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Gabi Tóth
Gabriella Tóth (born 17 January 1988), also known as Gabi Tóth, is a Hungarian singer. She has been an ''X-Faktor'' mentor since 2013. Her sister, Vera Tóth, is also a Hungarian singer, who won the first season of ''Megasztár''. Life Tóth began her career in the Autumn of 2004 the second season of Megasztár, where she placed third and also achieved the best female artist prize for 2005. Her debut album ''Fekete virág'' was released in 2005. Two of the songs, the titular ''Fekete virág'' and ''Vágyom rád'' had music videos. The album was released in concert in 2006 at Müpa Budapest with a live orchestral accompaniment and an opening with TNT in the evening. A single, ''Szívemet adnám'', was released in 2007, along with a video clip. Later that year, she starred in the VIVA Hungary reality show ''A Stáb'', along with Tamás Molnár and Linda Zimány, which became the most watched show of VIVA Hungary. In 2008, Tóth became one of the faces of the ''Tiszta Fejjel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapolca
Tapolca (; german: Toppoltz) is a town in Veszprém County, Hungary, close to Lake Balaton. It is located at around . The town has an outer suburb, Tapolca-Diszel, approximately 5 km to the East. Etymology The origin of ''Tapolca'' is disputed, originating either from the Hungarian ''Tapolcza'', meaning "high place", or from the Slavic ''Toplica''/''Teplica'' meaning "hot springs". It was also known as ''Turul'' or ''Turultapolca'' at some points in the Middle Ages. Notable sights The Lake Cave This 3 km long lake cave system is situated in the heart of the town. It was opened to the public in 1912, ten years after its discovery. Small boats can be hired to explore the cave system. At 15–20 m below the town, a 5 km long cave system criss-crosses the Miocene limestone layers. This includes the 3.3 km long Lake Cave, which is mostly filled with karst water. The cave was discovered in 1903 during well digging. Thanks to these explorations, round boat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest 2012 was the 57th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Baku, Azerbaijan, following the country's victory at the with the song " Running Scared" by the duo Ell & Nikki. It was the first time Azerbaijan hosted the contestonly four years after the country made its debut. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster İctimai Television (İTV), the contest was held at the Baku Crystal Hall, and consisted of two semi-finals on 22 and 24 May, and a final on 26 May 2012. The three live shows were presented by Azerbaijani television presenter Leyla Aliyeva, newsreader Nargiz Birk-Petersen and singer Eldar Gasimov who was one of the previous edition's winners. Forty-two countries participated in the contest. returned to the contest for the first time since . Meanwhile, withdrew due to security concerns in relation to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with Azerbaijan. also did not participate due to finan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Compact Disco
Compact Disco is a Hungarian electronic music band and musical producer trio based in Budapest, founded in 2008 by three musicians of varying musical backgrounds. The band represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. History Origins Lotfi, Pál and Walkó first met in 2005, when Behnam Lotfi's techno producer duo, Collins and Behnam planned to produce a cover version of Adamski and Seal's ''Killer'' and was in search of a vocalist. He saw Csaba Walkó in an American Idol type talent show and asked him to sing the vocals for the cover. Walkó that time was singing in a funk- pop band called Brownfield and asked a couple of members of this band to accompany him to the recording session. One of these members were Gábor Pál, who was also the leader and founder of the renowned Hungarian nu-jazz ensemble, Toy Division. This was the first time when the three musicians met. But it was not until the summer of 2008, when Lotfi pitched the idea of a band ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddie Shuman
Tibor Attila Molnár, known popularly as Freddie Shuman (born 30 September 1990, Szeged, Hungary) is a Hungarian composer, artist, and frontman of the band . He is also known for competing in A Dal 2017 with Gabi Tóth and Begi Lotfi. Career Born in Szeged, he was born to a chemist and a physicist. He became interested in music in elementary school at the age of seven and became acquainted with theatre and dance as well. He began writing poetry at the age of nine, which was furthered during his gymnasium years. After a decade, he has become a prominent element of the hip-hop underground, and at the age of 18, attended private singing lessons in jazz bands and singing. There, he began to employ the instrumentation and computer songwriting during that time. He was also the frontman for the band Tha Shudras. On 8 December 2016, it was announced that Freddie Shuman would participate in A Dal 2017, the 2017 edition of the Hungarian national selection for Hungary for the Eurovisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary In The Eurovision Song Contest 2017
Hungary participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. The local Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA) and the Hungarian broadcaster Duna Media Service organised the national final ''A Dal 2017'' in order to select the Hungarian entry for the 2017 contest in Kyiv, Ukraine. Background Prior to the 2017 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 1994 with the song "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" performed by Friderika Bayer. Hungary had attempted participate in the contest in 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 2014, Hungary achieved their second-best result in the contest since their début, placing fifth with the song "Running" perfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ByeAlex
