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UEFA 2020: DAY 13

It’s gonna be the last day of the first round today. Four matches will be played again. We can put the first two countries, Poland and Sweden, in only one song. In 2018, Poland was represented by Polish DJ Gromee and Swedish singer Lukas Meijer. They sang “Light me up” in a Polish/Swedish co-production. The second match will be between Slovakia and Spain. For both countries, we chose a ballad, sung by a duo. For Slovakia we chose for the 2009 contestants Kamil Mikulčík and Nela Pocisková and their duet “Leť tmou”. The Spanish song is a love duet from 2018: Amaia and Alfred sang “Tu canción”. Portugal will meet France tonight. Both countries most often sing in their native languages. So we decided to pick the exceptions. In 2008, Sebastien Tellier sang “Divine”. Only a few lines were in French, the biggest part in English. This year, the Portuguese band The Black Mamba sang it’s song “Love is on my side” in English. And we have the match between Hungary and Germany today. The city of Munich is not allowed to make a statement and colour the stadium in rainbow colours. That’s what UEFA decided. However, we don’t need UEFA’s permission. So we add Kati Wolf’s “What about my dream”; the 2011 Hungarian entry. It was the fan favorite, and we all know that a big part of the Eurovision fan base is at least very gay friendly! Even more clear was the German singer Lou in 2003 in her song “Let’s get happy”. Why? Well, just listen!

UEFA2020: Day 9

And the European soccer Championship continues with day 9. We start with Hungary and France. Hungary, the country where the authorities consider LGBT+ as a crime. Well, Hungary, remember who and what you sent in 2009? Watch Zoli Ádok and his “Dance with me”. And we have France. We have Bilal Hassani’s “Roi” here. No explanation needed. The second match is between Portugal and Germany. In 1988, the Portuguese singer Dora sang “Voltarei”, which means “I’ll come back”. In 2000, the German singer Stefan Raab opened his entry “Wadde hadde dudde da” with “He’s been to America and said: if I make it there I’m never gonna make it to Germany again. And tonight, here he is, back again”. Spain will meet Poland today. And although Spain won twice, there are a lot of successful second places for the country. We chose for Anabel Conde’s “Vuelve conmigo” from 1995. One year before that, Poland debuted, also with a second place. Poland has never done better so far, so watch and listen Edyta Gorniak’s “To nie ja!”.

