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Tonight, Hungary held it’s first semi-final of “A Dal”, the contest that is going to choose the Hungarian entry for this year’s Eurovision in Baku, Azerbaijan. Three acts were chosen by the jury voting, while the other one by the public. Compact Disco, Gábor Heincz and Caramel were selected by the jury while Gabi Tóth was chosen by the viewers votes.

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Tonight, after every song performer, the “A Dal” juries Kati Wolf, Jenő Csiszár,  Philip Rákay and Viktor Rakonczai rated the song from 1 to 10 points. The most successful act was Compact Disco with “Sound of our hearts” receiving 39 points, second was ranked Gábor Heincz with “Learning to Let Go” with 38 points while the third act chosen by the jury was Caramel with “Vízió” receiving 34 points. After the jury results were finally announced, the host opened the televoting where people from Hungary could choose their favorite to go to the final. After the voting was over Gabi Tóth resulted victory.

Finalists

• “Sound of our hearts” by Compact Disco (qualified by the jury)
• “Learning to let go” by Gábor Heincz (qualified by the jury)
• “Vízió” by Caramel (qualified by the jury)
• “Nem Kell Végszó” by Gabi Tóth (qualified by televoting)

Non-qualifiers

5. “I love you” by András Kállay-Saunders  (32 points)
6. “Eurőpa, egy a szívunk” Nikolett Gallusz and  Márton Vizy (31 points)
7. “Hangok a szívekért” by Barna Pély, Eszter Pál & István Pál “Szalonna”  (29 points)
8. “Állítsd meg ad idöt” by Attila Kökény and Tamara Bencsik (24 points)
9. “A fél veled egész” by Rudi Krisz  (18 points)
10. “Feel” by Annamari Dancs (15 points)

The second semi-final of this year’s A Dal is scheduled for next week, 11th February on 20:15 CET. Stay tuned!