Are you hungry for some more national final songs? Well the 30 songs competing in A Dal 2019, the national selection for Hungary at Eurovision 2019, have been revealed. These 30 acts will be divided across three heats, which start on January 19. They’ll be reduced to 18 songs across two semi-finals which will then be reduced even further to 8 songs in the final. But which is your favourite?
A Dal has been Hungary’s national selection method since 2012. The A Dal winners have ensured Hungary has made every grand final since, even clocking three top-ten finishes. But can their act for Tel Aviv do the same?
We’ve done the hard work for you and have combined all 30 entries into one playlist for you to enjoy. After you’ve listened to all of the songs, we want to know what you think! What is your favourite song in A Dal 2019? You can vote for as many songs as you like in our poll below, but you can only vote once — so choose wisely!
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Joci Pápai - Az én apám - Hungary 🇭🇺 - Official Music Video - Eurovision 2019
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Pápai Joci: Az én apám (A Dal 2019 Döntő)
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The Middletonz: Roses (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Vavra Bence: Szótlanság (A Dal 2019 Döntő)
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Nagy Bogi: Holnap (A Dal 2019 Döntő)
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Szekér Gergő: Madár, repülj! (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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Fatal Error: Kulcs (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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Acoustic Planet: Nyári zápor (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Oláh Gergő: Hozzád bújnék (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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Antal Tímea feat. Demko Gergő: Kedves Világ! (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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yesyes: Incomplete (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Leander Kills: Hazavágyom (A Dal 2019 harmadik válogató)
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Berkes Olivér: Világítótorony (A Dal 2019 első válogató)
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Mocsok 1 Kölykök: Egyszer (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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Konyha: Százszor visszajátszott (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Salvus: Barát (A Dal 2019 harmadik válogató)
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DENIZ: Ide várnak vissza (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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The Sign: Ő (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Petruska: Help Me Out of Here (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Hajdu Klára: You’re gonna rise (A Dal 2019 második válogató)
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Nomad: A remény hídjai (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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USNK: Posztolj (A Dal 2019 első elődöntő)
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Heatlie Dávid: La Mama Hotel (A Dal 2019 második válogató)
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Ruby Harlem: Forró (A Dal 2019 második elődöntő)
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Kyra: Maradj még (A Dal 2019 harmadik válogató)
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Pátkai Rozina: Frida (A Dal 2019 első válogató)
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Monyo Project: Run Baby Run (A Dal 2019 harmadik válogató)
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Diana: Little Bird (A Dal 2019 második válogató)
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Gotthy: Csak 1 perc (A Dal 2019 második válogató)
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Hamar Barni: Wasted (A Dal 2019 első válogató)
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Váray László: Someone who lives like this (A Dal 2019 első válogató)
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Yes Yes: Incomplete (Tökéletlen) - A DAL 2019 - Akusztik
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Berkes Olivér: Világítótorony - A DAL 2019 - Akusztik
Video unavailable for “Holnap” by Bogi Nagy. Listen to the song HERE.
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I’m late. Too much songs to review! Anyway, I agree, A Dal 2019 looks pretty strong. Hungary should be proud of its music industry. These are the songs I specially like (the lives could change it all, some may not work):
1. Walston x yesyes – Incomplete (8/10)
2. Pápai Joci – Az én apám (7.5/10)
3. Konyha – Százszor visszajátszott (7.5/10)
4. Oliver Berkes – Világítótoroni (7/10)
5. Oliver Berkes – Lighthouse (7/10)
6. Fatal Error – Kulcs – (7/10)
7. Nagy Bogi – Holnap – (6.75/10)
Wow, this is definitely one of the best selections of this year. I love the diversity and the amount of songs in Hungarian. I haven’t listened to all the songs but Leander Kills’, Olivér Berkés’, and Joci Pápai’s are the ones I remember the most right now. I can’t wait for the live shows ^^
YesYes are still my favorites, I remember I saw their song on TrapNation and only after they announced their participation to ADal, plus we know they can deliver a strong live performance. About Middletonz I am really curious to see how they do the live as well Deniz ( I am a bit afraid looking some live on YouTube).
