Hungary – Hungary’s national selection A Dal has chosen 18 acts from an original 30 to go through from the heats to the semi-final stage. There will be the first semi-final tonight and the second tomorrow night. Nine acts will compete in each semi-final. You can watch tonight at 20.15 (CET) here. Check out who is still in the competition. In each semi-final, the jury will first choose two finalists. The televoters will then select two more qualifiers out of the remaining seven acts. The jury includes Magdi Rúzsa (2007 Hungarian Eurovision representative), Philip Rákay (director of M1 and M2), Viktor Rakonczai (1997 Hungarian Eurovision representative as a member of the band V.I.P), Csaba Walkó (lead singer of Compact Disco, the 2012 Hungarian Eurovision representatives) and Jenő Csiszár (TV and radio host).
During the heats, previous favourites of the jury included Laura Cserpes, Lilla Polyák, Gergő Rácz, Laci Gáspár & Plastikhead, Odett and András Kállay Saunders. Tonight they must choose 2 only. Who do you think they will support in this semi-final?
Tonight’s line up for semi-final 1
Laura Cserpes – ‘Élj pont úgy‘
Lilla Polyák – ‘Valami más‘
Peter Puskás – ‘Amíg a tűz ég‘
Laci Gáspár & Plastikhead – ‘A szeretet él‘
Odett – ‘Ne engedj el‘
András Kállay Saunders – ‘My baby‘
Tibor Gyurcsik – ‘Örök harc‘
Ildikó Keresztes – ‘Nem akarok többé játszani‘
Gergő Rácz – ‘Csak állj mellém’
The final will be held next Saturday, on March 2nd, at 20:15 (CET).
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Gergő Rácz – ‘Csak állj mellém’ : I like his voice a lot and the song is one of the better ones in this semi final I think. It has something that makes it stand out imo – 7.5/10
Isn’t this just proving once again that juries/judges vote tactically? The songs are the same, the judges are the same – so why the hell do they give different scores from day to day? It’s just silly and I can’t take them seriously.
It will be Gigi radics with “Over you” in the end anyway IMO!
I think Andras-Kallay Saunders also has a chance. He is the obvious favourite of the juries, and I heard that his song reached number one on iTunes in Hungary after his earlier performance…
I think he is the second favorite to win.I somehow feel it will be Gigi.I think i prefer him over her even though i don’t really like any of them.
anyone but the duet, really
Gigi is a HUGE favorite to win, and probably to perfrom in English for Malmo!
her entry is written by American team..
Hungary 2005!I realy liked that one even though the live performance wasn’t great!
NOX <3
NOX ! In my top 10 of all the songs of the previous decade..
NOX … great performance, very bad singing.
Laura made it?I didn’t expect that.
me neither
but i liked her in the heat
Laura Cserpes
Ildikó Keresztes
And Ildikó Keresztes!I expected her to make it.
Awful results again… Laura = boring and I don’t understand why so many like Ildiko’s song. It’s one of the worst IMO. Oh well, I knew from the beginning that no matter what Hungary selects in the end it will be some average, boring stuff so I am not surprised.
Because she seems to be a legendary singer from Hungary..and she has an AMAZING vocal!
Who qualified, please somebody make a list of qualifiers!
András Kállay-Saunders
Gergő Rácz
Laura Cserpes
Ildikó Keresztes
Songs 1, 4, 9 and 10.
Ildiko yess!
So tonight qualified :
Ildikó Keresztes – ‘Nem akarok többé játszani‘
Gergő Rácz – ‘Csak állj mellém’
Laura Cserpes – ‘Élj pont úgy‘
András Kállay Saunders – ‘My baby
Well the results are not that bad..But the semi was not that exciting in terms of music either..I did not expect Ildikó Keresztes but it’s a pleasant surprise..!
Waiting for the 2nd semi tomorrow.
Well, at least my top two made it, even if they were both by televote.
OK, my favorites are out once more. Oh my, what a national final season … LOL
Which acts were your favourites? I liked Odett, but she has been knocked out
Odett and Puskás Peti (with a less ridiculous performance). Cserpes Laura is ok, I guess.
You don’t like Ildiko?