Joci Pápai
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Pápai in 2017
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| Birth name | József Pápai |
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22 September 1981 Tata, Hungary |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
József "Joci" Pápai (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈjot͡si ˈpaːpɒʲi], born 22 September 1981) is a Hungarian singer, voice actor, rapper and guitarist of Romani descent. He represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the song "Origo" finishing in 8th place.
Pápai came into contact with music early as his older brother had started writing songs and playing guitar at the age of four. He was influenced by music of the 1960s and 1970s, and rock, pop, soul, and R&B music. His public debut was in 2005, when he was a part of the second season of the TV2 show Megasztár, where he was eliminated in the consolation rounds, and interviewed by the Budapest daily tabloid Blikk. Afterwards, he started to drive towards his debut.
His first big success was Ne nézz így rám. In 2006, he collaborated with rapper Majka with Nélküled and Nekem ez jár, but his greatest success came in 2015 with Mikor a test örexik. He then released a song in collaboration with Caramel and Zével Szabo titled Elrejtett világ. His last collaboration with Majka appeared together with the pop-funk song Senki más.
On 8 December 2016, it was announced that Pápai would be one of the thirty acts participating in the 2017 edition of A Dal, the national selection for Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017 with the self-penned "Origo", in which he progressed to the final and won the competition, giving him the right to represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
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