Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013
| Eurovision Song Contest 2013 | ||||
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| Country |
 Hungary
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| National selection | ||||
| Selection process | A Dal 2013 | |||
| Selection date(s) |
Heats: 2 February 2013 9 February 2013 16 February 2013 Semi-finals: 23 February 2013 24 February 2013 Final: 2 March 2013 |
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| Selected entrant | ByeAlex | |||
| Selected song | "Kedvesem" | |||
| Finals performance | ||||
| Semi-final result | Qualified (8th, 66 points) | |||
| Final result | 10th, 84 points | |||
| Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Hungary participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 in Malmö, Sweden. The Hungarian entry was selected through a national selection format titled again "A Dal" (which means "The Song"), consisting of three heats, two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Hungarian broadcaster MTVA.ByeAlex represented Hungary with the song "Kedvesem", which qualified from the second semi-final of the competition and finished in 10th place in the final, scoring 84 points.
On 24 October 2012, MTVA announced the rules and regulations for their selection procedure, A Dal, and opened the submission period for artists and composers to send in their entries. The deadline was set to expire on 20 December; however, MTVA granted an extension until 31 December.
On 4 January 2013, MTVA announced that the jury for the competition would comprise:
On 10 January 2013, during a press conference held by MTVA, out of a total of 244 submissions, a jury committee chose 30 songs to proceed to the next stage of the competition. On 24 January, MTVA allocated the 30 songs into three heats comprising 10 songs each.
On 2, 9 and 16 February 2013, three heats took place where the jury and public selected 18 songs in total to proceed to the semifinals. The semi-finals were held on A Dal-hétvége (The Song-weekend) on 23 February and 24 February, where the jury selected their top two in each show and the public selected an additional two songs from the remaining options to quality to the final. Eight songs competed in the final on 2 March 2013.
The three heats, two semifinals and final were hosted by Gábor Gundel-Takács and Éva Novodomszky, with Márton Buda conducting backstage interviews.
The songs "Ha virág lennék" and "Anyáddal" were withdrawn from the competition on 11 January 2013 as the songs were in breach of the contest rules, which state that songs cannot be presented before 1 September 2012. The songs "Hullócsillag" performed by Mónika Hoffman and "Ne engedj el" performed by Odett were named as replacements. On 14 January 2013, the song "Katatón dal" was also in breach of the same rule and was replaced by "Élj pont úgy" performed by Laura Cserpes.
The first heat of A Dal took place on 2 February 2013. The jury panel rated each song from 1-10 with the top three highest scoring songs qualifying as the jury's choice. Ildikó Keresztes, Gergő Rácz and Szilvia Agárdi and Pál Dénes were the jury qualifiers, which left the remaining seven songs facing a public televote. Gergő Baricz, Tibor Gyurcsik and Tamás Palcsó were the televoting qualifiers.
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