Margaret Island, founded in 2014, is a Hungarian indie pop band, named after Margaret Island in Budapest. Their pop songs are combined with acoustic and folk elements. Their music is influenced by Mumford & Sons and

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. Their first album, ''Egyszer volt'', was released in September 2015. The album includes the song ''Nem voltál jó'', which was originally in English, Soaked in life, later translated to Hungarian by János Bródy. They are currently signed to Gold Record. They performed as the interval act for the first heat for

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, the national selection for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, as well as the interval act for the second heat for

A Dal 2018 Hungary participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The local MTVA (Hungary), Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA) and the Hungarian broadcaster Duna Media Service organised the national final ''A Dal 2018'' in order to select the Hu ...

Members

* Viki Lábas – singing * Kristóf Törőcsik – bass guitar * Bálint Füstös – guitar * Dániel Gerendás – drums * Kurszán Koltay – piano * Tamás Verók – guitar

Awards

* 2014: Our Voice Grand Prix Hungary * 2014: Joy of Music Award - Breakthrough Performance of the Year musical (Bálint Füstös) * 2015: ''Bolyongó'' was number one for several weeks on Petőfi Rádió. * 2015: ''Csillagtalan'' and ''Eső'' were, for several months, high on the hit list of Class FM. * 2016: Fonogram award - Discovery of the Year - ''Egyszer volt'' (Gold Record)

References

External links

Margaret Island
on Facebook
Official website on Golden Records

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