last seen in 2019
Hungary at Eurovision
Hungary first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1994 and has entered 17 contests, the last of them in 2019. It has never won; its best result is 4th place, in 1994.
- 17
- contests
- 0
- wins
- 4th
- best
- first song
- 1994
- last song
- 2019
- contests
- 17
- wins
- none
- best result
- 4th — 1994
- in the final
- 10 of 13 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
- sung in
- Hungarian (11), English (8)
- not in the line-up
- 1996, 1999–2004, 2006, 2010
Every song
All 17 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.
| Year | Artist | Song | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 Tel Aviv | Joci Pápai | “Az én apám” Hungarian | Out in semi-final 1 (12th of 17) | 97 |
| 2018 Lisbon | AWS | “Viszlát nyár” Hungarian | 21st of 26 | 93 |
| 2017 Kyiv | Joci Pápai | “Origo” Hungarian | 8th of 26 | 200 |
| 2016 Stockholm | Freddie | “Pioneer” English | 19th of 26 | 108 |
| 2015 Vienna | Boggie | “Wars for Nothing” English | 20th of 27 | 19 |
| 2014 Copenhagen | András Kállay-Saunders | “Running” English | 5th of 26 | 143 |
| 2013 Malmö | ByeAlex | “Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix)” Hungarian | 10th of 26 | 84 |
| 2012 Baku | Compact Disco | “Sound of Our Hearts” English | 24th of 26 | 19 |
| 2011 Düsseldorf | Kati Wolf | “What About My Dreams?” English, Hungarian | 22nd of 25 | 53 |
| 2009 Moscow | Zoli Ádok | “Dance with Me” English | Out in semi-final 2 (15th of 19) | 16 |
| 2008 Belgrade | Csézy | “Candlelight” English, Hungarian | Out in semi-final 2 (19th of 19) | 6 |
| 2007 Helsinki | Magdi Rúzsa | “Unsubstantial Blues” English | 9th of 24 | 128 |
| 2005 Kyiv | Nox | “Forogj, világ” Hungarian | 12th of 24 | 97 |
| 1998 Birmingham | Charlie | “A holnap már nem lesz szomorú” Hungarian | 23rd of 25 | 4 |
| 1997 Dublin | V.I.P. | “Miért kell, hogy elmenj?” Hungarian | 12th of 25 | 39 |
| 1995 Dublin | Csaba Szigeti | “Új név egy régi ház falán” Hungarian | 22nd of 23 | 3 |
| 1994 Dublin | Friderika | “Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?” Hungarian | 4th of 25 | 122 |
Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.
Sent more than once
The one act Hungary has sent to more than one contest.
- Joci Pápai 2017, 2019
On air at home
The channels that carried the contest in Hungary, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.
- 2019
- Duna Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie
- 2018
- Duna Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie
- 2017
- Duna Krisztina Rátonyi and Freddie
- 2016
- Duna Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2015
- Duna Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2014
- M1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2013
- M1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2012
- m1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2011
- m1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2010
- Duna TV Zsolt Jeszenszky
- 2009
- m1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2008
- m1 (semi-final 2 and final) Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2007
- m1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- 2005
- m1 Zsuzsa Demcsák, András Fáber and Dávid Szántó
- 1998
- MTV 1 Gábor Gundel Takács
- Petőfi Rádió Péter Deák Horváth
- 1997
- MTV 1 István Vágó
- 1996
- MTV 2 István Vágó
- 1995
- MTV2 István Vágó
- 1994
- MTV2 István Vágó
- 1993
- MTV1 István Vágó
- 1992
- MTV1 István Vágó
- 1991
- MTV1 István Vágó
- 1990
- MTV2
- 1989
- MTV2 István Vágó
- 1988
- MTV2 István Vágó
- 1987
- MTV2 István Vágó
- 1986
- MTV1
- 1982
- MTV1
- 1981
- MTV2 András Sugár
- 1978
- MTV2
- 1977
- MTV2
- 1976
- Petőfi Rádió
- 1975
- MTV1
- 1974
- MTV1
- 1973
- MTV
- 1972
- MTV
- 1971
- MTV
- 1970
- MTV
- 1969
- MTV Klári Poór
- 1968
- MTV András Kalmár
- 1967
- MTV
- 1966
- MTV
- 1965
- MTV
In our contest stories
Lines about Hungary from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.
- 1994 Out with seven, in with seven
The newcomers were Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia and Slovakia.
- 1994 The result
Hungary was fourth and Russia ninth.
- 1996 The contest nobody saw
Seven countries were out: Denmark, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Romania, Russia — and Germany.
- 1996 The contest nobody saw
Finland and Hungary had the same score, and Finland went through because the best single mark it had been given, an eight, was higher than Hungary's best, a seven.
- 1997 A new way of being relegated
That let Germany, Denmark, Hungary and Russia back in, and Italy returned for the first time since 1993.
- 1998 The public decides
In every country except Hungary, Romania and Turkey, the points were now decided by viewers on the telephone.
- 1999 Who was there
Latvia was to have made its debut, and pulled out late. Its place was offered to Hungary, which said no, and then to Portugal, which said yes.
- 2000 Who was there
Greece, Hungary and Slovakia could have come and chose not to.
- 2005 Thirty-nine
Bulgaria and Moldova entered for the first time and Hungary came back after six years.
- 2006 A country that voted without singing
Austria stayed away after a bad result, and Hungary for lack of money.
- 2007 New names
Austria and Hungary came back.
- 2007 The semi-final
The ten that went through were Serbia, Hungary, Turkey, Belarus, Latvia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Georgia, Macedonia and Moldova.
- 2010 What it cost
Four countries dropped out, mainly for lack of money: Andorra, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Montenegro.
- 2011 Italy returns
Austria, Hungary and San Marino also returned, bringing the total to 43, equal to the record.
- 2014 The result
Hungary, fifth, had its best result in twenty years.
- 2020 What was planned
Forty-one countries had entered, with Bulgaria and Ukraine returning and Hungary and Montenegro dropping out.
Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Hungary was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.