Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015

Hungary in the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Eurovision Song Contest 2015
Country Hungary
Selection processA Dal 2015
Selection date28 February 2015
Competing entry
Song"Wars for Nothing"
ArtistBoggie
Songwriters
Placement
Semi-final resultQualified (8th, 67 points)
Final result20th, 19 points
Participation chronology
◄2014 2015 2016►

Hungary was represented at 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.