Compact Disco ? singer Csaba Walkó, Begi Lotfi on groove and effects, Gábor Pál on keyboards and Attila Sándor on bass - will compete for the top prize with the song ?Sound of Our Hearts? on May 22.
Lotfi said the group was established four years ago with the aim of producing quality pop music. The band has released two albums so far: Steroid (2009) and II (2011).
He said the Eurovision Song Contest was a good opportunity to show the band to Europe and the millions watching elsewhere in the world. He added that the band also wanted to draw attention to Hungary and show people the country can produce good songs.
Lotfi said about 70 percent of the songs in this year?s contest were ?typical Eurovision-sounding compositions, that is, merry, very happy songs?. But he conceded that the band had been won over by several numbers.
He said the UK?s choice of the 76-year-old Engelbert Humperdinck to represent the country at the contest was ?a bit of a joke?, although he noted that the singer was earlier his mother?s favourite.
?Unfortunately, I think the quality of the song contest has deteriorated from year to year,? he said.
Reflecting on the band?s own chances at this year?s contest, Lotfi said he was ?optimistic?.
?We have got a lot of feedback from foreign professionals that no matter how we do in the contest, ?Sound of Our Hearts? will become of a part of Europe?s musical public knowledge,? he said.
The Hungarian in last year?s Eurovision Song Contest, Kati Wolf, took 22nd place with a number entitled ?What About My Dreams?.
The highest a Hungarian artist has ever place in the competition is fourth place, achieved by Friderika Bayer with "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?" in 1994.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI) / Photo: Bence Kovács
