Magdolna Rúzsa

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Rúzsa Magdolna

Background information
Born	November 28, 1985 (age 21) Vrbas, Serbia
Genre(s)	Pop, Rock
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	2006–present
Label(s)	CLS Records

Magdolna Rúzsa or simply Magdi Rúzsa (Hungarian: Rúzsa Magdolna) (born 28 November 1985 in Vrbas, Vojvodina, Serbia) is a Hungarian singer who won the title of the third season of Megasztár in 2006. On February 24, 2007 as the winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards she was chosen to represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest to be held in Helsinki, Finland.

1 Life
2 2006: Megasztár
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
4 External links

[edit] Life

Magdi Rúzsa, the 21 year-old Hungarian girl from Mali Iđoš (Hungarian: Kishegyes; village in northern Serbian province of Vojvodina) was discovered in 2006 thanks to the televised pop idol contest Megasztár in Hungary. She grew up in her hometown and studied in Subotica as a maternity nurse. After the high school, she wanted to go to Medical University, but as she could not afford it she decided to try her luck at the pop idol contest. Thus the smallest child of the family made her way to Budapest….and the story began.

What happened to Magdi from this moment on was a real fairytale. The very first appearance in the series predestined her to be the winner, from week to week more and more people fell in love with her true, passionate, unique voice. The whole industry praised her and claimed her to be the biggest happening in the last 30 years. She was singing like her big favorite Janis Joplin.

After winning the competition, her cover album with the performed songs in the finals went to triple platinum status and has sold to date around 80 000 copies. Her first artist album Ördögi angyal (Devilish Angel) was released on her birthday (28th November) and has sold 36000 copies until today with only one video. These two records were the biggest selling releases in 2006 in Hungary. It was therefore no surprise that Magdi was voted New Talent of the Year, and therefore she has the chance to represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, 2007. She picked her own song Unsubstantial Blues, in order to show her fantastic voice and express her emotions.

[edit] 2006: Megasztár

Song Performances on Megasztár (the Hungarian version of Pop Idol):

Original Audition: "Highway to Hell" (AC/DC) and "Aprócska Blues" (Magdolna Rúzsa)
Top 50: "Highway to Hell" (AC/DC) (semi-final)
Top 12: "Meghalok, hogyha rám nézel" (Hungária) (Hungária week)
Top 11: "Got My Mind Set on You" (George Harrison) (1980's week)
Top 10: "The Winner Takes It All" (ABBA) (ABBA & Boney M week)
Top 9: "Végső Vallomás" (United) (Hungarian week)
Top 8: "I Want to Break Free" (Queen) (Queen week)
Top 7: "Time Warp" (from The Rocky Horror Picture Show) (Musical week)
Top 6: "Vetközés" (with Ferenc Varga), (Barna Pély) (Duets week)
Top 6: "Piece of My Heart" (with Dániel Torres), (Janis Joplin) (Duets week)
Top 5: "When a Man Loves a Woman" (Percy Sledge) (Soundtrack week)
Top 5: "Ederlezi" (Goran Bregovic) (Soundtrack week)
Top 4: "O Fado De Ser Fadista" (Amália Rodrigues) (Latin week)
Top 4: "La Bamba" (Richie Valens) (Latin week)
Top 3: "One Love" (Bob Marley) (Personal favourite week)
Top 3: "Bring On The Night" (The Police) (Personal favourite week)
Top 3: "Cry Baby" (Janis Joplin) (Personal favourite week)
Top 2: "Road Runner" (Aerosmith) (Finale week) (winner)
Top 2: "Fegyverem az adrenalin" (Dániel Torres) (Finale week) (winner)
Top 2: "May It Be" (Enya) (Finale week) (winner)
Top 2: "Most élsz" (Péter Máté) (Finale week) (winner)

Finale: "The Winner Takes It All" (ABBA) (Crowned to be the Voice of 2006)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album cover	Album information
	A döntőkben elhangzott dalok Released: June 6, 2006 Chart Positions: #1 HUN HUN certification: 3x Platinum HUN Sales: 70.000+
	Ördögi angyal (Devilish Angel) Released: November 20, 2006 Chart Positions: #1 HUN HUN certification: 2x Platinum HUN Sales: 36.000+