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A Dal 2018
Hungary was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The local MTVA (Hungary), Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA) and the Hungarian broadcaster Duna Media Service organised the national final ''A Dal 2018'' in order to select the Hungarian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal. Background Prior to the 2018 contest, Hungary had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest fourteen times since its first entry in . Hungary's best placing in the contest was fourth, which they achieved with their début entry in Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, 1994 with the song "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" performed by Friderika Bayer. Hungary had attempted participate in the contest in Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1993, 1993, however, their entry was eliminated in the preselection show ''Kvalifikacija za Millstreet''. Hungary withdrew from the contest for six years between 1999 and 2004 and also missed the 2006 and 2010 contests. In Hungary in the E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AWS (band)
AWS (pronounced ah-vi-esh) is a Hungarian post-hardcore band formed in early November 2006 by Örs Siklósi (September 4, 1991 – February 5, 2021), Bence Brucker, Dániel Kökényes, Soma Schiszler and Áron Veress. Their music is characterized by diversity, powerful performances, and sudden changes, which utilizes metal, psychedelic rock, alternative and post-rock styles. Up to now, they have released five studio albums, two live albums and fourteen video clips. Their music videos often have juxtapositions of images of violence and celebrities in order to bring light to problems that the world faces, exhibiting what they call being "anti-celebrity". They represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Portugal with the song "Viszlát nyár". Career The band played Sziget Festival in 2010 and have toured across Europe, in Austria, England, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia, and Spain. They won the MTV Brand award for New Winning Band. They have toured with B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dal
''A Dal'' (English: The Song) is an annual music competition in Hungary organised by the national broadcaster Duna since 2012 and served as the national selection process for the Eurovision Song Contest between 2012 and 2019. The contest was introduced by the MTVA, the organisers of the contest, with a different philosophy than the contest used previously. ''A Dal'' was introduced to produce a Hungarian contest, with Hungarian musical tastes being presented to a European audience. The contest is also an open one, with all information of the songs being revealed in the selection process. Format The selected songs in the contest are shown to the Hungarian public through a number of special shows. It includes three heats (four in 2021), two semi-finals, and then a final. Ten songs compete in each heat, with six moving on to the semi-finals, five from the jury and public together and one from the public exclusively selected in a second round. Nine songs compete in each semi-final ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary In The Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Hungary was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Wars for Nothing", written by Áron Sebestyén, Boglárka Csemer and Sára Hélène Bori. The song was performed by Boggie. The Hungarian broadcaster MTVA (Hungary), Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA) in collaboration with the Hungarian public broadcaster Magyar Televízió (MTV), organised the national final ''A Dal 2015'' in order to select the Hungarian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Following a six-week long selection process, Boggie emerged as the winner with the acoustic guitar driven ballad "Wars for Nothing". In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals "Wars for Nothing" placed eighth out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Hungary's Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, thirteenth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Wars for Nothing" finished in twentieth place, receiving 19 points. Background Prior t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Dal 2018 TOP 30 2017-12-06
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is '' a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, '' a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest known ancestor of A is ''aleph''—the first letter of the Phoenician ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miklós Both
Miklós Both (born 3 June 1981, Budapest) is a Hungarian composer, performer, folklorist, singer for the band , guitarist, and vitar violin player.Szilvay GergelyKína, Erdély, Lakodalmas – Both Miklós világgá megy ppke.hu, 2013. január 29. He won the Fonogram and Budai awards, and honored with the Hungarian Gold Cross of Merit. His folklore film database has recordings from Ukraine, China, Transylvania, Iran, India and others. In 2015, he was chosen by ''Öröm a Zene! ''as musician of the year. Career Both attended Pázmány Péter Catholic University, majoring in aesthetics and also studied communications. He independently learned to play the guitar. In 2000 for short period he participated in the Galloping Coroners and Kárpát Möbiusz bands. In 2004, he founded his own band called Napra, and joined the legendary Hungarian band Barbaro. Napra's debut album, produced in 2007 by Ben Mandelson, won a Fonogram award, Best World Music Album of the Year. In 2009, at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locomotiv GT
