Ki mit tud?
Ki mit tud? recording in 1972
HungarianKi mit tud?
GenreTalent contest
Created by
  • József Békés
  • Miklós Karácsondi
Directed by
  • Lajos Pauló (1962–1972)
  • Ferenc Kökényessy (1977)
  • Miklós Csányi (1983)
  • Tibor Vadkerti (1988)
  • Sándor Szőnyi G. (1993)
  • Ágnes Csenterics (1996)
Presented by
Judges
Country of originHungary
Original languageHungarian
No. of seasons10
Production
Production companyMagyar Televízió
Original release
NetworkMagyar Televízió
ReleaseFebruary 13, 1962 (1962-02-13) –
November 16, 1996 (1996-11-16)

Ki mit tud? (literally "Who knows what?") was a multi-genre talent show on the Hungarian National Television spanning 10 seasons between 1962–1996. Achieving great popularity in the 1960s, Ki mit tud? helped to launch the career of many artists who later became household names in the country, including actors like János Gálvölgyi or András Kern, singers like Kati Kovács, Zsuzsa Koncz, Judith Szűcs or Zorán Sztevanovity, and bands like Hungária, Metro or Pokolgép.

Concept

Ki mit tud? was originally conceived as a country-wide talent search, with contestants coming from city-, county-, and finally - the televised, live - country-wide finals. A wide array of genres were judged separately, covering nearly all fields of performing arts: vocal music (including pop, rock, opera, folk), instrumental music (including classical, jazz, dance, pop and rock), verse reading, folk and contemporary dance, and "other" genres (including circus productions, magic shows, stand-up comedy, pantomime or puppetry). The 1988 contest also welcomed amateur film submissions. The jury usually included a number of well-known faces from the country's theatric and music and art scene. Prizes ranged from common household wares to a trip to the next World Festival of Youth, or after the 1980s, luxury trips to exotic countries.

Series overview

Year No. of Episodes Date of premier Date of the final(s) Notable performers Host President of the Jury Trip for category winners
1962 11 13 February 1962 24 June 1962 Béla Bakacsi, Tamás Hacki, Zsuzsa Koncz, Sándor Benkó, András Kern Győző Horváth Béla Szabó 8th World Festival of Youth and Students in Helsinki
1962-63 18 20 October 1962 7 July 1963 Zorán Sztevanovity, Gyöngyi Keveházi pianist, Géza Molnár Szegedi parodist,

Kék Csillag band, Expressz band

 Károly Megyeri Circular tour to Soviet Union
1965 13 4 April 1965 10 June 1965 12 June 1965 Kati Kovács, Anikó Ungár, Mária Zádori singer, Bóbita puppeteers,

Teri Harangozó, Kolos Kováts opera singer

 László Orosz Circular tour (Moscow, Leningrad, Helsinki, Stockholm and Berlin cities were included)
1968 10 25 April 1968 23 June 1968 29 June 1968 Tolcsvai-trio pol-beat band, András Schiff, Veronika Kincses opera singer,

Hungária band, János Gálvölgyi, Neoton, Rangers band

 Tamás Major 9th World Festival of Youth and Students in Sofia
1972 13 4 May 1972 29 June 1972 8 July 1972 Generál band, Judith Szűcs singer, Béla Berki lead violinist, Mikrolied vocal-trio

and Lajos Boros, Gábor Forgács, Viktória Eszményi (all singers)

 Circular tour to Yugoslavia and to Northern Italy
1977 10 4 February 1977 4 April 1977 Color band, Frigyes Pleszkán jazzpianist, Gúnya parody duo,

Vujicsis folk dance group, Kis Rákfogó band, Csaba Szögi folk dancer, Anna Kubik

 János Horvát Circular tour (Warsaw, Leningrad and Helsinki cities were included)
1983 9 20 May 1983 24 July 1983 Mariann Falusi jazz-singer, Studium Dixieland Band, Tamás Ghyczy magician, Csaba Forrás juggling artist, Szélkiáltó folk band, Kati Farkas jazz ballerina, Andrea Rost soprano, Pokolgép János Gálvölgyi Circular tour to Cuba
1988 9 27 July 1988 17 September 1988 Tamás Jónás magician, Los Andinos folk band, Swetter folk-rock band, Ernő Fekete, Artúr Kálid Imre Antal Miklós Szinetár Circular tour to Egypt
1993 12 1 July 1993 18 September 1993 Enemy Squad breakdance group, János Varga, Roland Rába Mihály Czine Circular tour to Thailand
1996 12 28 August 1996 16 November 1996 Veronika Nádasi, Peta Lukács, Csanád Gergely Kováts dancer, Anna Herczenik opera singer,

Ödön Rácz double bass player, Mónika Lakatos gypsy folk singer, Savaria Singers choir

 Péter Huszti Circular tour to Mexico

Importance

Ki mit tud? presented a premier chance for performers of all genres to showcase their talents in front of a wider audience - similar to what Táncdalfesztivál meant for musicians.

During the 1960s–1970s, Ki mit tud? became the most-viewed show on National Television. According to the rudimentary statistics of the time, the finals were viewed by 88% of the population. Utilizing regional quarter- and semi-finals, the contest mobilized a large number of participants. 1965's show had 28,642 registered contestants performing in 7842 shows, watched by a live audience totaling to 180,000.[1]

The contest rounds in cities and counties established a country-wide tradition of institutional (e.g. schoolwide) and regional talent contests, with similar events called Ki mit tud? held frequently even today.

Sources

  • István, Kollega Tarsoly. A magyar televíziózás műfajai, Vetélkedők Magyarországon a XX. században III. - Kultúra, művészet, sport és szórakozás. Szekszárd : Babits Kiadó, 1998. ISBN 9789639015708
  • Hogy volt?!... - Ki mit tud?-ok (in Hungarian). National Audio-visual Archive. Retrieved 2021-03-12.

References

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  1. ↑ ""Chapters from the history of the Hungarian Television - Final report of the Ki mit tud? of 1965" X.1". Archived from the original on 2008-08-02. Retrieved 2013-02-06.
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