A Dal
| A Dal | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Music, entertainment, reality television |
| Country of origin | Hungary |
| Original language(s) | Hungarian |
| No. of series | 4 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Duna (2016– ), Duna World (2012– ), M1 (2012–2015), |
| Original release | 28 January 2012 – present |
A Dal (English: The Song) is the national selection process in Hungary for the Eurovision Song Contest. The contest was introduced in 2012.
The contest was introduced by the Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap, the organisers of the contest, with a different philosophy on the contest used previously. A Dal was introduced to produce a Hungarian contest, with Hungarian musical tastes being presented to a European audience. The contest is also an open one, with all information of the songs being revealed in the selection process.
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Format[edit]
The selected songs in the contest are shown to the Hungarian public through a number of special shows. It includes three heats, two semi-finals, and then a final.
Ten songs compete in each heat, with six moving on to the semi-finals, three from the jury and three from the public. Nine songs compete in each semi-final. Four songs from each semi-final move on to the final, two advancing due to the jury and two due to the public. The final winner is selected through two rounds of voting: the first round selects the top four songs out of the eight finalists; the second round selects the winner from the four remaining songs. The first round uses only the jury and the second round uses only the public.
Winners[edit]
The first winner of A Dal was the band Compact Disco with the song "Sound of Our Hearts". At the Eurovision Song Contest 2012, the group qualified to the final (10th place in the semi-final with 52 points), and placing 24th in the final with 19 points.
The most successful A Dal winner is András Kállay-Saunders and his song "Running". At the Eurovision Song Contest 2014, Kállay-Saunders qualified for the final (placed 3rd in the semi-final with 127 points) and later placed 5th with 143 points, earning Hungary's second best placement ever and only top five finish since 1994.
| Year | Song | Translation | Artist | Songwriter(s) | Position in ESC | Points in ESC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | "Sound of Our Hearts" | — | Compact Disco | Behnam Lotfi, Csaba Walkó, Attila Sándor, Gábor Pál | 24th | 19 |
| 2013 | "Kedvesem (Zoohacker Remix)" | My Darling | ByeAlex | Alex Márta, Zoltán Palásti Kovács "Zoohacker" | 10th | 84 |
| 2014 | "Running" | — | András Kállay-Saunders | András Kállay-Saunders, Krisztián Szakos | 5th | 143 |
| 2015 | "Wars for Nothing" | — | Boggie | Boglárka Csemer, Áron Sebestyén, Sára Hélène Bori | 20th | 19 |
| 2016 | "Pioneer" | — | Freddie | Zé Szabó / Borbála Csarnai | 19th | 108 |