Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

Hungary will choose four finalists tonight. Fur entries will reach the final. Three will be chosen by the jury and onemore by the televoters among the remaining acts. For this blogger there's one above all the rest in this rather mediocre (for A Dal) semifinal: Joci Pápai. Hypnotic, ethnic and fantastic. Love it! The second semifinal takes place tomorrow. Watch here from 19.30 Chase – Dust In The Wind Dávid Henderson – White Shadows Gigi Radics – See It Through  42 Gina Kanizsa – Fall Like Rain  45 Joci Pápai – Origo 45 Soulwave – Kalandor  37 (televoters choice) Spoon 21 – Deák The Couple – Vége van Viki Singh – Rain

One of the most interesting and highest standard national finals around kicks off in Hungary when A Dal 2017 starts tonight. The format has stayed more or less the same as previous years. Ten songs in the running tonight, five of them will go on to the next step. Four of them are will be picked up by the judges Caramel, Zséda, Károly Frenreisz and Miklós Both. Then the televoters can save one more from the remaining six.  There will be three of these heats, followed by two semifinals with nine songs each, and then the grand final with eight songs.  In tonight's heat we several familiar names from previous A Dals like Benji, Spoon 21 and Viki Singh, and Roma Soul is fronted by Gergó Oláh.  David Henderson –  White Shadows  (jury: 37) Leander Kills –  Élet  (jury: 40) Calidora –  Glory  (jury: 30) The Wings –  Mint a hurrikán  (jury: 32) Viki Singh –  Rain  (jury: 39) Spoon 21 –  Deák  (jury: 39)...