:: Eurovision 24 :: Oslo 2010

ESC TODAY REPORTS. Hungarian public broadcaster, MTV, have announced that Hungary will not participate at the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest, to be held in Oslo. Budget limitations are said to be the reason for this decision. Hungarian broadcaster explained that financial difficulties are behind the country's withdrawal from the competition next year. MTV’s budget is expected be cut down by more than fifty percent in 2010, therefore the company's management has already taken several radical steps, for instance, they have reduced their programs, and fired many of their employees. Hungary was represented by Ádok Zoli this year in Moscow with the song Dance with me, not reaching the final stage of the competition. -

Hungary has chosen their entry for the third time. Ádok Zoli will be singing “Dance With Me” in Moscow this year. Click here to view the song entry . -

For the second time this year, the act announced to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest withdraws from the competition. Kátya Tompos, who replaced Márk Zentai, also decided not to go to Moscow with her song Magányos csónak. Eurovision.tv reports that the record company Sony BMG informed Hungarian Television that Kátya Tompos cannot undertake the performance at the Eurovision Song Contest because of her theatre engagements. MTV is facing an unexpected situation as it presumed that those candidates submitting an entry really have the intention to participate in the Song Contest and automatically accepted the strict rules of the EBU which were clearly included in the call for applications. MTV regrets the decision of Kátya very much although fortunately there are still some excellent songs among the 105 submissions which are well worth to represent Hungary. The selection of a new song and artist can be expected later these days taking into consideration all the rules and dea...

MTV have announced that Mark Zentai has been replaced by Katya Tompos, a 25 year old actress and singer who will represent the country in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with Maganyos csonak. Katya Tompos will be after all flying the Hungarian flag to Moscow after it was made known that the original choice of the Hungarian broacaster, Mark Zentai, was ineligible to participate with the chosen song as it was performed publically before the date set by the EBU. Katya has starred in a number of films the latest being Gabor Herendi's A kind of America 2 (Valami Amerika) in December. Katya also contributed three songs in the soundtrack one of which, Maganyos csonak was chosen as the next Hungarian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. Source: ESC Today -

ESC Today has received confirmation that Mark Zentai has withdrawn his entry It's time to party. MTV has confirmed that the jury is convening once again to select an alternative entry after it became clear late last night that the song had been used in Sweden as a song by the Big Brother reality show contestants. Mark Zenai will therefore not be representing hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow. MORE FROM ESCTODAY MORE FROM ZENE.HU -

There is a bit of confusion at the moment but Hungarian national broadcaster is about to change its decision regarding Mark Zentai's entry for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. The Hungarian song of 2009 appears to be a remake of a song first recorded in 2004. MTV jury for Eurovision is examining the allegations for plagiarism which are very clear if you compare the two songs (Shown below). The song first appeared on Swedish Big Brother back in 2004 and was uploaded onto Youtube in 2006. Regardless of the date it was first heard, it has broken the EBU rules by being made public before 1st October 2008, therefore it cannot take part. If this is in fact the song that Hungary intends to submit it will can result in disqualification. However MTV and the EBU has the final decision on all cases. It is not clear if MTV will ask Mark to replace his song entry with another song, or totally ban him from representing Hungary in Moscow. Our official Hungary 2009 page will be updated once we o...

Song: Ádok Zoli Singer: Dance With Me Composer(s): _____________________________________ Hungary has chosen their entry for the third time. Ádok Zoli will be singing “Dance With Me” in Moscow this year. The song would be classified as a club/pop song. Hungary had to withdraw their first entry this year because it was plagiarized from a Swedish Big Brother song and the second was withdrawn because the singer had other responsibilities she had to tend to. -

Hungarian national broadcaster MTV have confirmed to oikotimes.com that they will participate in the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest. Rumours surrounding Hungary's participation and a possible withdrawal had sprung up following Csézy's disappointing result in Belgrade, but as it stands MTV will be present in Moscow. Information regarding the national final for the Hungarian selection are to be announced soon.

52 Ukraine 120 Portugal 112 Denmark 112 Croatia 107 Georgia 086 Latvia 085 Turkey 068 Iceland 067 Albania 064 FYR Macedonia 056 Bulgaria 054 Sweden* 047 Switzerland 038 Malta 036 Cyprus 030 Lithuania 027 Belarus 009 Czech Republic 006 Hungary *Indicated the jury's choice As you see Sweden was saved by the jury.

ICELAND: What an opener. Great song and the crowd get into this one straight away, clapping along as soon as the music begins. Has to get through. SWEDEN: After a shaky start, she got into it, pulled off a great performance. One of the hot favorites and sure to get through. TURKEY: A professional, strong vocal performance . Crowd loved it. UKRAINE: Confident performance and a lot going on stage. A big finish and a big cheer from the crowd. LITHUANIA: I had technical difficulties here. Cant do the opinion later. ALBANIA: Not a strong performance, She seems nervous. But the crowd liked her. SWITZERLAND: I had technical difficulties here. Cant do the opinion later. CZECH REPUBLIC: His face full of emotion, he sings the slow intro wonderfully before the crowd cheer him into the uptempo bars. BELARUS: A solid, dependable performance; perhaps Ruslan is saving his very best for the final, should he get through! But the audience are behind him, and he gets a big hand. LATVIA: Didn't go...

Entertainment reporter for BBC News, Michael Osborn gives his lowdown on some of this years songs from Ireland, Latvia, Spain, Sweden, Estonia, Portugal, Hungary, Serbia, Belgium, Bosnia - Herzegovina, San Marino, Switzerland, Romania, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Finland, Turkey & Russia. Read More. Source: BBC News UK

Hungarian broadcaster MTV had an open selection competition for its 2008 entry, but only experienced singers were considered. The Hungarian final was staged on 8 th February, with a mix of a jury and televoting choosing the entry. Hungary's entry is Csézy and "Szívverés" (Heartbeat) which has been translated to English for Eurovision under the title of "Candlelight".

As the media in western Europe still remain in shock, The 2007 Semi final of the Eurovision Song Contest has produced one major story. All ten qualifiers are from the East and Central Europe. Serbia, FYR Macedonia, Slovenia are all from ex-Yugoslavia. Moldova, Georgia, Belarus and Latvia are all former Soviet Union states. Turkey are the most South-Eastern outpost and Hungary and Bulgaria are to the East. Countries tipped to do well such as Switzerland, Cyprus, Malta, Norway, Denmark, Andorra and Netherlands along with Portugal, Iceland and Belgium once again miss out. Whether it is political voting taking a stronger hand than ever remains to be seen until the voting numbers are announced. The following is an extract from the doteurovision.com website and I think it tells a lot of what everyone else is thinking: What transpired last night was the end of the Eurovision as we know it. Never one to jump readily onto the death of the Contest bandwagon, in the past I have always thought it ...