Either Rozina or Middletonz both are really good songs, have to be honest Hungarian a bit of a hard sell to my ear so most of those songs were a bit lost on me.
Woow, you can always count on Hungary regarding quality and diversity. My favourite is Roses by the Middletonz, it’s so fresh and different. However, I would be be fine with Joci or Yesyes as well. 🙂 Budapest 2020? Who knows..
Incomplete – yea it’s very radio-friendly but it’s amazingly produced, it truly sounds like a top-tier DJ song and I would love to hear it at Eurovision. Roses – a mazy song with lots of interesting elements. The chorus isn’t the strongest or the catchiest, but the song could be charming on stage. Hazavágyom – much better than their song from last year. Very original, loved the instrumental and the timeless vibes. Ide várnak vissza – oh wow the early 00s guitar (and production overall) gives me LIFE. It’s throwback but not dated. It’s like a 2019 version of I… Read more »
We agree on many, disagree on some, yet I appreciate your comment for being so elaborate.
I only like Rozina – Frida. Very cool and alter-pop, that’s what I wish there were more of at the ESC. Most of the songs are just a boy with guitar and a very bland boring song, Ed Sheeran-style. I guess Oliver or Joci will win, which is OK. I just wish something more progressive like Frida would win at least once in Hungary, but that’s not gonna happen. So I hope that Belgium’s Eliot delivers the goods after Loic and Blanche.
I thought Eurovision fans hate radio-friendly songs we’ve heard before. But based on the poll result, it’s not the case.
A Dal is probably the best NF thus far. Half of songs are great. Songs I find really good (alphabetically):
– Oliver Berkes
– Deniz
– Diana
– David Heatlie
– Konyha
– Leander Kills
– The Middletonez
– Joci Papai
– Rozina Patkai
– Gergo Szeker
– USNK
– Walston x Yesyes
One of them is one of my top 2 of all NFs thus far, but I’m pulling a “Purple Mask” move now and will let you wonder for now. 🙂
Lol, your list is most likely gonna please the fans of literally anyone 🙂 I hope your only one from these is Konyha.. 😉
I’m with Leander Kills, Barni or Joci. By the way, Rozina sounds like Anouk.
So, uh…we kinda know who’s singing for Belgium.
Who?
RTBF just confirmed its Eliot Batsilimiet, a guy who – surprise, surprise! – competed on The Voice Belgique. His song is apparently being co-written by one of the writers of City Lights, which definitely gets me excited.
Berkes Oliver has the best song….in ALL of the NFs so far.
I’m running out of SMS platforms to let him know that he has to sing it in Hungarian, though.
I like Hungarian version of his song and dislike English, too.
I could not agree more!! As Lighthouse it’s good, but as Világítótorony it’s something special. I might start demanding he sing it in Hungarian too…
Surprisingly Gergo Szeker is definitly my favourite, I love it!My picks would be:
1.Gergo Szeker
2.The Middletonz
3.Leander kills
I really don’t hear anything outstanding in “Incomplete” PLEASE don’t send this. There are so many good and interesting songs, Incomplete is not one of them…
Konyha is the far best option Hungary has got! There are a few more good songs in their NF like Deniz, Petruska, Gergo Szeker, Diana or Joci, but this one is just a masterpiece! Hungarians please choose Konyha!!!
Btw, there are only 29 songs out on YouTube, not 30.
Haha…they put both versions of Oliver Berkes’ song in there so “technically” they do have a playlist of 30!
Yes, Holnap is still not available on YT, only on official page.
Yesyes 4 D Win!!!
Got hooked on GERG? SZEKÉR from the very beginning and I was unable to get to like any other song after that. Maybe DÁVID HEATLIE if I had to choose.
Already started writing English lyrics to Madár Repülj and then I looked up the translation and I wasn’t far off. Even though I don’t know Hungarian. That speaks volume to me if I can feel the emotions of the song, not knowing what the artist is singing about.
Where did you find the translation of it?
