Enikő Muri (born 24 April 1990,

Nyíregyháza Nyíregyháza (, sk, Níreďháza) is a city with county rights in northeastern Hungary and the county capital of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg. With a population of 118,001, it is the seventh-largest city in Hungary and the second largest in ...

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) is a Hungarian musical and theatre actress, and singer, most notable for coming in 2nd place on the second season of

X-Faktor ''X-Faktor'' is the Hungarian version of ''The X Factor'', a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The show premiered in 2010 and it contin ...

, the highest placing female contestant for that season.

Life

Born in Nyíregyháza, Muri was raised in

Nagyvarsány Nagyvarsány is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Jews lived in Nagyvarsány for many years until they were murdered in the Holocaust. There is still a Jewish cemetery in the vil ...

. She started singing as a child. In 2006, she took part in a karaoke TV's show on

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, ''Shibuya'', which she won. She then graduated from secondary school in Nyíregyháza and majored in marketing in college. In 2008, she released Szomorú, but was unsuccessful. In 2010, she appeared on the

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show

, but failed. It was a big disappointment for her and almost decided to stop singing, but in 2011, she appeared again in X-Faktor, and this time got into the live broadcast. She was mentored by

Feró Nagy Ferenc "Feró" Nagy (born 14 January 1946 in Letenye, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano. Career Feró studied at the ...

, and eventually earned second place, and became a well-known singer. Her first album, consisting of the songs sung from the X-Faktor, was released in 2011, which reached the MAHASZ sales list in second place, and in addition has been certified as a double-platinum album. She also performed at the Madách Theatre in December 2011, and played the role of Márta Vágó, the love interest of Attila József in the play Én, József Attila. In May 2012, she performed with Mária Gór Nagy. She released her first solo album on 27 August 2012, titled ''Enciklopédia''. She also contributed to Attila Dolhai's album ''Shining''. In 2016, she was on the fourth season of and finished fourth. She participated in A Dal 2017, the 2017 of the Hungarian national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song ''Jericho''. She was eliminated in the third heat.

Discography

Album

Singles/Video clips

* 2012: Késő már * 2012: Botladozva * 2012: Amikor minden összedől * 2013: Give some get some * 2013: Maradj még * 2015: Velem ma éjjel * 2015: Gömbölyű * 2017: Jericho

Chart-topping singles

Theatre roles

''From the Színházi adattár.''2013. július 2-ai lekérdezés

Further information

Muri Enikő hivatalos honlapjaMuri Enikő profilja a 2011-es X-Faktor hivatalos oldalárólMuri Enikő hivatalos Facebook-oldala

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Muri, Eniko 1990 births Living people 21st-century Hungarian women singers People from Nyíregyháza