András Kállay-Saunders

About Quick Facts NameAndrás Kállay-Saunders Born28 January 1985 Nationality🇭🇺 Hungarian🇺🇸 American (?) National SelectionA Dal 2019A Dal 2017A Dal 2016A Dal 2014A Dal 2013A Dal 2012 In Eurovision2014 Copenhagen SongRunning (2014) Biography András Kállay-Saunders is a Hungarian-American recording artist, songwriter and record producer. He was born in New York City to an American soulsinger and a Hungarian model. For much of Kállay’s early life, his father was globe-trotting, performing music with renowned artists such as Luciano Pavarotti, Jeff Beck, and Lou Reed, among others. Occasionally, Fernando would have Kállay accompany him on these trips, offering his son a glimpse of his musical world. He would take Kállay to Detroit, showing him the birthplace of his career. These experiences deeply embedded the essence of Motown in Kállay’s being. In 2010, Kállay visited Hungary to care for his ailing grandmother. During his stay, a television advertisement inviting gifted singers to participate in the national talent competition Megasztár caught his attention. Kállay’s career took off when he finished fourth in Megasztár, subsequently signing a contract with Universal and permanently relocating to Hungary. He released two singles, “Csak Veled” and “I Love You”, under Universal, both of which soared to the top of the Hungarian charts. In August 2012, Kállay joined forces with Swedish rapper Rebstar and American producer DJ Pain 1 for his single “Tonight”. The song made it to number four on the Hungarian Top 40, marking Kállay’s third top 10 hit. In November 2012, Kállay announced his split from Universal and signed a global record deal with Swedish label Today Is Vintage. His single “My Baby”, which was also his entry for the Hungarian Eurovision Song Contest “A Dal”, was released shortly after. The song was critically acclaimed, earning a near-perfect score from the jury. Following this performance, “My Baby” climbed to the top of the Hungarian iTunes chart. Its music video, directed by Los Tiki Pictures, was released in February 2013. Kállay’s debut album, Delivery Boy, was released in 2015 on iTunes. He also represented Hungary in the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he secured fifth place with his song “Running”. After the 2014 Eurovision, Kállay founded the Kállay-Saunders Band and produced several singles with them. He also collaborated with A Dal 2015 contestants, producing acoustic versions of their songs. His album Delivery Boy was shortlisted for the IMPALA Album of the Year Award. In the 2016 edition of A Dal, Kállay returned, this time performing “Who We Are” with his band and singer Antonia Vai. They reached the final four but did not clinch the title. They returned for A Dal 2017 with the song “Seventeen”, making it to the final round. In the 2019 edition, Kállay participated again as part of The Middletonz with Dutch rapper Farshad Alebatool, performing the song “Roses” and making it to the final. In the same year, he teamed up with Reni Tolvai for the collaboration in the song “Real Thing”. In June, The Middletonz released a new single. András teamed up with T.Danny for another new single, “Nevemet”. Not even a month later, he teamed up with Miskovits and Holló Fehér for the song “Együtt”. On 18 September 2019, Kállay’s 2nd album “Grind” was released. On 2 April 2020, in the middle of the COVID19 lockdown, Kállay released a new single: “F*ck yo girl”, in the same month followed by “Light on” and a month later by “Promise”. In September, the song “Drug” was released, in October “Ola é”. He teamed up with Zubi and Alex Torres for the song “She never noticed”. With Zubi, he also released the song “Generous”. With Rackley Darion he released the song “Bag”. Again with Zubi, he released “Too far”. Under the name Anevemandras he took part in A Dal 2021 with the song “Hazaérek majd”. A Dal was then no longer the national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. The song was also released in English as “Coming home”. Together with Ali Bagkor, he released the song “Ocean” in April. The song reached the 1st place in the Greek Heat Top 30. It also reached the 1st place in the Greek Shazam list. He also featured in Dreambody’s song “Taking my time”. With Gabriel Gomez he recorded the song “Bujtsy”. In March 2022 Kállay teamed up with Coyot and The Prince Karma for the song “Why”. A month later, the video for the song “Sky” followed. In September of the same year he worked together with Young Trabajo on a song “Traka”. In April 2023, he released a single called “Homesick”. He also started to perform with the Middletonz again. Entries Song Title Country🇭🇺 Hungary Year2014 LanguageEnglish LyricsAndrás Kállay-SaundersIstván Tabár MusicAndrás Kállay-SaundersKrisztián Szakos BackingsRozina CzelovszkyKyra Fedor DancersKata KelemenSándor Kurucz Results Semi Points: 127Position: 3Running order: 16 Results Finals Points: 143Position: 5Running order: 21 https://youtu.be/T_RxJZ3N9kE

