Ferenc Molnár (professionally known as Caramel) (1 February 1982, Szolnok) is a Hungarian Music Awards-winning Hungarian singer. He is most well known for being the winner in the second season of Megasztár.

Personal Life

Caramel was born on 1 February 1982 in the town of Szolnok and at age 16, moved to Törökszentmiklós with his stepfather, mother, and siblings. His parents relationship deteriorated, however, after his brother was killed in a car crash, and because so, he moved out at age 17. Work was hard to find for him because of his herniated disc. He got his nickname Caramel from a friend when he received a negative response from a publisher after attempting to publish his works.

Musical career

In 2004, he first filed the application to try out in Megasztár. In 2005, Caramel narrowly won over fellow contestant Tamás Palcsó to become the first winner of the contest. Thereafter, he started to compile his first album in his apartment. In 2005, he published two albums: one of them being a compilation of the songs he sang at Megasztár, the second one being called Nyugalomterápia, both of them reaching number one at the JAHASZ charts. In December of that year, he held his first release concert with many other artists, such as István Lerch, Eszter Szabó, and Eszter Bartók. In 2006, he released his second album, Újrahangolva, with some music videos filmed in London, with following albums in 2010, 2011, and 2014. He also took part in multiple music shows as judges, included the Hungarian version of The Voice, and Az ének iskolája, a school-inspired music competition show. In 2011, Caramel was selected as one of the contestants for A Dal 2012, the first edition for the nationa selection of Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest, with the song Vízió. ^[1] It qualified to the final and was one in the top 4 by televoting, but was not chosen by judges to go to the Eurovision Song Contest 2012; That honor going to Compact Disco.

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