Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

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Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Flag of Hungary Hungary
National preselection
Preselection process National Final
Preselection date(s) February 8, 2008
Selected entrant Csézy
Selected song Candlelight
Finals performance
Semi-final result Failed to qualify (19th)
Final result -


Hungary will compete in one of the two semi finals on May 22.

Hungarian national final was held on February 8, 2008. MTV chose 15 artists (out of 30) to perform their song on Hungarian National Final. Every artists had to send the song in Hungarian and in English as well, so all of the songs in NF were in Hungarian, but the winner song will be sung in English in Serbia.

The hosts were Éva Novodomszky and Levente Harsányi.

The jury gave 1 to 15 points to the songs, and the televoting also made a rank for the songs.

Song Artist Song Jury points Televotes Total Position
2 Ez ONE Lesz ki téged hazavár 22 1 4 5 15
9 Lola Legszebb nap 30 8 11 19 6
7 Zsuzsa Imre Érintés 27 5 10 15 10
3 Zsuzsi Vágó & Árpád Zsolt Mészáros Két szív 34 12 13 25 3
6 Fiesta Gyűlölve szeretni 30 8 12 20 5
5 Zsuzsa Antal & Fishers Company Falak között 36 13 7 20 4
11 DURE Nem ismerlek már 26 3 3 6 14
14 21 GRAMM Még egy dal 27 5 2 7 13
8 Csaba Gál (Boogie) Úgy figyeltelek 33 10 8 18 7
1 Candies Van aki nyer 26 3 5 8 12
10 Adrien Szekeres Piszkos tánc 39 15 14 29 2
4 Mónika Hoffmann Légy te az első 31 9 1 10 11
15 Orsolya Szatmári Véletlen 30 8 9 17 9
13 Csézy Szívverés 38 14 15 29 1
12 Orsolya Pflum Távol 34 12 6 18 8