Joci Pápai
© EBU/Thomas Hanses About Quick Facts NameJoci Pápai Born22 September 1981 Nationality???????? Hungarian National SelectionA Dal 2019A Dal 2017 In Eurovision2019 Tel Aviv2017 Kiev SongAz én apám (2019)Origo (2017) Biography József Pápai or Joci Pápai is a Hungarian singer, voice actor, rapper and guitarist of Romani descent. Joci Pápai made his television debut in 2005 in the second season of TV2’s talent show Megasztár. He released his debut album after the talent show. His first big success was the song “Ne nézz így rám”. Since 2006, he has contributed to Hungarian rapper Majka’s music in several joint recordings (Nélküled, Nekem ez jár), but the greatest success was in 2015, “Mikor a test örexik”. Joci then performed another solo song, “Elrejtett világ”. Most recently, he also co-starred with Majka with a lightweight pop-funk song titled “Senki más”. In 2017, Joci Pápai participated in A Dal, the Hungarian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest. His song “Origo” won the contest and reached the 8th place in the Eurovision final. Joci Pápai finished third in the fifth season of TV2’s Sztárban sztár, the Hungarian version of Your Voice Looks Familiar. In 2019, Pápai took part in A Dal again. With his song “Az én apám” he won A Dal for a second time. In the Eurovision Song Contest however, he did not reach the final with his song. After the Eurovision Song Contest, Pápai released several singles. Among others, he teamed up with BLR (“Suttogd halkan”, 2020), Lotfi Begi (“Kicsit őrült”, 2021) and Gabi Tóth (“Meg volt írva, 2022). Entries Az Én Apám Country???????? Hungary Year2019 LanguageHungarian LyricsFerenc Molnár MusicJózsef PápaiFerenc Molnár Backings Ferenc Feng Ya OuPetra Katona Results Semi Points: 97Position: 12Running order: 7 Results Finals Points: –Position: –Running order: – https://youtu.be/IpVr0pBLfI4 Origo Country???????? Hungary Year2017 LanguageHungarianRomani LyricsJózsef Pápai MusicJózsef Pápai BackingsAlexandra VirágEmese Kapcsos Results Semi Points: 231Position: 2Running order: 7 Results Finals Points: 200Position: 8Running order: 8 https://youtu.be/hqM0AkP7zcI