Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest

Hungary in the
Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest
Hungary
Participating broadcasterMédiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) (2011–2019)
Magyar Televízió (MTV) (1993–2009)
Participation summary
First appearance1994
Highest placement4th: 1994
External links
Hungary's page at Eurovision.tv Edit this at Wikidata

Hungary has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest since its debut in 1994. Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) is the Hungarian broadcaster.[1]

Participation overview

Table key
2 Second place
3 Third place
◁ Last place
X Entry selected but did not compete
Year Artist Song Language Final Points Semi Points
1993 Andrea Szulák "Árva reggel" Hungarian Failed to qualify[a] X 6 44
1994 Friderika "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" Hungarian 4 122 No semi-finals
1995 Csaba Szigeti "Új név egy régi ház falán" Hungarian 22 3
1996 Gjon Delhusa "Fortuna" Hungarian Failed to qualify[b] X 23 26
1997 V.I.P. "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" Hungarian 12 39 No semi-finals
1998 Charlie "A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" Hungarian 23 4
2005 Nox "Forogj, világ!" Hungarian 12 97 5 167
2007 Magdi Rúzsa "Unsubstantial Blues" English 9 128 2 224
2008 Csézy "Candlelight" English, Hungarian Failed to qualify 19 ◁ 6
2009 Zoli Ádok "Dance with Me" English 15 16
2011 Kati Wolf "What About My Dreams?" English, Hungarian 22 53 7 72
2012 Compact Disco "Sound of Our Hearts" English 24 19 10 52
2013 ByeAlex "Kedvesem" (Zoohacker Remix) Hungarian 10 84 8 66
2014 András Kállay-Saunders "Running" English 5 143 3 127
2015 Boggie "Wars for Nothing" English 20 19 8 67
2016 Freddie "Pioneer" English 19 108 4 197
2017 Joci Pápai "Origo" Hungarian 8 200 2 231
2018 AWS "Viszlát nyár" Hungarian 21 93 10 111
2019 Joci Pápai "Az én apám" Hungarian Failed to qualify 12 97

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.

References

  1. ↑ "Hungary". eurovision.com. Eurovision Song Contest.