The Hungarian broadcaster MTVA announced the dates for A Dal, the popular selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest.   January 25 – Heat 1 February 01 – Heat 2 February 08- Heat 3 February 15-  Semi-final 1 February 16- Semi-final 2 February 22- Final In addition, the jury which will have a 50% say in picking the winner consist …

MTVA, The Hungarian National Broadcaster has confirmed today the country’s participation in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Copenhagen. It has also been announced that this year’s entry will be selected through the “A Dal” (The Song) format. This format was successfully introduced in 2012 and includes  2 national semi-finals and one grand final. Dates are yet to be confirmed. …

ESC United talked to the acts that had their first rehearsals today. They will be performing in the second half of Semi Final 2 at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden. The Semi Final will take place exactly next Thursday so let’s get to know them a little better. Unfortunately we were unable to get you the Georgia interview …

OGAE Rest of World has selected their entry for the The OGAE Second Chance Contest. It’s Gigi Radics’ “Ugy Faj”! The OGAE Second Chance Contest is a video event organised by branches of OGAE, the international fan club of the Eurovision Song Contest. Each branch submits a song that did not win their country’s national selection. Each branch then votes …

Every year our “Expert” Panel comes together to judge all entries for the Eurovision Song Contest and they’re back to take apart the 2013 entries and rank them accordingly. While their characters and comments may be wacky, the scores are dead serious. All 13 panelists will comment on the song and rank them accordingly giving it points using a scale …

The Hungarian Final took place tonight and the Hungarian televoters (as well as International Fans) voted their hearts out and decided that ByeAlex should fly the flag for Hungary in Malmo. The results came as a big surprise to many fans as Gigi Radics and Kallay Saunders were the favorites and would battle for the top spot. Listen to his …

Hungary is going to pick their 2013 entry tonight and the ESCUNITED readers had a chance to vote for their favorite song and we have a landslide winner. With eight songs in the running, Gigi Radics received more than half of your votes and goes into tonight’s show as the front runner. A whooping 52% want to see her taking …

The Hungarian National Final is only a few days away and we would like to know which of the songs still in the running you like best and feel should win on Saturday? Hungary has been seeing more success in recent years by qualifying two years in a row for the Eurovision Final and are eager to continue that streak. …

Tonight the second Hungarian Semi Final took place. Nine songs competed and the the jury and televoters picked two acts each to move on to the Final Stage of the NF.   The jury picked: Gigi Radics – Úgy fáj [vsw id=”FzeLnuTycSE” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]   Tamás Vastag – Holnaptól [vsw id=”q4ol97Otc_Q” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] The televoters picked: …

Tonight the first Hungarian Semi Final took place. Nine songs competed and the the jury and televoters picked two acts each to move on to the Final Stage of the NF.   The juries picked: András Kállay Saunders – My baby [vsw id=”1gDPSSOfvUs” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”] Gergő Rácz – Csak állj mellém  [vsw id=”6cBBpAAXNuY” source=”youtube” width=”425″ height=”344″ autoplay=”no”]   …