Meet the Hungarian candidates for Baku!

10 January 2012 at 13:00 CET

After a great success in the ratings of the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest, the Hungarian public broadcaster MTV has opted for a televised national selection including two semi-finals this year. No less than 20 acts will battle for the ticket to Baku, all of which have been announced today:

  • Anti Fitness Club - Lesz, Ami Lesz
  • Bebe and the Change - Fans Will Be Friends
  • Caramel - Vízió
  • Compact Disco - Sound Of Our Hearts
  • Dancs Annamari - Feel
  • Fábián Juli & Zoohacker - Like A Child
  • Gallusz Niki & Vizy Márton - Európa, Egy A Szívünk
  • Gyurcsik Tibor - Back In Place
  • Heinz Gabi - Learning To Let Go
  • Kállay-Saunders András - I Love You
  • Király Linda & Ben & Viktor - Untried
  • Kiss Gina - Chasing Dreams
  • Kökény Attila & Bencsik Tamara - Állítsd Meg Az Időt
  • Monsoon - Dance
  • Pély Barna, Pál Eszter & Pál István ("Szalonna") - Open Your Heart
  • Puskás Péter - Csillagok
  • Sophistic - Yeah OK!
  • Tolvai Renáta - Élek A Szemeidben
  • Tóth Gabi - Nem Kell Végszó
  • Veres Mónika "Nika" - This Love

The title of the Hungarian national selection will be A Dal, which means The Song. On January 28th and on February 4th, two semi-finals will take place. In each of them, three finalists will be picked by an expert jury and another one by televoting.

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In the final of the Hungarian national selection, on February 11th, televoting alone will determine four super-finalists, out of which the winner and thus the act for Baku will be chosen by a 50/50 mix of televoting and the verdict of an expert jury. All shows will be broadcast live on m1 and on Duna World, starting at 20:00 CET. Now you can already check out short excerpts of the 20 entries in the following clip:

 

The panel jury during the TV shows will consist of Jenő Csiszár, radio and tv presenter, Philip Rákay, programme director of m1, Viktor Rakonczai, composer and former Eurovision Song Contest participant, and Kati Wolf, who represented Hungary in the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest with What About My Dreams.