Hungary: Songs for A Dal 2019 revealed in full length

The national Hungarian broadcaster MTVA has revealed the 30 entries that will compete in A Dal 2019 and the honor to represent Hungary at Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv.

There are a couple of former Eurovision artists on the list, who both finished in top-10 at Eurovision: Joci Pápai who represented Hungary at Eurovision 2017 with Origo. András Kállay-Saunders is also well known among fans, as he represented Hungary at Eurovision 2014 with Running. This year he is part of The Middletonz.

A Dal 2019

This year's A Dal will consist of six shows: Three heats, two semi-finals and one final. In each of the heats there are 10 entries, top-six qualifies to one of the two semi-finals.

• Heat 1: 19 January 2019 (10 entries 6 qualifiers to semi-finals)
• Heat 2: 26 January 2019 (10 entries 6 qualifiers to semi-finals)
• Heat 3: 2 February 2019 (10 entries 6 qualifiers to semi-finals)
• Semi-final 1: 9 February 2019 (9 semi-finalists 4 qualifiers to final)
• Semi-final 2: 16 February 2019 (9 semi-finalists 4 qualifiers to final)
• Final: 23 February 2019 (8 finalists 4 super-finalists 1 winner)

Hosts of all the shows are Freddie and Bogi Dallos

Hungary in Eurovision Song Contest

Hungary has participated in Eurovision Song Contest 16 times since its debut in 1994. The Best result was in the debuting year 1994 where the song "Kinek Mondjam El Vétkeimet" finished 4th.

Since the introduction of the Semi-finals in 2004 Hungary has qualified for the Grand Final 10 out of 12 times - The last 8 years Hungary did qualify for the Grand Final. Their worst result was in 2008 where Hungary went last in Semi-final 2.