Gabriella Tóth (born 17 January 1988), also known as Gabi Tóth or Kárpátok Madonnája (''Madonna of the Carpathians''), is a Hungarian singer, dancer and media personality. She has been an ''
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 ...
'' mentor since 2013. Her sister, Vera Tóth, is also a Hungarian singer, who won the first season of ''
Megasztár
''Megasztár – Voice of the Year'' is a Hungarian music talent show that started in 2003 on TV2. While it is widely considered an unlicensed clone of the British television show ''Pop Idol'' (and sometimes even referred to as ''Hungarian Idol ...
''.
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
Müpa Budapest
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with a live orchestral accompaniment and an opening with TNT in the evening. A single, ''Szívemet adnám'', was released in 2007, along with a video clip. Later that year, she starred in the
VIVA Hungary
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reality show ''A Stáb'', along with Tamás Molnár 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
Való Világ
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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
A Dal
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The contest was i ...
, the national selection process for
Hungary
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in the
Eurovision Song Contest
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for
that year where the audience and the professional jury chose who would represent Hungary at the
2012 Eurovision Song Contest
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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
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 ...
along with Péter Geszti, Róbert Szikora, and
Róbert Alföldi
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He is best known for his numerous controversial th ...
. 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
RTL Klub
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History
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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
ByeAlex
Alex Márta (born 6 June 1984), better known by his stage name ByeAlex, is a Hungarian indie pop singer, songwriter, journalist, and novelist. He represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden, with the song " Kedvesem ...
.
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)
Personal life
Since 2017 her partner is Hungarian chef
Gábor Krausz. Since they got married in 2020, Gabi's changed her surname to Krausz-Tóth. On 3 December 2019 was born their first daughter, named Hannaróza Mária Krausz.
On 9 August 2023, their marriage has been over and they are going to be divorced soon.
Her current partner is Hungarian dancer Máté Bence Papp, with whom she performed live on TV on 5 November 2023.
See also
*
Megasztár
''Megasztár – Voice of the Year'' is a Hungarian music talent show that started in 2003 on TV2. While it is widely considered an unlicensed clone of the British television show ''Pop Idol'' (and sometimes even referred to as ''Hungarian Idol ...
*
Vera Tóth
References
External links
Tóth Gabi hivatalos oldalaMahasz.huTóth Gabi - Érte megérte videó
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Hungarian pop singers
Hungarian women pop singers
1988 births
21st-century Hungarian women singers
People from Tapolca
Living people