The third and final heat of A Dal 2018 in Hungary, the country’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, will take place tonight.

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

The hosts of A Dal 2018 are the 2016 Hungarian Eurovision entrant Freddie, alongside the journalist Krisztina Rátonyi.

Tonight’s show

As with the previous two heats, ten acts will perform their songs tonight, with six continuing through to the semi-final stage.

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 3 contestants

  1. #yeahla feat. Viki Eszes1 Szó Mint 100
  2. Andy Roll – Turn the lights on
  3. Roland GulyásH Y P N O T I Z E D
  4. Ham ko HamBármerre jársz
  5. Cintia Horváth & Tomi BaloghJourney (Break your chains)
  6. Tamás HorváthMeggyfa 
  7. Maszkura és a tücsökrajNagybetűs szavak
  8. Nova ProspectVigyázó
  9. Nikoletta Szőke, Attila Kökény & Róbert Szakcsi LakatosÉletre kel 
  10. Reni Tolvai Crack my code

A Dal 2018 schedule

  • 20/01: Heat 1
  • 27/01: Heat 2
  • 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.