Locomotiv GT (often abbreviated LGT, and sometimes using the nickname Loksi) was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1971. Starting out as a progressive rock band, they later experimented with many other styles including jazz, funk, and pop. During their heyday they were one of Hungary's most popular rock bands. The band broke up in 2016 after the death of longtime singer/bassist Tamás Somló. History Early years The band was formed in April 1971 by members of previously successful Hungarian rock bands. A poll in ''Hungarian Youth'' magazine listing the nation's favorite rock musicians inspired several of the winners to form a new band together. Singer/keyboardist Gábor Presser and drummer József Laux had been members of Omega, singer/bassist Károly Frenreisz had been a member of Metró, and singer/guitarist Tamás Barta had been in Hungária. They played their first concert in Budapest in July 1971. Much of their early activity was as a backing band for pop singers, due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro (Hungarian Band)
Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency * The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area * The transportation authority of city or metropolitan area * The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area Rail systems Africa * Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria * Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt * Lagos Rail Mass Transit in Lagos, Nigeria Asia * Busan Metro, Republic of Korea (South Korea) * Daegu Metro, Republic of Korea (South Korea) * Dhaka Metro, Bangladesh * Doha Metro, Qatar * Dubai Metro, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) * Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, Taiwan * Lahore Metro, Pakistan * Manila Metro Rail Transit System, the Philippines * New Taipei Metro, Taiwan * Osaka Metro, Japan * Riyadh Metro, Saudi Arabia * Seoul Metropolitan Subway, R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Frenreisz
Károly Frenreisz (born 8 November 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and songwriter. Life Frenreisz first studied piano and then learned to play the clarinet, saxophone, and bass. He was from 1965 to 1971 part of the band Metró (Hungarian band), Metró. The most famous song he wrote while in the band was ''Citromízű banán''. He played a significant role in getting Metró through the end of the sixties and being part of the era of modern experimental trends in music. In 1971, he was a founding member of the band Locomotiv GT, where he was the bassist, brass player, and lead singer. He wrote the band's first hits (Boldog vagyok, Érints meg), and was connected to the band's first international success. In January 1973 he left Locomotiv GT, and later he founded the band Skorpió. The band carried over Locomotiv GT's progressive sound for their first album "A rohanás" (1974), but soon after they switched to a more radio-friendly hard rock sound. They had many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magna Cum Laude (band)
Latin honors are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned. The system is primarily used in the United States. It is also used in some Southeastern Asian countries with European colonial history, such as Indonesia and the Philippines, and African countries such as Zambia and South Africa, although sometimes translations of these phrases are used instead of the Latin originals. The honors distinction should not be confused with the honors degrees offered in some countries, or with honorary degrees. The system usually has three levels of honor (listed in order of increasing merit): ''cum laude'', ''magna cum laude'', and ''summa cum laude''. Generally, a college or university's regulations set out definite criteria a student must meet to obtain a given honor. For example, the student might be required to achieve a specific grade point average, submit an honors thesis for evalu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihály Mező
Mihály Mező (born 1 August 1978, in Gyula), better known as Misi Mező, is a Hungarian singer and musician, most well known for being the lead vocalist for the rock band Magna Cum Laude. Life Mező was raised in Doboz with his parents and three siblings: Kitti, Tünde and Róbert. Between 1984 and 1992, he completed primary school in Doboz, and in 1989, he was in a traditional Gypsy band whose artistic director was his father. During his secondary school years, between 1992 and 1996, he played in the Three Amigo School Orchestra and later La Bomb band. He also holds a degree in Theology.Megedzették gyermekei Mező Misit - Blikk Personal life He and his ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judit Schell
Judit Schell (born 16 April 1973) is a Hungarian actress. Career She graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest in 1995. After graduating, she began her career as an actress at the Radnóti Miklós Theater, where she spent 8 years. She joined the National Theatre in 2003. She has been a member of the Thália Theatre since 2012. She was a judge in A Dal 2018, the 2018 edition of the selection process in Hungary for the Eurovision Song Contest 2018, in Lisbon, Portugal. Personal life She is married to Zoltán Schmied. They have a daughter, Borbála and a son, Boldizsár. Judit also has a son, László from a previous relationship. Filmography Theatre roles ''The number of performances total to 53.'' Syncing roles * The Practice: Lindsay Dole – Kelli Williams * Stargate: Samantha Carter – Amanda Tapping (2 seasons) * Rescue Me: Laura Miles – Diane Farr * Earth 2: Dr. Julia Heller – Jessica Steen * Girls in Love: Anna – Sam Loggin * Valkyri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