Alex Márta (born 6 June 1984), better known by his stage name ByeAlex, is a Hungarian Hungarian indie, indie pop singer, songwriter, journalist, and novelist. He Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013, represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song "Kedvesem", coming 10th in the final. In 2014 his debut novel ''Özséb, egy öngyilkos Miskolcon'' (Özséb, a suicide in Miskolc) was published in Hungary. In the Summer of 2015, ByeAlex decided to add 'és a Slepp' ('and the Slepp') to the name of band referring to the following musicians playing with Alex: Szeifert Bálint – bass guitar, vocals, Schnellbach Dávid – guitar, Tóth G. Zoltán – (acoustic) guitar, (and manager), Fekete Balázs – drums. In 2017, the formation Senkise was formed consisting of Alex Márta and Gergő Schmidt (aka TEMBO). Early life and career ByeAlex was born in Kisvárda. He started singing at an early age. He went to school in Fényeslitke, and we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gáspár Laci
Gáspár is a Hungarian masculine given name, equivalent to English Jasper, and may refer to: *Gáspár Bekes (1520–1579), Hungarian nobleman *Gáspár Boldizsár (fl. 1990s), Hungarian sprint canoer *Gáspár Borbás (1884–1976), Hungarian footballer *Gáspár Csere (born 1991), Hungarian long distance and marathon runner *Gáspár Heltai (c. 1490–1574), Transylvanian Saxon writer and printer *Gáspár Károli (c. 1529–1591), Hungarian Calvinist pastor *Gáspár Nagy (1949-2007), Hungarian poet and writer *Gáspár Orbán (born 1992), Hungarian religious leader and footballer *Gáspár Miklós Tamás Gáspár Miklós Tamás (''G. M. Tamás''; hu, Tamás Gáspár Miklós; born 28 November 1948), often referred to in the media as TGM, is a Hungarian marxism, marxist-Anarcho-syndicalism, anarcho-syndicalist philosopher and public intellectual ... (born 1948), Hungarian philosopher and intellectual References {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaspar Hungarian masculine given names [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV2 (Hungary)
TV2 (TV Kettő) is a Hungary, Hungarian free-to-air television channel operating since 4 October 1997, providing a large variety of programming. It is rivaling with RTL (Hungarian TV channel), RTL for the first place in Hungarian television ratings. Among its most popular self-produced shows were Megasztár ("Mega Star", an adaptation of Pop Idol), and the daily prime time soap opera, soap Jóban Rosszban, and US shows like Desperate Housewives, NCIS (TV series), NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Numb3rs, Heroes (U.S. TV series), Heroes, Smallville (TV series), Smallville, House (TV series), House M.D., Ghost Whisperer and Lipstick Jungle (TV series), Lipstick Jungle. TV2 is aired throughout Hungary. TV2 is also aired in Slovakia, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Ukraine and Austria. TV2 was one of the channels that was carried on the national analogue terrestrial service, along with M1, RTL Klub and the local channels, but those transmitters were shut down on 2 zones, on 31 July and 31 Octobe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTL Klub
RTL (formerly: RTL Klub) is a Hungarian free-to-air television channel owned by RTL Group. The channel began broadcasting three days after its main rival TV2, one of Hungary's first commercial TV channels. History Since its start, RTL Klub has focused to gain viewers from the urban population. The channel airs programs mostly for a younger (18-49) audience. RTL Klub rebranded again in early September 1999. The idents consists of two elements (fire and water), with the eye motif being introduced for the first time. On 17 December 2001, RTL Klub adapted another new identity, designed by Dogfish and focuses on people which then zoom into their eyes. RTL Klub and TV2 aired two similar major reality series simultaneously. While TV2 purchased the rights of '' Big Brother'', RTL Klub produced its own series called ''Való Világ'' (Real World). ''Való Világ'' had three seasons between 2002 and 2004. Since its second season the show has been much more successful than the rival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little G Weevil
Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson ** ''The Littles'' (TV series), an American animated series based on the novels Places *Little, Kentucky, United States *Little, West Virginia, United States Other uses *Clan Little, a Scottish clan *Little (surname), an English surname *Little (automobile), an American automobile manufactured from 1912 to 1915 *Little, Brown and Company, an American publishing company * USS ''Little'', multiple United States Navy ships See also * * *Little Mountain (other) * Little River (other) *Little Island (other) Little Island can refer to: Geographical areas Australia * Little Island (South Australia) * Little Island (Tasmania) * Little Island (Western Australia) Canada * Little Island (Lake Kagawong), Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róbert Alföldi
Róbert Alföldi (born 22 November 1967) is a Hungarian actor, director and television host. He was the director of the Hungarian National Theater for five years from 1 July 2008 until 2013. He is best known for his numerous controversial theatrical adaptations as a director and for his television appearance in ''X-Faktor''. His art was rewarded with several national prizes and professional recognitions. In 2014 the Hungarian edition of ''Forbes'' named him at number 1 in its ''List of The 100 Most Valuable Hungarian Celebrities''. Family background Alföldi was born in Kalocsa and spent his childhood in Dunapataj and Ordas. His mother is Magdolna Farkas-Cseke a financial leader, his father is Albert Alföldi, a politician of the MSZP party and parliamentarian between 1994–1998. He met his father at the age of 28, he and his brother Szabolcs having been raised entirely by his mother and grandmother. He has two half sisters and one half brother: Angéla, Alíz and Albert. E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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