Hungary : With AWS and the song “Viszlát nyár” to Lisbon

AWS is the great winner of A Dal 2018 and will represent Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest in Lisbon. The song has the title “Viszlát nyár” and is in Hungarian language.
Analytical results
Eight songs participated in the final which had two phases. In the first phase, the eight candidates were judged by the four-member committee. Each member of the committee voted four songs. The four highest-ranked candidates qualified for the second phase. The ranking was as follows:
- Zsolt Züle – Zöld a május
- Gergely Dánielfy – Azt mondtad
- Gábor Heincz (BIGA) – Good vibez
- Leander Kills – Nem szól harang
- AWS – Viszlát nyár
- Viktor Király – Budapest girl
- yesyes – I let you run away
- Tamás Horváth – Meggyfa
After the four member jury voting, the four candidates who qualified for the super finals of A Dal 2018 were:
- Dánielfy Gergely – Azt mondtad 36
- Király Viktor – Budapest Girl 30
- yesyes – I let you run away 28
- AWS – Viszlát nyár 8
- Leander Kills – Nem szól harang 6
- Heincz Gábor Biga – Good Vibez 4
- Horváth Tamás – Meggyfa 0
- Süle Zsolt – Zöld a május 0
Draw | Artist | Song | J. Schell | M. Mező | K. Frenreisz | M. Both | Total | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leander Kills | “Nem szól harang” | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | — |
2 | yesyes | “I Let You Run Away” | 10 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 28 | |
3 | Zsolt Süle | “Zöld a május” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
4 | Tamás Horváth | “Meggyfa” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Gábor Heincz Biga | “Good Vibez” | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | — |
6 | Gergely Dánielfy | “Azt mondtad” | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 36 | |
7 | AWS | “Viszlát nyár“ | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
8 | Viktor Király | “Budapest Girl” | 6 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 30 |
In the second phase the television audience was asked to choose his favorite candidate from the four finalists. The winner of the voting was :
This is Hungary’s 16th participation in the Eurovision Song Contest. The country made its debut in 1994 with Friderika Bayer, which reached fourth (Hungary’s best position to date). Since 2012 he has been using the national final A Dal for the choice of the player without ever having left the final. In 2017 he was represented by Papai Joci and the song “Origo“, winning the eighth place.
Let’s see if the good tradition, Hungary has during the last years in Eurovision Song Contest, will continue this year in Lisbon.