Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

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...

Hungary is using the good old A Dal to select their entry and the procedure is the same as previous years. Three heats with ten songs each. The jury, including last year's winner ByeAlex, first sends three acts to semifinals, and the televoting audience another three of the remaining seven.  The remaining four acts are out. Hungarian TV has once again done a great job giving us a good looking show and pretty good mix of songs. But who's going to win? You never know, it's Hungary after all! And apparently the artists are allowed to sing in English already at this stage this year?! The first heat took place yesterday with following acts, including familiar names Cserpes Laura and Király Viktor.:   Úgy szállj   – Cserpes Laura  *Csak a zene – Depresszió -televoters Help Me! - Extensive  *Retikül – Group’n’Swing -televoters The Way I Do - Hien  *Running Out Of Time - Király Viktor - Jury winner Break Up – Lil C...

Hungary has also selected its semifinalists for A Dal 2014 and among the chosen ones out of the record number of submitted songs we have many familiar names from previous years trying their luck again. András Kállay Sanuders, Dénes Pál, Laura Cserpes, Lilla Polyák and Gigi Radics are all back, as are Királys Viktor and Linda.... Once again there are several heats (January 25 and February 1 and 8) followed by two semifinals (February 15 and 16) before the final on February 22, plus the professional jury along the televote. And as it is already a tradition last year's winner ByeAlex is one of the jury members. András Kállay Saunders – Running  Bálint Gájer – Elmaradt pillanatok  Belmondo – Miért ne higgyem  Bogi – We All  Dénes Pál – Brave New World  Depresszió – Csak a zene  Extensive – Help Me  Fool Moon – It Can’t Be Over  Gabi Knoll – Sweet Memories  Gigi Radics – Catch Me  Group n Swing – Retikül  He...

The evening has concluded also in Hungary and we have the four first finalists. The jury picked up András and Gergö as expected and well deserved, too. The televoters went for Laura and Ildikó, maybe a bit surprising leaving likes of Tibor and Lilla without a ticket.... Hmmm... Anyways, the Hungarian final is shaping one one of the bests this season! András Kállay-Saunders - My baby Gergö Racz - Czak állj méllem Laura Cserpes - Èlj pont úgy Ildikó Keresztes - Nem akarok többé jáztsani