After last Saturday produced six qualifiers, tonight sees the second heat of the Hungarian national selection for the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest: A Dal 2018.

How to watch

The show is going to air live at 20:30 CET on:

  • Duna TV
  • Live webstream will also be provided, via Mediaklikk.hu

As last week, tonight’s hosts will be the 2016 Hungarian Eurovision entrant Freddie, alongside the journalist Krisztina Rátonyi.

Tonight’s show

Ten acts will perform their songs tonight in the second heat of A Dal 2018, with six going through to the next show after two rounds of voting.

In the first round of voting, the first five qualifiers will be determined by a combination of the jurors scores and an average score based on the televotes. In the second round, the remaining five entries face a public vote to determine the additional sixth qualifier.

Heat 2 contestants

  1. AWS – Viszlát nyár
  2. SavituS – Lusta lány
  3. Peet Project – Runaround
  4. Gergely Dánielfy – Azt mondtad
  5. Gábor Heincz Biga – Good Vibez
  6. Maya’n’Peti – Nekem te
  7. Nene zenekar – Mese a királyról
  8. Odett – Aranyhal
  9. Viki Singh – Butterfly House
  10. yesyes – I Let You Run Away

 

A Dal 2018 schedule

  • 20/01: Heat 1
  • 27/01: Heat 2 (Ten participants, 6 qualifiers)
  • 03/02: Heat 3 (Ten participants, 6 qualifiers)
  • 10/02: Semi-final 1 (Nine participants, 4 qualifiers)
  • 17/02: Semi-final 2 (Nine participants, 4 qualifiers)
  • 24/02: Grand final (Eight finalists, winner determined)

Eleanor (or Ellie), is 26 years old, is from Exeter in the UK. She combines motherhood with studying linguistics. Ellie was first allowed to stay up and watch the Eurovision Song Contest aged 5 in 1999, but really fell in love with it after the Athens 2006 contest. Big key changes and dramatic stage shows are an absolute must! Ellie has also written an A* academic dissertation on the cultural history of Eurovision.