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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.

Hungary First Rehearsal

Well here comes a proper band and no mistake. Compact Disco actually look and sound like they should be on the stage at a...

Full results of the 2nd A Dal Heat.

The results of the second Hungarian A Dal heat are in. As you can see, the top five songs qualified, based on jury and...

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 – Oh this is going through!!

Phil: In my opinion anyway. MTV may well have been very shrewd here in allowing their third choice song through to this bit of...

Hungary: it’s noise, but it’s noise with a tune

Well, you can’t say that Hungary isn’t a blast of energy! It’s three minutes of screamo that I have to concede does have a...

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?

Give a little war back to the world

It’s the 60th contest of course, a time to reflect on 25 years ago when I was young and thought that earnest exhortation to...

Joci Pápai to represent Hungary in Kiev

Joci Pápai is the proud owner of a man bun and the right to sing for Hungary at the 2017 Eurovision Song Contest. Earlier tonight,...

A Dal rolls towards grand final

A second A Dal semi final this evening in Budapest saw four more songs through to next week's grand final. In the first round of...

22 September – Mysterious forces were in childhood

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...