Compact Disco

About Quick Facts MembersLotfi BehnamGábor PálCsaba Walkó Founded2008 Nationality🇭🇺 Hungarian National SelectionA Dal 2012 In Eurovision2012 Baku SongSound Of Our Hearts (2012) Biography Compact Disco is a Hungarian electronic music band and music producer group. Lotfi, Pál, and Walkó first met in 2005 when Lotfi Behnam’s techno producer duo, Collins and Behnam, planned to cover Adamski and Seal’s song titled “Killer” and were looking for a singer. They saw Walkó Csaba singing on television and invited him to sing the cover. At that time, Walkó was singing in a funk-pop band called Brownfield and asked some of his musician friends to accompany him to the recording. One of them was Pál Gábor, who was also a founder of a nu-jazz band called Toy Division. In the summer of 2008, Lotfi proposed the idea of a vocal electronic pop music ensemble to Walkó, who then asked his keyboardist, Pál, to join them. By March 2009, they were writing and arranging songs. By the time their first album was ready, the band members agreed that the band’s name would be Compact Disco and the album title would be “Stereoid”. They signed a contract with CLS Music in September 2009, and the album was released in December. The band started performing live from January 2010. They shot their first music video for their song “I’m in Love”, which soon gained notable popularity, ranking in the top ten on many Hungarian hit lists. The band decided to produce another video clip, an “image clip” that would introduce the band in May 2010 for the song “Without You”. For the festival concerts in the summer of 2010, Pál and Walkó invited bassist Attila Sándor, to join them. He officially became a member of the band in November. In the same month the band shot their third music video for the song “Fly or Dive”. The song topped the Hungarian dance hit list, the VIVA Club Chart. On November 15, 2010 the band won the MTV brand:new election. They got assistance from their viral video series “Help Antos!”, starring actor Gémes Antos, which caught the attention of the advertising industry. A second album, “II” was released on May 14, 2011. The first single from the album was “Feel the Rain”, which reached 2nd place on the MR2 Petőfi Radio Top 30 list. The band won the Fonogram award in the “Domestic Electronic Music Production of the Year” category on March 2, 2011. On April 24, Compact Disco won the 2011 Antropos.hu Award in the “Best Album of 2010” category. The British record label Age Media signed a contract to release the first three singles from “Stereoid” worldwide, just as Universal Music Group did for Romania and Bulgaria during 2011. In the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest’s Hungarian national final called “A Dal”, they won with their song “Sound of Our Hearts”. Therefore, they represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, where they reached the final and earned a 24th place there. In the same year, their third album “Two Point Five” was released. However, the singles following were from “II”: “Leave It Up To Me” and “Fly With You” both became hits. In 2013, Compact Disco released yet another album: “The Storm”. The songs “We Will Not Go Down” and “The Storm” also entered the charts. The song “Mrs. Right” did not hit the charts. A new single in Hungarian, “Csak a szó”, was released in May 2015. Also their fourth album, “Csak a szó”, came out. In September 2016, the band performed in Portugal. In May 2017 a new single, “Veled” was released, including a video. The song became a hit for the band. In December, the song “Lazul A Város” was released. Behnam Lotfi left the band after this, so Gábor and Csaba went on as a duo. On March 3, 2018, they released their album titled “4”, which consists entirely of songs in Hungarian and includes their previously released singles. On October 26, 2018, they released their song titled “Közel” (Close), followed by “Világom” (My World) on October 1, 2019. This was followed in 2020 by “Maradj otthon” (Stay Home), and in 2021, they released the single “Minden rendben” (Everything’s Alright), which also features the band Hősök (Heroes). The song reached the #1 spot in the Hungarian charts. Entries Sound Of Our Hearts Country🇭🇺 Hungary Year2012 LanguageEnglish LyricsLotfi BehnamGábor PálAttila SándorCsaba Walkó MusicLotfi BehnamGábor PálAttila SándorCsaba Walkó BackingsHelga WéberAttila SándorKrisztián Szakos (guitar) Results Semi Points: 52Position: 10Running order: 15 Results Finals Points: 19Position: 24Running order: 2 https://youtu.be/sw85G2AlU2c?si=9X4gvU3Bw_-m087q

Freddie

© EBU About Quick Facts NameGábor Alfréd Fehérvári Born08 April 1990 Nationality🇭🇺 Hungarian National SelectionA dal 2016 In Eurovision2016 Stockholm SongPioneer (2016) Biography Alfréd Gábor Fehérvári or Freddie (Győr, April 8, 1990 –) is a Hungarian singer and performer. Before his musical career, he worked as an office assistant. In 2010 he started playing guitar and singing in a band. Alfréd Gábor Fehérvári first appeared in the TV2 talent show, Rising Star. In the final of the competition, he finished in fourth place. After Rising Star, Alfréd Gábor Fehérvári’s first own song “Mary Joe” topped Petőfi Rádió’s Top 30 list and became one of the domestic summer hits of 2015. In the fall of 2015, the singer presented his new song – this time under the stage name Freddie: after the bluesy-sounding “Mary Joe”, the Hungarian-language “Neked nem kell”. Freddie participated in A Dal 2016, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with his song “Pioneer”. Freddie managed to win the contest and thus represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016. In 2017, he became the Hungarian commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest with Krisztina Rátonyi, and in 2018 he hosted A Dal. In 2018 and 2019, together with Krisztina Rátonyi, he performed the commentary duties of the Eurovision Song Contest. On December 16, 2018, he won the sixth season of the tv show Sztárban sztár. In 2019, he hosted Hungary’s Eurovision song selection show, A Dal 2019, alongside Dallos Bogi. In the same year, he was nominated for the Playboy Man of The Year competition in the “performer” category and won. From August 22, 2020, he hosted the program SzerencseSzombat, where he replaced Áron Kovács. In 2020, Rókusfalvy co-hosted with Lili, and in 2021 with Reni Orsovai, the talent search show A Dal. Entries Pioneer Country🇭🇺 Hungary Year2016 LanguageEnglish LyricsBorbála Csarnai MusicZé Szabó BackingsDávid BaranyaTamás MészárosGábor MolnárBarnabás Wodala Results Semi Points: 197Position: 4Running order: 4 Results Finals Points: 108Position: 19Running order: 5 https://youtu.be/bT2DcpqvorI

