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Posted by: LexC 19th October 2015, 04:09 PM
Hungary
Freddie - Pioneer
Posted by: LexC 19th October 2015, 04:10 PM
A Dal 2016 will follow the same concept as in previous years: In a series of preliminary heats, the selected acts will compete for a place in the final show. The qualifiers will be chosen by a combination of televoting and an expert jury.
Song submissions can be made at MTVA until November 25th. Performers of the songs have to be Hungarian citizens or have to speak Hungarian as their native language. Composers who are foreign citizens and whose native language is not Hungarian may only enter the contest if their song is recorded with an artist complying with this rule.
Songs submitted to A Dal 2016 should preferably be written in Hungarian language. However, the contestants may enter their songs in English, provided they hand in a Hungarian trranslation of the lyrics. A detailed version of the rules can be found on the official A Dal website
Hungary are currently on a 5 year Q streak which for a 'B-League' country is pretty good going, so whoever's coming next has a lot to live up to.
Posted by: AdamAloud 19th October 2015, 04:20 PM
A Dal has proved quite the success for them, so I look forward to seeing what they come up with.
Posted by: LeXmas 15th December 2015, 04:44 PM
The lineup for this has been announced. IV and Passed from A Dal last year and the Hungarian entrant from 2014 Andras Kallay-Saunders (this time with a band in tow I think, it's not clear) are all back. Clips or full versions of the songs can be found http://wiwibloggs.com/2015/12/15/a-dal-2016-names-of-the-thirty-acts-revealed/111147/.
Not won over by any of those three 'big' names on first impression but I'll leave the people with nothing else in their lives to sift through them and discern what's good (hi Ryan!).
Posted by: Ryan. 30th December 2015, 04:07 AM
The song with arguably the most hype at the moment is 'Who We Are' by Kállay Saunders Band (it is András with his band that he formed after Eurovision 2014 and some of the hype may come from the fact it is a returning artist admittedly), and I absolutely love it! András gets to show a complete different tone to his voice and it really works. Anthemic electronic pop-rock we could possibly call it, I think it could give András a second Eurovision top 5 if it did win A Dal especially as they are working with a graphic artist (who is ByeAlex's sister) to create a special background animation!
I may actually prefer this to 'Running' and I loved that!
Posted by: mdh 30th December 2015, 10:00 AM
Kallay-Saunders is actually one of my favourite artists at the moment. Any of the upbeat songs from Delivery Boy would make perfect Eurovision entries (for all the right reasons, I mean) 
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Who We Are is a really good song and all, but I would prefer a song like Faded, or After Party, but maybe that's just because I've listened to them more. Still, whatever song it is I don't really mind, I'm just pleased to see him on the show again (hopefully)
Posted by: Ryan. 30th December 2015, 08:15 PM
I heard Victory when that was released and really liked it, but never checked out their album. However on the strength of this track, I think I'll definitely give it a listen at some point! 
Posted by: mdh 30th December 2015, 11:25 PM
Imo Victory would've been more suitable for eurovision but~~
Give Roses a listen btw, it shows a completely different side to him/them
Posted by: mdh 31st December 2015, 09:29 AM
Another front runner for Hungary is this song by Patai Anna, which is genuinely crap and sounds exactly like one of those terrible first round entries that gets forgotten. Or maybe I'm just too desperate to get Kallay-Saunders Band to represent them lol. It's not too bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FU25C5-b1cA
Posted by: mdh 8th January 2016, 10:35 PM
The first semi final of A Dal is coming up soon, in which I believe ten acts perform.
Still hoping Kallay-Saunders Band can get it this year again
Posted by: mdh 25th January 2016, 05:53 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary_in_the_Eurovision_Song_Contest_2016#Voting
The first heat of A Dal 2016 has finished with the votes on that page ^^^^
Kallay-Saunders band in the next heat, hope he can advance 
Posted by: Ryan. 2nd February 2016, 04:18 PM
And indeed he did, in first place! Apparently he has been unwell, but he sounded pretty great to me bar an iffy first few seconds!
From the first two heats, it looks like the potential winners are them and Freddie who won last week. Pioneer is decent but it hasn't quite clicked with me yet:
Posted by: mdh 4th February 2016, 07:42 AM
Really hoping Kallay and the Band can qualify - he seems the favourite to do so
That voice in the chorus 
Posted by: Qassändra 7th February 2016, 12:57 AM
Just FLOATING IN to say that Győz a jó (one of the second heat qualifiers) is UTTERLY SENSATIONAL and MUST WIN
It's like a return to the GLORY DAYS of the late 00s!
