Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015
| Eurovision Song Contest 2015 | ||||
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 Hungary
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | A Dal 2015 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Heats: 24 January 2015 31 January 2015 7 February 2015 Semi-finals: 14 February 2015 21 February 2015 Final: 28 February 2015 |
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| Selected entrant | Boggie | |||
| Selected song | "Wars for Nothing" | |||
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| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 67 points) | |||
| Final result | 20th, 19 points | |||
| Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Hungary participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song "Wars for Nothing", written by Áron Sebestyén, Boglárka Csemer and Sára Hélène Bori. The song was performed by Boggie. The Hungarian broadcaster Media Services and Support Trust Fund (MTVA) in collaboration with the Hungarian public broadcaster Magyar Televízió (MTV), organised the national final A Dal 2015 in order to select the Hungarian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Following a six-week long selection process, Boggie emerged as the winner with the acoustic guitar driven ballad "Wars for Nothing". In the first of the Eurovision semi-finals "Wars for Nothing" placed eighth out of the 16 participating countries, securing its place among the 27 other songs in the final. In Hungary's thirteenth Eurovision appearance on 23 May, "Wars for Nothing" finished in twentieth place, receiving 19 points.
Prior to the 2015 Contest, Hungary had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest twelve times since their first entry in 1994. Hungary's best placing in the contest was fourth, which they achieved with their début entry in 1994 with the song "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" performed by Friderika Bayer. Hungary had attempted participate in the contest in 1993, however, their entry was eliminated in the preselection show Kvalifikacija za Millstreet. Hungary withdrew from the contest for six years between 1999 and 2004 and also missed the 2006 and 2010 contests. In 2014, Hungary achieved their second best result in the contest since their debut, placing fifth with the song "Running" performed by András Kállay-Saunders.
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