Hungary officially made its Eurovision debut in 1994. It attempted to participate in 1993 but did not advance from the Kvalifikacija za Millstreet pre-qualifying round set up for the ex-Soviet and ex-Yugoslav states. It has only participated 14 times out of 21 contests, missing 8 of them, all of which they chose not to participate.
Their first-ever official entry in 1994 continues to be their highest placing, with Friderika Bayer finishing 4th overall (receiving consecutive top scores from the first three juries). In the semi-final era, Hungary only failed to qualify four times, including a qualification streak from 2011 to 2018. They also managed four top ten finishes in the final.
Gallery
Participants
Year | Artist | Song | Language | Place | Points | Semi | Points |
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1994 | Friderika Bayer | Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? | Hungarian | 4 | 122 | No Semi Finals | |
1995 | Csaba Szigeti | Új név a régi ház falán | 22 | 3 | |||
1996 | Gjon Delhusa | Fortuna | -- | -- | 23 | 26 | |
1997 | V.I.P | Miért kell, hogy elmenj? | 12 | 39 | No Semi Finals | ||
1998 | Charlie | A holnap már nem lesz szomorú | 23 | 4 | |||
1999 | Relegated from Participation | ||||||
2000 to 2004 |
Did not participate | ||||||
2005 | NOX | Forogj, világ! | Hungarian | 12 | 97 | 5 | 167 |
2006 | Did not participate | ||||||
2007 | Magdi Rúzsa | Unsubstantial Blues | English | 9 | 128 | 2 | 224 |
2008 | Csézy | Candlelight | English, Hungarian | -- | -- | 19 | 6 |
2009 | Zoli Ádok | Dance with Me | English | -- | -- | 15 | 16 |
2010 | Did not participate | ||||||
2011 | Kati Wolf | What About My Dreams? | English, Hungarian | 22 | 53 | 7 | 72 |
2012 | Compact Disco | Sound of Our Hearts | English | 24 | 19 | 10 | 52 |
2013 | ByeAlex | Kedvesem | Hungarian | 10 | 84 | 8 | 66 |
2014 | András Kállay-Saunders | Running | English | 5 | 143 | 3 | 127 |
2015 | Boggie | Wars For Nothing | 20 | 19 | 8 | 67 | |
2016 | Freddie | Pioneer | 19 | 108 | 4 | 197 | |
2017 | Joci Pápai | Origo | Hungarian, Romani | 8 | 200 | 2 | 231 |
2018 | AWS | Viszlát Nyár | Hungarian | 21 | 93 | 10 | 111 |
2019 | Joci Pápai | Az én apám | -- | -- | 12 | 97 | |
2020 | Did not participate |