Today, Médiaszolgáltatás-támogató és Vagyonkezelő Alap (MTVA) has announed the 30 participants for the 2017 edition.
The Participants are :-
Benji – Karcok
Berkes Olivér – Ecstasy
Calidora – Glory
Csondor Kata – Create
Fedor KYRA – Got To Be A Day
Garay Anna feat Kása Júlia – Jártam
Henderson Dávid – White Shadows
Jetlag – Keresem a bajt
Kállay Saunders Band – 17
Kanizsa Georgina – Fall Like Rain
Leander Kills – Élet
Mrs Columbo – Frozen King
Mujahid Zoltán – On My Own
Muri Enikő – Jericho
Pál Benjámin – Father’s Eyes
Pápai Joci – Be kell csuknod a szemed
Peet Project – Kill Your Monster
Peter Kovary & The Royal Rebels – It’s A Riot
Radics Gigi – See It Through
Roma Soul – Nyitva a ház
Sapszon Orsi – Hunyd le a szemed
Singh Viki – Rain
Soulwave – Kalandor
Spoon 21 – Deák
Szabó Ádám – Together
Szabyest – Szerelem kell
The Couple – Vége van
The Wings – Mint a hurrikán
Tóth Andi – I’ve Got A Fire
Totova and Freddie Shuman feat Lotfi Begi – Hosszú idők
Some of the songs are already out and you can listen to them by clicking on the name of the song here, while snippets of all of them can be found at the following link: http://www.mediaklikk.hu/a-dal-versenyzok/
The heats are scheduled for the 14th, 21st and 28th of January.
Semifinals will be held on 4th and 11th of February, while the Grand Final of A Dal 2017 will be on February 18th.
As in previous years, there will be a four pannel jury.
This year Frenreisz Karóly, Miklós Both, Caramel and Zséda will judge the contestants.
From this announcement one can note the return of András Kallay Saunders, the frontman of the Kállay Saunders Band. András finished in the 5th place with Running in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Since A Dal was introduced in 2012, Hungary has always went through the semifinals. In 2016, Hungary was represented by Freddie with Pioneer, whom achieved a 19th place in the Final. Who would you like to see succeed Freddie in the 2017 edition?