Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 23

Hungary participated in the twenty-third edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged which was hosted in Limassol, Cyprus. The Hungarian entry was selected through the national competition A Dal 12, organised by the Hungarian broadcaster MTVA. Hungary was represented by Dér Heni with the song "I'm Alive". The entry qualified from the first semi-final and finished 18th with 91 points.
== Before Eurovision Tengaged==
On 20th October MTVA announced that Hungary will participate in the twenty-third edition of the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged, despite the poor results from last edition.
=== A Dal 12 ===
The format introduced a the new system format based on 50%/50% jury and public voting. MTVA presented the 4 candidates with some familiar faces in it.
A total of 18 country juries took part in the jury voting, whose votes were added up to the televoting later. The final started on 21 October, ending on 26 October2016. The winner announcement took place on 27 October 2016 where Dér Heni was announced as the big winner and got the right to represent Hungary in Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 23 with her song "I'm Alive".
#	Singer 	Song 	Jury	Televote	Televote	Points	Place
1	Jenn 	"Black Ocean" 	134 	150 	29,73% 	284 	2
2	Freddie 	"Na Jó, Hello" 	112 	123 	24,32% 	235 	3
3	Gabi Tóth	"Don't Save Me"	120 	54 	10,81% 	174 	4
4	Dér Heni 	"I'm Alive" 	138 	177 	35,14% 	315 	1
== At Eurovision Tengaged==
On 2 November 2016, the semi-final allocation draw for the Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 23 took place. Hungary was drawn to perform in the second half of the first semi-final.
Dér Heni finished in the eighteenth place with 91 points recieving 12 points from Belgium.
== Voting ==
Hungary participated and had to vote in the first semi-final. In the final, Hungary announced their votes as 8th.
=== Points awarded to Hungary ===
Points Awarded to Hungary (Semifinal)
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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 Fehér Balázs.
== See also ==
* Hungary
* Eurovision Song Contest Tengaged 23