Hungary participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2012 in Baku, Azerbaijan. The Hungarian entry was selected through A Dal (which means "The Song"), consisting of two semi-finals and a final, organised by the Hungarian broadcaster M1. Compact Disco represented Hungary with the song "Sound of Our Hearts", which qualified from the first semi-final and went on to place 24th in the final, scoring 19 points. Before Eurovision A Dal 2012 A Dal 2012 was the first edition of A Dal which selected the Hungarian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. Twenty entries competed in the competition that consisted of three shows which commenced on 28 January 2012 and concluded with an eight-song final on 11 February 2012. All shows in the competition were broadcast on m1 and Duna TV World. Format The format of the competition consisted of three shows: two semi-finals and a final. The three shows took place at MTVA studios in Budapest and were hosted by Zsóka Kapócs and Gábor Gundel-Takács. The semi-finals, held on 28 January and 4 February 2012, each featured ten entries with four advancing to the final from each show. The final, held on 11 February 2012, selected the Hungarian entry for Baku from the eight remaining entries. Voting Results during each show were determined by each member of the four-member judging panel and votes from the public. During the semi-finals, two rounds of voting determined which entries advanced to the final of the competition. In the first round of voting, each judge assigned scores to each entry ranging from 1 (lowest score) to 10 (highest score) immediately after the artist(s) conclude their performance. The summation of the judges scores determined the final scores for the first round. The top three entries with the highest scores advanced to the final in the first round of voting. In the case of a tie among the entries in the first round of voting, the judging panel would deliberate and determine which entries would advance. In the second round of voting, the remaining entries that did not qualify during the first round faced a public vote via submitting an SMS where the single entry that received the most votes from each semi-final would also advance to the final. In the case of a tie during the second round of voting, the entry which received a higher score during the first round of voting would advance