Hungary

Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest

Hungary has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times. The first participation would have been Andrea Szulák's in 1993 but a qualification round was just installed for former Eastern Bloc countries and she did not manage to qualify to the Grand Final.The first real participation was of...

returned to the Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest is an annual competition held among active member countries of the European Broadcasting Union .Each member country submits a song to be performed on live television and then casts votes for the other countries' songs to determine the most popular song in the competition...

 in 2011

Eurovision Song Contest 2011

The Eurovision Song Contest 2011 was the 56th annual Eurovision Song Contest and was won by Eldar & Nigar performing "Running Scared" for Azerbaijan. The event took place in the Esprit Arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, following Germany's win in the previous year...

 in Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf

Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, after previously entering in 2009

Eurovision Song Contest 2009

The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 was the 54th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest and was hosted by Russia after their win in 2008. It took place between 12 and 16 May 2009 at the Olympic Indoor Arena in Moscow, Russia....

 with Zoli Ádok

Zoli Ádok

Zoltán Ádok is a Hungarian singer, actor and dancer who represented his nation at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Dance with me". Ádok's song was the internal selection jury's third choice, but after the original winning song was disqualified and the first runner-up withdrawn,...

 singing "Dance with me

Dance with Me (Zoli Ádok song)

"Dance with Me" is a song by Hungarian singer Zoli Ádok and was the Hungarian entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, set to be held in Moscow, Russia...

", placing fifteenth in the second semi-final. This will be the country's ninth participation in the contest since 1994.

Internal selection

On 7 March 2011, MTV announced, that they will selcet their entry for Düsseldorf internally. On 9 March 2011, MTV officially presented Kati Wolf as the Hungarian representative in Germany with the song: "What about my dreams?".

At Eurovision

Hungary started their Eurovision campaign with Kati Wolf

Kati Wolf

Kati Wolf is a Hungarian singer and former airline purser. Wolf represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 with the song "What About My Dreams?"....

 being selected from the National Final. Hungary drew starting position 15 for the first semi final on May 10th 2011. The song "What About My Dreams?

What About My Dreams?

"What About My Dreams?" is a song by Hungarian singer Kati Wolf. It represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011, in Düsseldorf, Germany...

" drew a positive reaction from the crowd during her performance in the first semi. After voting Hungary earned a spot in the final with 7th place and 72 points. After the semi-final, Hungary drew position 5 for the grand final and earned 22nd place with 52 points.

External links

MTV's official Eurovision site