Gabriella Tóth (born 17 January 1988), also known as Gabi Tóth, is a Hungarian singer. She has been an ''

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'' mentor since 2013. Her sister, Vera Tóth, is also a Hungarian singer, who won the first season of ''

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''.

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

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with a live orchestral accompaniment and an opening with

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in the evening. A single, ''Szívemet adnám'', was released in 2007, along with a video clip. Later that year, she starred in the

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reality show ''A Stáb'', along with

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and Linda Zimány, which became the most watched show of VIVA Hungary. In 2008, Tóth became one of the faces of the ''Tiszta Fejjel Projekt''. Her songs have been featured on their video clips. She has worked with composer Tibor Kasza on her second full album, which was released in 2009. Tóth numbers begin to pick up and completed by the latest clip to the song ''Salalla''. The following year, it appeared on her second studio album ''Elég volt!''. In 2010, she was a guest performer on X-Faktor and recorded the theme for the reality TV show

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for its fourth series. The song was so successful that it was also used in the fifth, sixth and seventh seasons. In 2012, Tóth participated in

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, the national selection process for

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in the

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for that year where the audience and the professional jury chose who would represent Hungary at the

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. She participated with the song ''Nem Kell Végszó ''and came in a tied 5th place overall. The song came into 4th place on the MAHASZ song charts. In 2013, she became a mentor on the

along with Péter Geszti, Róbert Szikora, and

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. In 2014, she returned to the series, along with Geszti, Szikora, Alföldi, and new judge Little G Weevil (Gábor Szűcs). In 2015, she moved on to participate in the

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and TV2 based show Sztárban sztár. She finished third overall. She returned to X-Faktor to mentor alongside Gáspár Laci, Péter Puskás, and

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. In 2016, it was announced that Tóth would participate again in A Dal, this time in the 2017 edition with the song ''Hosszú idők'', along with Freddie Shuman and Begi Lotfi. She progressed to the finals.

Discography

Albums

Video clips

* 2005 – ''Fekete Virág'' * 2006 – ''Vágyom rád'' * 2007 – ''Szívemet adnám'' * 2007 – ''Élünk ahogy bárki'' (A Stáb) * 2008 – ''Érte megérte'' * 2008 – ''Kell még valami'' (A Stáb) * 2009 – ''Tiszta fejjel'' (Tiszta Fejjel Projekt) * 2009 – ''Valami Amerika Még'' feat. Csipa * 2009 – ''Salalla'' * 2009 – ''Mi a szívemen, a számon'' vs. AFC Tomi * 2010 – ''Elég volt!'' * 2011 – ''Jöjj még'' * 2012 – ''Nem kell végszó'' * 2012 – ''Hív az élet'' * 2013 – ''Éjjel-nappal Budapest'' * 2013 – ''Sors'' * 2016 – ''Ez vagyok én'' * 2016 – ''Hosszú idők''

Honors and awards

*2006 – Fonogram díj - Az év hazai felfedezettje (jelölés) * 2008 – VIVA Comet - Legjobb videoklip (Stáb-Élünk, ahogy bárki) (jelölés) * 2009 – Fonogram díj - Az év hazai dala (Szívemet adnám) (jelölés) * 2009 – Glamour Women of the Year - Az év énekesnője (jelölés) * 2009 – VIVA Comet - Legjobb női előadó (jelölés) * 2009 – BRAVO OTTO - A legjobb magyar női előadó (jelölés) * 2009 – BRAVO OTTO - Cool TV Különdíj (díjazott) * 2010 – Glamour Women of the Year - Az év énekesnője (jelölés) * 2010 – BRAVO OTTO - Az év magyar női előadója (díjazott) * 2010 – BRAVO OTTO - Az év magyar videoklipje (Mi a szívemen, a számon) (jelölés) * 2011 – Glamour Women of the Year - Az év énekesnője (díjazott) * 2011 – BRAVO OTTO -Az év magyar női előadója (jelölés) * 2011– BRAVO OTTO -Az év magyar videoklipje (Elég volt!) (jelölés) * 2011 – VIVA Comet - Legjobb női előadó (jelölés) * 2011 – VIVA Comet -Legjobb videoklip (Elég volt!) (díjazott) * 2012 – Story Ötcsillag-díj - Az év legjobb énekese (díjazott) * 2012 – BRAVO OTTO - Az év legjobb női előadója (díjazott) * 2012 – VIVA Comet - Legjobb női előadó (díjazott) * 2013 – BRAVO OTTO - Az év magyar női előadója (jelölés) * 2014 – BRAVO OTTO - Az év magyar női előadója (jelölés) * 2014 – VIVA Comet - Legjobb női előadó (jelölés) * 2016 – Comet - Legjobb női előadó (jelölés) * 2016 – Comet - Legjobb dal (Ez vagyok én) (jelölés)

References

External links

Tóth Gabi hivatalos oldala

Mahasz.hu

Tóth Gabi - Érte megérte videó
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