Denmark and Hungary have revealed their points for the OGAE Poll 2023, and the two countries have given their 12 points to Sweden. The Nordic powerhouse gets its 9th and 10th 12 points in this year’s poll. The OGAE Poll 2023 started three weeks ago and as of today, 13 countries awarded their points. France kicked off the voting, then …
The world famous music festival ‘Sziget-2022’ in Budapest, Hungary is expected to have a line-up of famous artists such as Dua Lipa, Justin Bieber, Calvin Harris and many others over this weekend. Apart from those world famous celebrities, Sziget is expected to have at least 3 Ukrainian artists well known for Eurovision fans. Despite being a politically neutral music festival, …
Thunder and lightning, it’s getting exciting. Today is the first day of October and we’re finally getting some new information, although from Reddit, so take this with a lot of caution. Apparently Hungary is back in the game as the rules for the former, and maybe upcoming, national final, A Dal, were published and immediately deleted. There it was stated …
On February 6th of this year, we learned that AWS member and Eurovision alum Örs Siklósi had sadly passed away from leukemia at age 29. Many fans of the band and the Eurovision community took to social media to remember the impact Örs had. Now it’s the band’s turn to commemorate him. The music video for their new single “Emlékszem/I …
While the Hungarian broadcaster has been giving Eurovision itself a wide berth since they quit the contest ahead of last year’s edition, their national selection A Dal has been reborn as a national song contest, promoting Hungarian language music in the country and providing cash prizes for the finalists. Last night, the final of the competition took place with eight …
Some shockingly sad news to bring you from Hungary this afternoon, as AWS have confirmed their lead singer Örs Siklósi has passed away at the age of just 29. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AWS Official (@awsofficial) The band, who represented Hungary in Eurovision 2018 with “Viszlát nyár”, have confirmed that Örs was diagnosed …
This morning it was discovered that the rulebook and submission window for A Dal 2021 were released on the official A Dal website. Last year the country decided to pull out of Eurovision but continue the A Dal show to feature and celebrate “Hungarian musicians in the pop scene.” According to the rule book posted on the website: entries must …
The old phrase “gone but not forgotten” comes to mind this evening, as despite the country’s withdrawal from the contest in Rotterdam, Hungary’s selection process A Dal began tonight with the first heat taking place. With the competition continuing without the main prize of a Eurovision participation, there have been a number of changes to the format this year. Notably, …
They might be out for 2020, but doesn’t mean that they no longer are part of the family. Yesterday, the full line-up of the former Hungarian national final, A Dal 2020 was revealed to the public, and despite the withdrawal from the contest, we actually still see a lot of familiar names. A Dal 2020! Unless you’ve been living under …
The below editorial features the opinions and views of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of #escYOUnited as a whole, Eurovision or the EBU. As far as Eurovision is concerned, the 2010s are done and dusted. ESC United is currently running a series ranking the entrants that each country sent during the 2010s, and as we recap …
