Learning of the death of a former Eurovision entry is always sad, but in the case of the recent passing of Örs Siklósi on 5 February 2021, it is especially…
Tag: Hungary
My top 5 songs from…Hungary
Hungary was the subject of my very first post in my “Top 5 songs from…” series so it is well overdue an update, not least as the site has changed…
Eurovision 2019 semi-final 1: predictions and hopes
I normally do a longer preview before each semi-final but as my good friend and “Eurovision husband” Clive did a full video on our predictions for semi-final one, I may…
Eurovision 2019 previews countdown: #10 HUNGARY – Joci Pápai – “Az én apám”
We finally reach my top 10! And perhaps a surprise, even to my Hungarian friend and fellow Eurovision fan, Zoltan; a pleasant surprise I hope! Joci Pápai is a returning…
Eurovision 2019 national selections: Super Saturday (Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania and Ukraine previews)
It’s a the first of two very busy Saturdays with no fewer than four national finals all in one evening (plus semi-finals in Sweden and Portugal), and there was also…
Eurovision 2018 previews countdown: #36 HUNGARY – AWS – “Viszlát nyár”
My lovely friend Zoltan had but one request for me with my 2018 previews countdown: “please don’t put Hungary in last place”. Well, I have stuck to that promise and…
Eurovision 2018 national selections: Look East (Armenia, Hungary, Latvia, Moldova, Romania, Slovenia and Ukraine previews)
Here in the UK we might be braced for the “beast from the East” cold blast, but this weekend it’s a bumper set of national finals from no fewer than…
5 Eurovision songs for Blue Monday
Today (15 January 2018) is so called “Blue Monday” – the day it is claimed to be the most depressing of the year. It’s all nonsense of course – but…
Eurovision 2017 previews countdown: #24 HUNGARY – Joci Pápai – “Origo”
A Eurovision first for our next preview – Joci is the first Hungarian contestant of Romani descent – and the struggles that minority face in Hungary and other countries is an…
[OLd] My top 5 songs from…Hungary
NB. This version was published in November 2015 and has been replaced by an updated Top 5 songs from Hungary. Well as promised, I’m beginning the first of this series with…