Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31

Hungary participated in the thirty-first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged which was hosted in Zagreb, Croatia. The Hungarian entry was selected through the national competition A Dal 19, organised by the Hungarian broadcaster MTVA. Hungary was represented by Ceasefire X with the song "Satellites". The entry was automatically qualified to the final for being part of the Big 5, while it finished in 24th place with 78 points in the Grand Final.
== Before Eurovision Tengaged==
On 21st June 2018, MTVA announced that Hungary would participate in the thirty-first edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged.
=== A Dal 19 ===
The format kept the previous system format with 2 rounds. MTVA presented the 4 candidates with new artists.
A total of 20 country juries took part in the jury voting, whose votes were added up to the televoting later. The final started on 21st June, ending on 27th June 2018. The winner announcement took place on 28th June 2018 where Ceasefire X was announced as the winner and won the right to represent Hungary in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31 with his song "Satellites".
#	Singer 	Song 	Jury	Televote	Televote	Points	Place
1	Mardoll 	"Fire and Fuel"	144 	140 	25,00% 	288 	2
2	Tamás Horváth	"Meggyfa" 	122 	88 	15,64% 	210 	4
3	Ceasefire X 	"Satellites" 	180 	227 	40,63% 	407 	1
4	HAVASI 	"The Road" 	114 	105 	18,75% 	219 	3
== At Eurovision Tengaged==
On 28th June 2018, the semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31 took place. Hungary was drawn to vote in the first semi-final.
Ceasefire X finished in 24th place with 78 points without recieving 12 points from any country.
== Voting ==
Hungary participated and had to vote in the first semi-final. In the final, Hungary announced their votes as 7th.
=== Points awarded to Hungary ===
Points Awarded to Hungary (Grand Final)
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=== Points awarded by Hungary ===
Semifinal 1 votes
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=== Spokesperson and commentators ===
In Hungary, the semifinals and final were aired on MTVA. The Hungarian spokesperson in the grand final was Freddie.
== See also ==
* Hungary
* Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 31