ByeAlex

About Quick Facts NameAlex Márta Born06 June 1984 Nationality🇭🇺 Hungarian National SelectionA Dal 2013 In Eurovision2013 Malmö SongKedvesem (2013) Biography ByeAlex, real name Alex Márta (born in Kisvárda, June 6, 1984) is a Hungarian singer, songwriter and producer. Alex Márta graduated with a degree in philosophy from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Miskolc. He started dealing with music at a relatively young age, initially for his own pleasure, mainly to entertain his sister and parents. As a university student, he began to engage more seriously in music in amateur bands. It was during this time that he wrote his first major hit song, “Csókolom”. Alex formed the band My Gift to You and explored psychedelic-post-rock themes, releasing remix albums. In 2012, he began his solo career under the name ByeAlex. His first solo album, “Szörpoholista”, was released in 2013. In the same year, he gained national recognition as a performer in the Hungarian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. In the 2013 A Dal finals, his success was viewed critically by the press, as he outperformed other contestants who were seen as more likely winners. At the 2013 Eurovision Song Contest held in Malmö, he qualified for the May finals. In the Grand Final, ByeAlex’s song achieved 10th place overall. Alex was awarded the Silver Memorial Medal by György Matolcsy, the President of the Hungarian National Bank, for being a worthy representative of Hungary’s 21st-century culture. From 2016 to 2022, Alex was a jury member of X-Factor and was the winning mentor in the eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh seasons. He was the first to start writing songs for his mentees during the show’s airing. He was also the most successful mentor in the Hungarian X-Factor. He supported several younger, lesser-known artists under the name APU. In 2019, he released a collaborative song titled “Fiatalon” with pølava. At the end of 2020, he released a concept album titled “Rehab”. The album became 4x platina. In February 2021, they released another track about casual relationships, “Fehér Holló”. ByeAlex, who changed his name into ByeAlex és a Slepp to release a song called “Hullik” in June 2021. The song became 9 times platinum! A year later, he celebrated the 10 year anniversary of his career with a symphonic tour. In June 2022, the songs “Rossz esték” and “Menned kell”, which Alex made together with his pupils Alex Balász and Manuel, went platinum. Alex teamed up with Luna in January 2023 for the song “Rózsaszín mustang”. Entries Kedvesem Country🇭🇺 Hungary Year2013 LanguageHungarian LyricsAlex Márta MusicAlex MártaZoltán Palasti Kovács BackingsDániel Kővágó (guitar)Helga Wéber Results Semi Points: 66Position: 8Running order: 12 Results Finals Points: 84Position: 10Running order: 17 https://youtu.be/rOimfHq76xk

AWS

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts MembersÖrs SiklósiBence BruckerDániel KökényesÁron VeressSoma Schiszler Founded2006 Nationality???????? Hungarian National SelectionA Dal 2018 In Eurovision2018 Lisbon SongViszlát nyár (2018) Biography AWS is a Hungarian metal and post-hardcore band formed in 2006 by Bence Brucker, Dániel Kökényes, Örs Siklósi, and Áron Veress, later joined by Marcell Vaga. The band’s name is often humorously explained as an acronym for a random phrase. In the initial period the formation worked as a real high school band. The 2006 the band was linked to a school-farewell concert. This was their first public appearance. Soon after, a recording of their song “Alone” was made, but it was only released among friends. Their first major recording was a two song EP with the songs “Afterparty” and “It’s My Word”. Their raw material was published on Myspace.At the end of 2008, they were invited to perform at Budapestrocknroll. After the concert they joined the band Superbutt at two other places. These were the band’s first ever country club concerts. In early 2009, they set off for their first Transylvanian tour. In june of that year, they played their first self-organized mini-festival in Budakeszi. In mid-December, they will begin recording drums of their then-untitled first album at the Bakery studio in Érd, with Attila Horváth, the sound engineer known as the Subscribe guitarist. At the end of the year, they were invited to the BZF Talent Final on the A38 as an invited guest. In April 2011, after many years of work, the band’s first album, “Fata Morgana” was released. They won the MTV Brand: New Award for their album. Soon after the release of the album, which contained English and Hungarian songs, AWS decided to go for Hungarian Lyrics. A four-song EP called “Világposztolás” was released, with videos made for all four songs. The band made a tour with the group Road. In September 2012, the band reached another milestone with their first concert in London with the bands Depresszió, Rómeó Vérzik and Sold for Evil. In 2013 Marcell Vaga left the band and was replaced by Gergő Varga. With this line up, their second album “Égésföld” was released in 2014. A year later, they performed in London again, opening for the band Alvin és a Mókusok. Varga then decided to leave the band. They continued playing without a bassist for some time. They continued playing at concerts and released a new single “Te is félsz”. In September 2016, “Kint a vízből” the band’s third album, was released. In October, they launch a highly successful joint tour with Leander Kills. At the beginning of 2017, the band’s new bassist, Soma Schiszler, joined the band. In November, they gave four concerts in front of the Tank Trap.In 2018, the band took part in A Dal, the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest. As they won A Dal, they were able to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song “Viszlát nyár” and reached the final. Two weeks later, they are giving their first solo concert on the Budapest Park stage. With the upcoming festival season and the hype surrounding the media, the band was thrilled to finish their new album. This album, “Fekete Részem”, was released in octorber 2018. AWS released their fifth studio album, “My Black Part,” on October 10 2019. In December, the video and audio material of the Madách theater concert in September were released. At the beginning of the year 2020, the band went on a solo tour, the guest was the band Useme. In February, another milestone came in the life of AWS, as they ran out of tickets for their Aquarium Great Hall concert three weeks before the event. Örs Siklósi, the singer of AWS, died of leukemia on February 5, 2021. He was 29 years old. The band kept on performing, but now as a four man band. Entries Viszlát Nyár Country???????? Country Year2018 LanguageHungarian LyricsÖrs Siklósi MusicBence BruckerDániel KökényesÁron VeressSoma Schiszler BackingsDavid Schwartz Results Semi Points: 111Position: 10Running order: 13 Results Finals Points: 93Position: 21Running order: 21 https://youtu.be/p6e1TmYb33w

