Life after Helsinki 2007 Eurovision

  Hungary's long selection process has come to an end and tonight we will know who gets the ticket to Lisbon 2018 Eurovision song contest and follows hopefully Hungary's rather succesful recent story and maybe becomes Hungary's 8th straight year in the final, including three top-10s.  The jurors will vote this time only after all acts have performed and ranking the entries in order. The top four will go to the superfinal. It's good to see 5 songs out of 8 in Hungarian! yesyes was my istant favorite, but it has lost a bit ground over the weeks and I'm not sure anymore. Horváth has emerged a new favorite, but is it a bit too similar to last year's entry? It also makes me think of Sting.... Király seems to be a favorite (again), but I don't like his song at all (again). Or could Hungary pull out the metal card and send AWS or Leander Kills amongst all those acoustic ballads in Lisbon? Or is it all about good vibez in the end? One thing is sure: It'...

Hungary's A Dal 2017 comes to an end tonight and we will know who will travel to Kyiv and try to bring the trophy to Budapest for the first time. First the juror will rank the songs and send four to the next round, where televoters will have the final say. The field is very much open here. My guilty pleasure is Joci and I wouldn't mind if Kállay Saunders wins again. I can't not think about ByeAlex when I hear Soulwave.... Let's see what the Hungarians end up with.... Watch here 19.30 CET Gigi Radics - See it through Joci Pápai - Origo  WINNER Gina Kanizsa - Fall like rain Soulwave - Kalandor Gabi Tóth & Freddie Shuman feat Begi Lotfi - Hosszú idök Leander Kills - Élet Zävodi & Olivér Berkes - #háttérzaj Kállay Saunders band - Seventeen

Hungary will choose another four finalists tonight, three by the jury and onemore from the reaming ones by the televoters. This second one is much better than last night's first one. Or at least more interesting. My top favorite is Adam, followed closely by Kallay Saunders and Benji. I hope they qualify, propably with the fan favorite Totova aka Gabi & co.  Watch live here from 19.30 CET Ádám Szabó – Together Benji – Karcok Gabi Tóth & Freddie Shuman feat. Begi Lotfi – Hosszú idők Kállay Saunders Band – 17  (televote favoritr) Leander Kills – Élet Mrs Columbo – Frozen King Peet Project – Kill Your Monster Roma Soul – Nyitva a ház Zavodi + Olivér Berkes – #háttérzaj

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)...