MTVA, the Hungarian national broadcaster has announced the line up for the forthcoming Hungarian national selection, A Dal, quarter finals. A total of 3 quarter finals are scheduled to be held throughout the month of February.

A total of 30 songs will compete at the 2013 A Dal edition, 10 songs will compete in each of the 3 quarter finals.

Quarter-final 1, 2nd of February

  • Agárdi Szilvi-Pál Dénes – Szíveddel láss
  • Background – Neonzöld
  • Baricz Gergő – Húz
  • Bogi – Tükörkép
  • Fehér Zoltán – Nincs baj
  • Gyurcsik Tibor – Örök harc
  • Keresztes Ildikó – Nem akarok többé játszani
  • Mrs Columbo – Játszd újra
  • Palcsó Tamás – Ezt látnod kell
  • Rácz Gergő – Csak állj mellém

 Quarter-final 2, 9th of February

  • Bye Alex – Kedvesem
  • Éliás Gyula – Mindhalálig várni rád
  • Janicsák Veca – Új generáció
  • Kállay Saunders András – My baby
  • Odett – Ne engedj el
  • Plastikhead feat Gáspár Laci – A szeretet él
  • Rami – Puzzle
  • Szabó Ádám – Hadd legyen más!
  • Vastag Tamás – Holnaptól
  • Völgyesi Gabi – Csak te légy

Quarter-final 3, 16th of February

  • Brasch Bence – Túl egyszerű
  • Burai Krisztián – Született szívtörő
  • Cserpes Laura – Élj pont úgy
  • Flash Travel – Soha ne add fel az álmaidat
  • Hoffmann Mónika – Hullócsillag
  • Mohamed Fatima – Nem baj
  • Polyák Lilla – Valami más
  • Puskás Peti – Amíg a tűz ég
  • Radics Gigi – Úgy fáj
  • United – Tegnap még más voltál

From each heat, the six best songs will qualify to the semi-finals scheduled to be held on 23 and 24 February, based on a  jury and televoting deliberation. The grand final with 8 songs is scheduled to held on 2 March. The shows will be aired on the Hungarian national tv-channel  m1( terrestrial channel) and on Duna World (satellite channel) can be watched via satellite (Eurobird 9A). The shows will be aired live at 20:15 CET.

MTVA has informed esctoday.com that the first rehearsals took place yesterday and  whilst the camera rehearsals start tomorrow.

Medley of the 30 competing songs at A Dal 2013


Sanjay (Sergio) joined esctoday.com in December 2006 as an editor. He was appointed as the Head of Press of ESCToday.com in 2011. Hereafter in 2016 he was promoted as the Head of International Relations & Communications at ESCToday. Sergio has covered the Eurovision Song Contest live 22 times since 2000, having worked for several international magazines and media outlets.