Hungary was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 with the song "", written by Szilveszter Jenei, and performed by Friderika Bayer. The Hungarian participating broadcaster, (MTV), selected its entry through a national final. This was the first-ever entry from Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, and the first-ever entry performed in Hungarian in the contest, after MTV was unable to debut in the by failing to pass the qualifying round.

Before Eurovision 1994 1994 was organised by (MTV) to select its entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 1994. The contest consisted of three semi-finals and a final held over four weeks which were all hosted by Dorottya Geszler and held in the MTV studios in Budapest.

Competing entries MTV received 963 songs from which 45 were chosen to compete in 1994.

Semi-finals The semi-finals were held on 15, 22, and 29 January 1994. Each semi-final had a 20-member jury panel, representing the 19 counties of Hungary and Budapest, who each awarded between 1 and 9 points per song with the top four in each semi-final going to the final. One more finalist was chosen by an audience vote in every semi-final.

Artists who are known to have competed but aren't listed below are: Róbert Szikora, Dolly Roll, András Payer, Annamária Sasvári, and Péter Poór.

Marcellina performed the song "Feltaláltad a fájdalmat című szerzeményt" in either the second or third semi-final.

+Semi-Final 1 – 15 January 1994 Artist Song Points Place Kata Janza "Úgy vártalak" 169 1 Andrea Szulák "Fenn a szabad ég" 163 2Grażyna Kowalczyk and Lui"Úgy gondolj rám"1533Ágnes Bogolin"A pillanat"1424Boldizsár László"Vége már"1415Gábor Majsai 1336Apostol 1297Andrea Tohai "Várj még"1218Janula Stefanidu 1209Magdi Bódy 11810Martony Klári "Ennyi volt"11011Kriszta Kránitz 10312Edit Clapton 9713Szénási Pál Bertalan 8614Károly Kadlott 7715 It is known that the winner of the second semi-final received 140 points. +Semi-Final 2–22 January 1994 Artist Song Points PlaceKati Bontovics"Gyere haza" László Gombos"Szívemben élsz" Maya Vas"Tavaszváróval" "Az élet egyszer mindent visszakér" Albatross Emőd Oláh Gábor Varga Attila Horváth +Semi-Final 3 – 29 January 1994 Artist Song Points PlaceEnikő Détár and Pál Makrai"Miért pont én" Rita Pap and Attila Bodnár"Az élet megy tovább" Gábor Király "Add a kezed" Anikót Domány Enikőt Gáspár Jánost Szabolcsi Rokanok Lavina

Final

There were 15 songs in the final with the winner being chosen by a 16-member jury who each awarded between 1 and 9 points per song. Votes were given out generously as "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" received only 4 points short of the maximum total possible, and even the last placed song had an average score of 6.1.

A non-competitive public vote conducted through televoting was also held and selected "Az élet megy tovább" performed by Rita Pap and Attila Bodnár as the winner with 4,518 votes.

+ Final – 5 February 1994 Artist Song Points Place 1 Zsolt Bognár "Eszembe jutott" 102 14 2 Adrienne, Csaba and the 4 Nem Piskóta "Elmentél" 116 9 3 Kati Bontovics "Gyere haza" 116 9 4 Andrea Szulák "Fenn a szabad ég" 134 3 5 Beáta Karda "Könyörgés a kedvesemért" 138 2 6 Kata Janza "Úgy vártalak" 127 5 7 Enikő Détár and Pál Makrai "Miért pont én" 122 6 8 Grażyna Kowalczyk and Lui "Úgy gondolj rám" 130 4 9 László Gombos "Szívemben élsz" 118 8 10 Rita Pap and Attila Bodnár "Az élet megy tovább" 109 12 11 Friderika Bayer "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" 140 1 12 Kati Farkas "Remélni kell" 120 7 13 Boldizsár László "Vége már" 106 13 14 Tamás Aczél and Új Rákfogó "Jó leszek" 98 15 15 Ágnes Bogolin "A pillanat" 116 9

At Eurovision On the night of the final Bayer performed 22nd in the running order, following and preceding . "" got off to the a strong start in the voting, receiving maximum 12s from the first three juries (, , and ). However the votes received then became more mixed, with only one further 12 (from ) and six juries bypassing the song altogether. At the close of voting "" had received 122 points, placing Hungary 4th of the 25 entries, which remains the country's best Eurovision placement to date.

The contest was broadcast on MTV2, with commentary by István Vágó.

Voting

+ Points awarded to Hungary Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

+ Points awarded by Hungary Score Country 12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points 5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

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