Hungary was represented by

Friderika Bayer Ilona Csukáné (born 4 October 1971), known professionally as Friderika Bayer, is a Hungarian people, Hungarian singer. She is best known for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, representing Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 wi ...

, with the song "

Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet? "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" (; "To whom shall I tell my sins?") is a song by Hungarian singer Friderika Bayer. Written and composed by Szilveszter Jenei, it represented in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994 in Dublin. It marked Hungary's debut p ...

", at the

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, which took place on 30 April in

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. "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" was chosen as the Hungarian entry at a national final called Táncdalfesztiválja on 5 February. This was Hungary's first appearance in a Eurovision final after their debut entry failed to progress from the pre-qualifier ''

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'' in

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Before Eurovision

Táncdalfesztivál 1994

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1994 was the national final organised by broadcaster

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(MTV) and held at their studios in

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, hosted by Dorottya Geszler. 15 songs took part with the winner being chosen by a 16-member jury who each awarded between 1 and 9 points per song. Votes were given out generously as "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" received only 4 points short of the maximum total possible, and even the last placed song had an average score of 6.1.

At Eurovision

On the night of the final Bayer performed 22nd in the running order, following

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and preceding

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. "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" got off to the a strong start in the voting, receiving maximum 12s from the first three juries (

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and

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). However the votes received then became more mixed, with only one further 12 (from

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) and six juries bypassing the song altogether. At the close of voting "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" had received 122 points, placing Hungary 4th of the 25 entries, which remains the country's best Eurovision placement to date.ESC History - Hungary 1994
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Voting

References

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994

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