page_title: Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018
section_title: Competing entries
hierarchical_section_title: Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 / Before Eurovision / A Dal 2018 / Competing entries
caption_attribution_description: English: A Dal 2018 participants: the best 30 Magyar: A Dal 2018 elődöntősei: a legjobb 30
context_page_description: Hungary participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018. The local Media Services and Support Trust Fund and the Hungarian broadcaster Duna Media Service Provider organised the national final A Dal 2018 in order to select the Hungarian entry for the 2018 contest in Lisbon, Portugal.
context_section_description: On 10 October 2017, MTVA opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 20 November 2017.
  Among the qualifiers, there are some artists and bands who made their comeback to A Dal-stage. Ceasefire X and Péter Szikszai (male part of Maya ‘n’ Peti) competed in 2016 as part of the boyband ByTheWay. 
  Viki Eszes is in the running now with #yeahla, and took part in the past two times: in 2013 with the band Background, and in 2017 as part of The Couple. The Fourtissimo participated in A Dal once before; in 2015 they performed Run to You along Gyula Éliás. 
  Gábor Heincz Biga and Viktor Király are no similar names in the national selection as well, they were part of the first ever A Dal-superfinal in 2012; the former with his song Learning to Let Go, and the latter with his siblings, performed Untried. Then in 2014 Viktor went on as a solo artist with Running Out of Time. 
  Gabi Knoll took part in the 2014 national selection with her song Sweet Memories, but did not advance to the next round. 
  Attila Kökény was the very first entrant of A Dal in 2012 with Tamara Bencsik. 
  The lead singer of the band Leander Kills took part in the show before at two occasions: in 2015 with his former band called Leander Rising, and in 2017 with the existing formation, with the song called Élet. 
  Maszkura és a tücsökraj competed in A Dal 2016, and gained the worst ever public score in the heats, scoring only 4 out of the maximum 10. This has since been given twice more in 2018, in the second semifinal for the entries sung by Cintia Horváth & Tomi Balogh  and Nikoletta Szőke, Attila Kökény and Róbert Szakcsi Lakatos.
  The Noémo's lead singer, Noémi Takácsová "BülBüls" sang Minden mosoly in 2014, while Odett was a wildcard entry in the 2013 edition of the contest. Then A Dal 2016 started with her English language song Stardust, but did not advance to the next stage. 
  Benjámin Pál (lead singer of Living Room) and the Peet Project were two of the qualifiers a year before with their entries Father's Eyes and Kill Your Monster.
  Ádám Szabó was in the race in several occasions before: after a quick elimination in 2013, he came back in 2015, and placed second in the grand final with Give Me Your Love. In 2017 he sang the song Together, and this time he is back with his electro-rock formation called yesyes. 
  The Matter (under the name Mushu) was a finalist in 2016 with Uncle Tom, and would've take part in the 2018 selection as well, but withdrew due to family issues. The band Patikadomb replaced them with Jó szelet!. 
  Reni Tolvai made her first appearance in A Dal in 2012, and stayed at the first stage of the show with Élek a szemeidben. Later she came back in 2016, and advanced to the semi-finals. 
  Tamás Vastag marked his third presence in the national selection, as he took part in A Dal 2013 with Holnaptól, and a year later with Állj meg villág.
caption: The top 30 entries of A Dal 2018
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