Eurovision Throwback: Joci Pápai – Origo

Hungary is yet to win the Eurovision Song Contest, but their results at the contest paint the nation as successful. More often than not, we would see Hungary in the final, with the occasional Top 10 finish under their belts. The nation withdrew from Eurovision in 2020, and we are yet to welcome their return,…

Read More

2000 and Whatever – Hungary

We may not get to see our 2020 favourites take to the stage, but that doesn’t mean we can’t reminisce on our Eurovision favourites. This series is aimed to discover the team’s favourite entries from the 21st century, from 2001 to 2019. In collaboration with ESCDaily, we will be reviewing some of their 21st Century…

Read More

A Dal will not be used as the Hungarian Eurovision Selection

Hungarian broadcaster MTVA have now confirmed that the usual national selection A Dal will not be used to select Hungary’s participant for next year’s Eurovision Song Contest. Furthermore, the broadcaster has not yet confirmed whether the nation will continue to participate at Eurovision, or whether they will withdraw from the 2020 contest. A Dal will…

Read More

Ultimate Eurovision 2.0 – Part 3!

You may remember our original Best of the Bunch series, which aimed to find the best Eurovision entry from each nation from the years 2006 to 2015. From that series, we created the ‘Ultimate Eurovision’ which featured the winners of each of the poll, which you can read here. Over the past year, we aimed…

Read More

Live from Tel Aviv: Second Rehearsals (Day 5)

Today marked the start of the second rehearsals for the semi-finalists, starting with Cyprus through to Portugal. Who impressed, and who runs the risk of non-qualification? Our guest writer Dennis (ESCdaily) gave his thoughts on the performances of the day! Cyprus The song opens with very quick flashing camera shots of Tamta in the dark.…

Read More

2019 Eurovision Reviews – Hungary

Hungary have had a mixed history at the contest with a few stand out achievements among other fairly average results, however since their return to the contest in 2011, Hungary have to be applauded for their consistency to at least qualify to the final. Some of their recent highlights include András Kállay-Saunders who finished in…

Read More

Who should win Eurovision 2019? Vote in our Poll!

The national final season has now passed, and we have all 41 competing entries of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest. That means one thing, it’s POLL TIME! Vote in our poll below of who you think should win this year’s Eurovision Song Contest! Vote for one act, or vote for multiple! Make sure to share…

Read More

Hungary: Final version of Az én apám released!

Through a national final selection, it was decided that former Eurovision participant Joci Pápai would be returning to the contest with the song Az én apám. Since the selection, the song has been revamped with the final version now available to listen. Joci himself commented on the changes, saying, ‘I know that I’m a maximalist…

Read More

Eurovision 2019: Joci Pápai returns for Hungary!

The national selection in Hungary has now concluded, with the Hungarian representative for the upcoming edition of Eurovision decided. Over the last 5 weeks, a total of 30 competing acts were reduced down to just 8 finalists who took to the stage for the last time in the hopes of becoming the next Hungarian Eurovision…

Read More

Hungary: Petruska Disqualified from the A Dal Final Line-up

After three heats and two semi-finals, the final line-up for Hungary’s national selection A Dal was decided upon, however news from Hungary is that the line-up now has a slight adjustment. Petruska, who was set to take part in the final has now been disqualified due to plagiarism. Petruska’s song Help Me Out of Here…

Read More