Posted by: 💯 7th February 2016, 06:36 AM
Yasssssssss please
Posted by: mdh 18th February 2016, 06:50 PM
The first semi final happened recently, and the following qualified..
Petruska "Trouble in My Mind"
Gergő Oláh "Győz a jó"
Kállay Saunders Band "Who We Are"
Mushu "Uncle Tom"
The votes were very close between these 4, but the public gave Kallay-Saunders the highest rating (out of 10) so that's all I'm bothered about 
Posted by: Ryan. 18th February 2016, 08:12 PM
It definitely looks promising for Kállay Saunders Band if they make it to the final 4 where it is televote only, especially as Who We Are has charted in the top 10 on some chart apparently from what I read the other day. However with them only coming 3rd in the semi final, I'm worried they could miss out on the top 4 in the first place, hopefully Freddie is the only strong act in semi 2 otherwise it could be a nervous wait in the first part of the final!
Posted by: Ryan. 21st February 2016, 12:46 AM
Looks very likely Freddie is going to win after his performance tonight. I hadn't quite been on board with Pioneer in the past, but his revamped staging has definitely help it click with me tonight:
Would still prefer Kállay but Freddie would be very deserving too!
Posted by: mdh 21st February 2016, 08:39 AM
That Freddie song is actually quite good - I've still got high hopes for KSB though as they are a household name in Hungary
Posted by: 💯 21st February 2016, 06:29 PM
holy shit pioneer is serving such hard top 5 at eurovision teas! *.*
Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 12:05 AM
HUNGARY
A Dal
27th February 2016
Begins at 6.40pm in the UK, 7.40pm in Hungary and Central Europe
The show is scheduled to last 2 hours 15 minutes
Watch the selection on http://www.eurovision.tv/page/webtv?program=194153 or via the http://www.mediaklikk.hu/duna-world-elo/
Running Order
Click ♫ to listen to each song!
01 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4j2Od2PBd14 Mushu - Uncle Tom
02 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHyVaCvFWTc Parno Graszt - Már nem szédülök
03 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0tBQgmiHWc Olivér Berkes & Andi Tóth - Seven Seas
04 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JAlTGQNPWg Petruska - Trouble In My Mind
05 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrKZocEe5oA Gergő Oláh - Győz a jó
06 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMNcDQENT6o Freddie - Pioneer
07 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--zF9ihpmlw Kállay Saunders Band - Who We Are
08 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PJrAIOCro André Vásáry - Why
Voting
The voting will consist of two rounds. The first round of voting will be 100% jury vote in which the four jurors will each give out 4, 6, 8 and 10 points to the favourite 4 entries, and the four acts with the most points will progress to the second round or "superfinal". The second round will then be decided by 100% televoting where the winner will be chosen!
Potential Winners?
At the time of writing, Betfair have Freddie as favourite to win on odds of 4/7 and the fact that he has topped jury voting and app voting in previous rounds would suggest this is a likely result. Kállay Saunders Band are second favourites on 2/1, but this will be based on the presumption they make it to the top 4 televoting round as based on jury scores in the previous round it could go either way for them in regards to making it to that top 4. Petruska, Mushu and Gergő Oláh are next in line on odds of 11/2, 6/1 and 8/1 respectively.
Further details available at http://esctoday.com/109790/hungary-watch-now-a-dal-2016-final/
Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 03:05 PM
I've edited in the running order above, and hopefully that suggests either Freddie or Kállay Saunders will win - either of which would be amazing results! I worry about Gergő who seems to have quite a bit of fan hype, hopefully that doesn't translate into votes.
Posted by: Iz~ 27th February 2016, 03:32 PM
But it's ETHNIC.
(I listened to it because I expected another 'Iz band', but this is not what I was expecting, and inspired!)
Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 08:24 PM
Through to the televote-only superfinal is Freddie, Gergő Oláh, Kállay Saunders Band and Petruska!
Kállay Saunders Band performed twice after András said his earpiece failed in his first performance, he was better in his second performance but still far from perfect so is lucky to make the superfinal in my opinion - but I'm glad he has.
Posted by: Ryan. 27th February 2016, 08:52 PM
Freddie wins!
Posted by: 💯 27th February 2016, 09:13 PM
Yasssssssss
Posted by: mdh 4th March 2016, 04:49 PM
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