Hungary has participated in the Contest 17 times since its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin with the song "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" by Frederika Bayer, which remains its best result to date, finishing in 4th place. The country had attempted to enter the previous year's Contest but failed to qualify from the audio-only pre-qualifiers round. It also failed to qualify from the pre-qualifiers in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996 in Oslo.
Since the introduction of the semi finals, it has failed to qualify three times for the final but has scored three Top 10 finishes when doing so.
Participants[]
Year | Performer(s) | Song | Language | Translation | Position | Points | Semi | Points |
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1993 | Andrea Suzlák | "Árva reggel" | Hungarian | Orphan morning | Failed to qualify | 6 | 44 | |
1994 | Friderika Bayer | "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" | To whom can I tell my sins? | 4 | 122 | No semi-finals | ||
1995 | Csaba Szigeti | "Új név a régi ház falán" | New name on an old house | 22 | 3 | |||
1996 | Gjon Delhusa | "Fortuna" | Failed to qualify | |||||
1997 | V.I.P. | "Miért kell, hogy elmenj?" | Why do you have to go? | 12 | 39 | No semi-finals | ||
1998 | Charlie | "A holnap már nem lesz szomorú" | Sadness will be over tomorrow | 23 | 4 | |||
Did not participate between 1999 and 2004 | ||||||||
2005 | NOX | "Forogj, világ!" | Hungarian | Spin, World! | 12 | 97 | 5 | 167 |
Did not participate in 2006 | ||||||||
2007 | Magdi Rúzsa | "Unsubstantial Blues" | English | - | 9 | 128 | 2 | 224 |
2008 | Csézy | "Candlelight" | English, Hungarian | - | Failed to qualify | 19 | 6 | |
2009 | Zoli Ádok | "Dance with Me" | English | - | 15 | 16 | ||
Did not participate in 2010 | ||||||||
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 | My dear | 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 | Origin | 8 | 200 | 2 | 231 |
2018 | AWS | "Viszlát nyár" | Summer, Gone | 21 | 93 | 10 | 111 | |
2019 | Joci Pápai | "Az én apám" | My father | Failed to qualify | 12 | 97 | ||
Has not participated since 2020 |