Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest

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Hungary

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Member station MTV
National selection events {{{National selection event}}}
Appearances 7
First appearance 1993
Best result 4th, 1994
Worst result SF: last, 2008
External links
MTV page
Hungary's page at Eurovision.tv
Magdi Rúzsa at Helsinki (2007)
Magdi Rúzsa at Helsinki (2007)
Csézy at Belgrade (2008)
Csézy at Belgrade (2008)

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. It made Hungary the only debuting nation to lead the voting. 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 with NOX. Hungary however announced not to participate again in 2006, although it returned to the contest in 2007 with Magdi Rúzsa, the winner of the 3rd season of Megasztár (Hungarian Idol). She came 9th in Helsinki.

The Eurovision Song Contest is broadcasted on Magyar Televízió.

[edit] Contestants

Year Artist Title Final Points Semi Points
1994 Friderika Bayer Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? 4 122
1995 Csaba Szigeti Új név a régi ház falán 22 3
1997 V.I.P. Miért kell, hogy elmenj? 12 39
1998 Charlie A holnap már nem lesz szomorú 23 4
2005 NOX Forogj, világ! 12 97 5 167
2007 Magdi Rúzsa Unsubstantial Blues 9 128 2 224
2008 Csézy Candlelight X X 19 6

[edit] Voting history

Hungary has given the most points to...

Rank Country Points
1 Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom 32
2 Flag of Greece Greece 31
3 Flag of Ireland Ireland 24
4= Flag of Russia Russia 20
4= Flag of Norway Norway 20
5 Flag of Serbia Serbia 19

Hungary has received the most points from...

Rank Country Points
1 Flag of Iceland Iceland 29
2 Flag of Poland Poland 27
3 Flag of Finland Finland 22
4 Flag of Ireland Ireland 21
5 Flag of Sweden Sweden 20

(Finals only)

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