Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

After three heats and two semifinals it's time for the A Dal final. Eight songs have made it this far thanks to jury and televoters. This time the jury picks up four songs to the superfinal, and then televoters alone pick up the winner among these. Biggest favorites seem to be Freddie, Kállay Saunders band and Petruska. If Hungarians feel ethnic vibe we have also Gergö Oláh to consider.... Either of these winning will put Hungary again in the winning battle. Below are the finalists in my order. I wil be very happy with any of the three first, fourth is fine, fifth is great on studio version but live was rather weak. The rest.... no way.  Freddie -  Pioneer Gergö Oláh -  Gyöz a jó Kalláy Saunders Band -  Who we are Petruska - Trouble in my mind Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth -  Seven seas Mushu - Uncle Tom Parno Graszt -  Már nem szédulök André Vásáry - Why

Hungary's A dal continues tonight with the second heat. Once again the judges + App send five acts straight to the next stage, and from the losers televoters will save another one. Previous winner András Kállay Saunders is back with his band, as are familiar names from previous selections from Karmapolis to Gergö and fan favorite Passed. A bit bland semi this one. Gergö brings some nice ethnic vibe to it, Group'n'Swing come useless cabaret, Karmapolis is good with its atmospheric entry that makes me think of Police and Sting for some reason, and Passed is again enjoyable. But Kállay Saunders rules.  Passed –  Driftin’   34 (televote) Gergő Oláh –  Győz a jó   39 Laci Gáspár –  Love and bass   37 André Vásáry – Why   39 Karmapolis & Böbe Szécsi – Hold on to   36 Kállay Saunders Band –  Who we are   41 Group’n’Swing –  Szeretni fáj    31 Anna Patai –  Colors    32 Maszkura és a ...

The submission period for one of the Europe's best national selections, Hungary's A Dal has ended. Many names have admitted or leaked information that they are running at it again or for the first time.  Among them we have Gergö Rácz who has already graced the Eurovision stage a s a member of V.I.P . in 1997 and has co-written fan favorite What about my dreams in 2011. This is his fourth year in a row in A Dal as a solo or member of Fool Moon. Last year's fan favorite Passed is back, too, and then we have names like Timi Antal, Kozmix, Laura Cserpes, Guyla Elias Jr, Gájer Bálint, Mujahid Zoltán and MDC again. This year's jury favorite and this bloggers favorite Ádám Szabó with Give me your love has now formed a boyband YesYes and has submitted a song with them.  American born Abbe Lewis, André Vásáry, Oliver Berkes & Lili Peterffy, Mrs Colombo, Izsák Palmer are among the names whose participation is known by various sources. The selected song and m...