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Hungary

The Hungarian entry is chosen by MTVA. Hungary first took part in 1994 and has been an occasional participant since then. It has yet to win.

30 November – Everybody deserves a chance

We miss our friends the Magyars, and we want them back. Perhaps mainly because they've tried a variety of musical styles down the years....

28 October – You’ve always been so brave, braver than giving...

What was it that drew you into Eurovision? The costumes? The glorious melodies? For us, it was the languages. Where else could you have...

9 August – What brings the morning? Maybe nothing, maybe everything

We like looking at members of very exclusive clubs. There's the double winner's Club. That's pretty exclusive. Then there's the 2020-only Club. A little...

28 November – You’re such a casual man

We miss Hungary. There, we've said it. Putting politics aside, they've put in some memorable stuff since that début in sunny Ljubljana in 1993....

24 September – Ten steps, a hundred steps, I need distance

There's a word that is used in a derogatory fashion to describe some songs that elements of the fan community think are wonderful and...

8 April – You’ve been weird, been a mess

Are you a fan of national finals? Are you religiously watching them through the whole 'season', from Ukraine to Portugal? Do you pick certain...

28 January – Leave me alone

Songs sung in our favourite TV show cover a very wide range of themes. We've had songs about falling in love, songs about falling...

30 November – All alone, all alone

It's a truth that we miss our Magyar friends and we wanted them back. But it's also true that they've tried a variety of musical styles down the years. What's your preferred style?

22 September – I was practicing with it a lot like...

Eurovision these days is all about English, isn't it? No other language gets a look in, does it? English is always the way forward. It...

22 March – Just yesterday we were on the floor

Our favourite TV show is a singing contest. Well, actually it's a songwriters' contest. But our performers don't just sing. Many of them have...