Boggie

© EBU/Andres Putting About Quick Facts NameBoglárka Csemer Born30 November 1986 Nationality🇭🇺 Hungarian National SelectionA Dal 2015 In Eurovision2015 Vienna SongWars For Nothing (2015) Biography Boglárka Csemer, known by her stage name Boggie (born November 30, 1986, in Budapest), is a Hungarian singer. She began her music studies at the age of 13. Two years later, she started studying classical singing and classical piano at the Árpád Fasang Music School. She attended this school until 2007 while also being a student of jazz vocals at the Erkel Ferenc Elementary Art Education Institution and Jazz Music Vocational High School from 2004. Between 2006 and 2007, she completed a French-language tour guide vocational training course. In 2007, she began studying vocals at the Kőbánya Music Studio. In March 2009, she founded the Csemer Boglárka Quartet. In 2011, her song “Japánkert” won the special prize of the Hungarian Jazz Federation at the Jazzy Song Contest. In 2012, the Quartet performed at the Talent Exchange of the Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája) during the Jazz Showcase. In 2012 and 2013, she was invited to be a jury member for the National Chanson Competition. In 2014, she also performed with the French band Accordzeam. In 2012, she began working on her first album. By then, her mature style required a change of name, so instead of the previous name CSBQ (Csemer Boglárka Quartet), the singer started using the shorter stage name Boggie. This also signaled her connection to France, the French language, and her intention to steer her production towards international waters. In 2013, her album titled “Boggie” was released. The album features her own compositions in Hungarian, French, and English. Her debut album reached the fourth position on the Mahasz sales chart in Hungary and debuted at the third position on the jazz album chart of the American Billboard magazine. It also ranked 17th on the world music albums chart of the same magazine.At the end of 2013, the music video for the song “Parfüm” was released simultaneously with the original version of the song titled “Nouveau parfum.” In early 2014, due to good promotion and an original concept, the video gained significant popularity. Her debut album ranked high on the American Billboard charts, reaching the 4th and later the 17th position. Few Hungarian artists have achieved such recognition on this famous list. In 2014, her second full-length album titled “All Is One Is All” was released, featuring songs that aligned with the principles of her previous album, also sung in Hungarian, French and English. This album received the prestigious Hungarian Phonogram Award in the category of “POP Album of the Year” at the FONOGRAM Awards ceremony. /she also won the Bravo Otto award in the category of “Best Music Video.” In November 2014, her song “Fearless” became the campaign song for the Westend shopping mall’s birthday campaign. In 2015, she was nominated as “Singer of the Year” at the Glamour Woman of the Year awards. Additionally, the music video for her song “Parfüm” was among the 17 nominees for “Highlights of Hungary” in 2015. In the same year, she received a Phonogram Award for her second album. Boggie participated in the Hungarian national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest called A Dal in 2015 with her song “Wars for Nothing.” Boggie became the winner of the 2015 Hungarian selection and the representative of Hungary at the 60th Eurovision Song Contest held in Vienna. She qualified for the final from the semifinals, placing eighth, and ultimately finished 20th with 19 points in the grand final on May 23. As a performing artist since 2009, she has had the opportunity to perform at numerous outstanding concert venues both in Hungary and abroad. In addition to Hungary, she has performed concerts in France, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Austria, the Baltic region, Sweden, Germany, and the United States. In October 2015, she embarked on her first six-stop tour in Western Europe, followed by her second tour in the United States. In 2016, she began working on her third full-length album while giving birth to her daughter, Lenke. In 2017, she established her own record label and released her third album titled “3.” In March 2018, Boggie became a SXSW ARTIST, being selected for the world’s most significant music showcase festival in Austin, USA. In 2018, on the fifth anniversary of Hangvilla in Veszprém, she established an award that recognizes young performers who play live, have an impact on the audience, and are true artists. They are dedicated performers who play quality live music with perfect sound engineering or sound adjustment. In 2018, Boggie was the first to receive this recognition, which included the opportunity to perform at Hangvilla. In 2019, she was invited to perform in Düsseldorf and the Swedish Live at Heart showcase festival. She ended the year with a four-stop tour in the Baltic region. In the same year, she reached an important milestone in her career: as the only female performer, she had a sold-out performance in the “Hey, June!” popular music series at the Palace of Arts (MÜPA). On 27 January 2020 Boggie’s new song and video “Nem kell bántani” was released. She started a radio tour to promote the song. Unfortunately she was not able to finish it due to COVID19. Instead, she did living room concerts. The tour was postponed until august. On 2 July 2021, a new single was released, “Füst”. It was followed by an EP, “Bemutató”, on 16 September. In 2022, Boggie represented Hungary at the European Music Festival in Algeria. On 29 October of that year, her new album “Fragilité” was released. A year later, Boggie was present at the European Music Festival in Algeria again. Entries Wars For Nothing Country🇭🇺 Hungary Year2015 LanguageEnglish LyricsSára Hélène Bori MusicÁron SebestyénBoglárka Csemer BackingsKrisztina Szeder-SzabóOrsolya SapszonMilán SzakonyiDomonkos Dely Results Semi Points: 67Position: 8Running order: 10 Results Finals Points: 19Position: 20Running order: 22 https://youtu.be/MdybVsBESQc

