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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.

4 October – Salty tears

It's always tricky to be your country's début entry. Now before you correct me, it is debatable whether today's birthday girl was her country's...

6 June – She always finds me, my sweetheart, my sweetheart

There's been a little gap in central Europe of late. A gap which is countries currently having a few years out from our favourite...

28 January – I can see angels standing by your side

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 – Everybody deserves a chance

We mentioned our Magyar friends the other day, in that we missed them and we wanted them back. But it's also true that they've...

28 November – Left me breathless with nothing more to lose

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....

9 October – So step inside

There's often a dilemma, as a result of the free language rule. Do you aim for the wider audience by picking a more common...

28 October – The sun is going down, and it’s about...

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

A Dal loses Hungarian Eurovision connection

News that the annual Hungarian song contest A Dal will not reward its winner with a place at the 2020 Eurovision Song Contest had...

24 September – We got worn out, the light from our...

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...

Hungary – dark, broody and shoeless

The screens came on near the end of the performance so we didn't see much of Joci's rehearsal, but luckily, he went through it...