The first quarterfinal of Hungary’s national selection, A Dal, was held Saturday. Six of the ten acts qualified this evening for the semi-finals, which will be held on February 15th and 16th. The other two quarterfinals will be held February 1st and 8th, each with six more songs advancing. The final will be held February 22nd.
A jury consisting of Jenő Csiszár, Kati Kovács, Philip Rákay, and Magdi Rúzsa, who represented Hungary at Eurovision in 2007, chose three songs. After the jury selection, the remaining seven songs were put to a televote and the televoters selected the remaining three.
The jury selected:
Running Out Of Time – Viktor Király (40 points)
Morning Light – Marge (36 points)
Hogy segíthetnék? – Leslie Szabó (35 points)
Televoters selected:
Egy percig sztár – Oláh Ibolya
Retikül – Group’n’Swing
Csak a zene – Depresszió
Which song do you want to represent Hungary?