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Career

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. By 2010, he had not only sung but also played guitar in small bands. Freddie first performed professionally in the Hungarian version of '' Rising Star''. He reached the top twelve, then top six and then in the top four qualifiers. In the finals, he finished in fourth place. After ''Rising Star'', collaborating with András Kállay-Saunders, Freddie performed his first original song, "Mary Joe", and reached the Petőfi Radio Top 30 list. It became one of the domestic summer hits of 2015. He began performing under his stage name Freddie in Autumn 2015. In December 2015, it was announced that Freddie would participate in ''A Dal 2016'' with the song "

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". He won A Dal and represented his home country in the

in May 2016, reaching the final and coming in 19th place overall. He also hosted A Dal 2018, along with

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Discography

Singles

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