2006, although it will return to the contest in 2007 with Magdi Rúzsa, the winner of the 3rd season of Megasztár (Hungarian Idol).

The Eurovision Song Contest is broadcasted on Magyar Televízió.

[edit] Contestants

Year	Finished	Artist	Song
1994	4th	Friderika Bayer	Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?
1995	22nd	Csaba Szigeti	Új név a régi ház falán
1997	12th	V.I.P.	Miért kell, hogy elmenj?
1998	23rd	Charlie	A holnap már nem lesz szomorú
2005	12th	NOX	Forogj, világ!
2007	?	Magdi Rúzsa	Unsubstantial Blues