ESC 2011 Hungary!

Kati Wolf and her song What About My Dreams is the Hungarian entry for this year's Eurovision Song Contest.

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Head of Delegation: Szilvia Püspök +361 759 5082
Head of Press: Gina Prónay-Zakar +361 759 5071
Executive Producer: Attila Várkonyi

Zoli met Anastasia!

Anastasia Prikhodko, who will represent Russia, wanted to meet Zoli Ádok. Due to the rainy day they had a date in a Russian restaurant near the Olimpisky Arena. Anastasia and Zoli were talking about the upcoming Song Contest and some private details of their life.

Graffiti Party

Sunday afternoon Zoli and his team painted graffiti. Channel One Russia organized an event where ten countries could paint in a huge Eurovision wall. Hungarian performers created a red-white-green heart with the "Hungary" tag.

Press conference with Putin

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin surprised us during our second press conference. Putin made a short visit to the Arena, and he entered the room when the Hungarian delegation started the press conference. It was great :)

Police Escort and Dance With Me

In the Arena

Backstage photos

Privet Moscow!

Photos about our first day in Moscow

Travelling

On the plane

At the airport

You Will Survive

The first ESC aspirant of Hungary was Andrea Szulák with Árva Reggel (Lonely morning) in 1993. Now she is a host at Hungarian Television and a successful singer. This year Andrea was member of the internal jury of MTV. At the party Andrea addressed a song to her little bit anxious successor. Andrea and Zoli’s vocalists, Kasai and Gábor Heincz performed I Will Survive in an unplugged version.

Kasai is a Caribbean-American pianist, who has been living in Hungary for a long time, he is the lyricist of Dance With Me as well. Gábor Heincz “Biga” is also a musician, he plays guitar. Both of them could prove to have amazing voices during the farewell party when they sang Dance With Me - in jazz style.

Fortune Pigs

You need three important things as provisions – said Mr Attila Várkonyi Editor in Chief of MTV’s Entertainment Programmes. A lot of energy, so we give you Russian chocolate to have energy for the strict rehearsals. A lot of luck, so we give you Hungarian hand-made Marzipan Fortune Pigs. And last but not least, a lot of optimism, although you did your best to achieve a good result. So you get a bottle of Russian Champagne to clink with it whatever to be in Moscow.

Russian Good Luck

“Ни пуха, ни пера!”– Mr Valery Platonov Cultural Attaché at the Embassy of Russian Federation in Budapest felicitated the Hungarian performers on the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest with this old Russian phrase. He said Russian people are very proud of organizing this huge event in Moscow. Mr Platonov added: they will invite Zoli Ádok and his team again with pleasure if Hungarians win the contest.

Hungary said goodbye to Zoli Ádok

Hungarian performers are ready for the 54th Eurovision Song Contest. The skilled dancer and singer Zoli, his dancers and vocalists have been rehearsing for two months in strictest confidence and they still regard their final choreography and dresses as a secret.

MTV Hungarian Television organized a Good Bye Party in honour of Zoli Ádok and his great team in the Russian Culture Centre of Budapest on 29th April when the friends, fans and journalists could wish them good luck.

Naray's Russian Collection: Winter Palace

Luxurious richness and closed form design of the pravo-slavic tsars’ culture is blossomed out in a modern interpretation: empire waistline, fine materials and ornaments like a jewel – with these words Naray described his Russian collection called “Winter Palace” which was presented in his last fashion show. The world tour collection itself has been inspired by a travelling, and the most successful tour was the Russian one.

Tamas Naray and his Eurovision Song Contest

Tamas Naray is a maximalist and uncompromising man. That is why the well-known designer also pays huge attention to the Hungarian Eurovision dresses. Besides of creating glamorous costumes we also have to focus on the feeling of this up-tempo song – says Naray. Our performers should manage to show the best in these costumes – he adds. As costume designer of the European champion figure skater Julia Sebestyen, he exactly knows what kind of dresses meet all of these extreme requirements.

Although Naray is a well-recognized designer in the European fashion world he regards this task as a great challenge. We have only three minutes to catch 200 million viewers’ attention. Costumes also can play an important role in it – he claims.

FASHION! FASHION!

Hot Dress for Hungary


One of the most recognized Hungarian designers creates the Hungarian dresses for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest. Tamas Naray who is also famous for his magnificent and impressive wears, dreams fever costumes for Zoli Adok and his sexy dancer girls.

Zoli is very proud of working with Mr Naray. Tamas is a celebrated designer and wearing his costumes is a huge honour for me, he says. I am really happy that such an excellent team works on our performance.

Zoli sings and dances with Tita on MTV's programme

Spectacular, spectacular!

We bring the most spectacular show Hungary has ever performed in the history of the contest - promise Zoli Ádok and his dancers. “We will upgrade our performance with extravagant acrobatic elements. Luckily, both Zoli and the dancers get along easily with even the most difficult movements”, choreographer Timi Papp said at a public dance rehearsal in Budapest on 1 April.

Titanilla, Zoli, Zita, Timi

It was also revealed who will support Zoli on stage as dancers: Hungary’s well-known choreographer Timi Papp, Titanilla Béli, starring in the “Dance with me” videoclip and a celebrated Hungarian talent, Zita Karsai. (scroll down or click)

Amazing dancers

The three beautiful dancers are also among the best Hungarian artists.

Titanilla Béli starring in the “Dance with me” videoclip studied dance in Brighton, UK and now works as a dancer and actress. Since 1998 Zoli and Tita have always been working together. They are dance partners and best friends as you can see on this photo taken in 2000:

Zita Karsai first appeared in Hungary in a televised dancing talent show. Just like Zoli Ádok and Timi Papp, she also began her studies at the Artistic College in Pécs. Besides her dancing engagements in Hungary she also used to work a lot abroad, so as in London, Mallorca, Ibiza.

Timi Papp, choreographer of the ESC performance, has been dancing since the very age of three. By the age of 10 she already breakdanced on the streets. She studied at the Rotterdam Dansakademie specializing on modern- and jazz dance. Back in Hungary she has worked as choreographer.

The hills are alive with the sound of music

I started to train for the contest because I have to dance besides of singing – said Zoli Ádok, the only singer at the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest who has a dancer carrier as well. While I am running outdoors I also sing my song in order to increase my lung capacity. Controlling my breath is essential for me as a singer and dancer. Therefore I do a lot of exercise although I feel quite well-trained due to my musical acting engagements.

Photos about dance rehearsal