Joci Pápai

© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameJoci Pápai Born22 September 1981 Nationality???????? Hungarian National SelectionA Dal 2019A Dal 2017 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv2017 Kiev SongAz én apám (2019)Origo (2017) Biography József Pápai or Joci Pápai is a Hungarian singer, voice actor, rapper and guitarist of Romani descent. Joci Pápai made his television debut in 2005 in the second season of TV2’s talent show Megasztár. He released his debut album after the talent show. His first big success was the song “Ne nézz így rám”. Since 2006, he has contributed to Hungarian rapper Majka’s music in several joint recordings (Nélküled, Nekem ez jár), but the greatest success was in 2015, “Mikor a test örexik”. Joci then performed another solo song, “Elrejtett világ”. Most recently, he also co-starred with Majka with a lightweight pop-funk song titled “Senki más”. In 2017, Joci Pápai participated in A Dal, the Hungarian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. His song “Origo” won the contest and reached the 8th place in the Eurovision final. Joci Pápai finished third in the fifth season of TV2’s Sztárban sztár, the Hungarian version of Your Voice Looks Familiar. In 2019, Pápai took part in A Dal again. With his song “Az én apám” he won A Dal for a second time. In the Eurovision Song Contest however, he did not reach the final with his song. After the Eurovision Song Contest, Pápai released several singles. Among others, he teamed up with BLR (“Suttogd halkan”, 2020), Lotfi Begi (“Kicsit őrült”, 2021) and Gabi Tóth (“Meg volt írva, 2022). Entries Az Én Apám Country???????? Hungary Year2019 LanguageHungarian LyricsFerenc Molnár MusicJózsef PápaiFerenc Molnár Backings Ferenc Feng Ya OuPetra Katona Results Semi Points: 97Position: 12Running order: 7 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/IpVr0pBLfI4 Origo Country???????? Hungary Year2017 LanguageHungarianRomani LyricsJózsef Pápai MusicJózsef Pápai BackingsAlexandra VirágEmese Kapcsos Results Semi Points: 231Position: 2Running order: 7 Results Finals Points: 200Position: 8Running order: 8 https://youtu.be/hqM0AkP7zcI