The Middletonz can’t go to Israel if they win because one of them (not András – the other guy) is Iranian. And he is not allowed to enter Israel
What nonsense! Israel doesn’t impose restrictions on who can or cannot Enter the country based on where they come from. And in fact there are many Iranian Jews living in Israel. ISrael’s 1991 Eurovision representative Rita was originally from Iran and in the last few years Israel even gave asylum to an Iranian Muslim journalist called Neda Amin – look it up. So, don’t comment about stuff you don’t know about.
The best songs are in Hungarian.
And fans are hyping generic English songs like Incomplete or Roses…
Agree. Konyha, Deniz and Gergo Szeker are masterpieces!
Vílágítótorony is amazing, as is the English version. I know Eurovision fans are getting behind yesyes because of their previous attempts and Joci Pápai since Origo did so well…but neither of them have the best songs this year. To me, Lighthouse deserves to win, but I will also say that Frida might be even /more/ of a dark horse. It’s also a great song, and something very different for Hungary. In previous years of A Dal, Hungary has always seemed to pick acts that shake things up. I have faith they’ll choose a good act
Sorry, but the English version of Vilagitotorony not sounds good for me.. It lost its melodicy. Hungarian version was amazing.
On another note, what are The Middletonz (mainly Mr. Kallay-Saunders) going to do about those expletives? The EBU won’t let that pass, yet the song doesn’t rhyme in English without the bad words. Substitute for “duck”?
I have a dilemma here. I really want Oliver Berkes to win, but that song cannot fit the time-limit at Eurovision – I don’t see how that 4-minute song can be cut to 3 minutes without damaging consequences resulting from the cut. So that means I need to look elsewhere. Possibly Leander Kills. But my heart says Oliver Berkes. 🙁
Songs get edited to Eurovision length all the time. Look at Mall last year…Albania still came top 10 after shortening it
Indeed. The challenge is to edit it without spoiling the musical development or the narrative of the storytelling lyrics. It’s a huge challenge.
You can listen to the 3-minutes version on the A Dal website, basically they cut the piano intro and outro, and the second chorus. It stays coherent and great IMO 🙂
Here’s the link :
https://www.mediaklikk.hu/a-dal-2019-videok/video/2019/01/14/berkes-oliver-vilagitotorony/
Thank you for the link. 🙂
The progression does indeed remain coherent. But as I feared, the beauty of the song as a whole has been lost in the cuts. In the three-minute form, it is no longer my favourite from Hungary. It is still very good, but it really misses that extra minute, I feel.
Agree with you. I personally loved the piano. I think it was the thing that had made this song special and beautiful.. In the 3-min version it misses really much.
I love Lighthouse.. usually I prefer when the songs are kept in Hungarian, but for this one I prefer the English version.
I definitely prefer the Hungarian version, but the English one is really well done. The lyrics still feel special, unique, and well-written. Lighthouse doesn’t sound like a translation at all in that respect, so I appreciate it
I really want yesyes to win this time, because they deserves it and the song is a ”music bomb”, I like it so much.
If not yesyes, then The Middletonz, Olivér Berkes or Gerg? Szekér.
For me – the best songs are by Papai Joci (ok, I like Origo a little bit more, but this is still great) and Leander Kills (last years song was amazing and made me get their album – this one is also awesome). I also like Rozina Pátkai.
For me, YesYes is not as good as last year., and a false favourite
Imo the 2 best opportunities for Hungarian success in Tel Aviv are Joci Papai ( better song than 2017 ) and the fabulous Leander Kills ( all those north European jury votes for the celtic sounds on offer ) . My preference would be for the latter!?
Joci Papai has the best song in my opinion. But I also like the Middletonez.
La Mama Hotel is an underrated bop. I hope David Heatlie kills it live
I like Oliver Berkes song, but I know this song has no chance to win
He has a chance to win, because hungarian people likes his song.
I really hope he wins. His song is absolutely amazing
Definitely Konyha with “szaszor visszajatszött” , I feel like people are majorely looking over this one. There really are some hidden gems inbetween the hungarian songs while in the meantime only the english songs end up on top in the poll.
100 times YES!! Konyha is the far best song Hungary has got this year! Really hope it wins! There are a few more good songs, but Konyha is killing them all!!