Magdolna Rúzsa

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Rúzsa Magdolna
Magdi Rúzsa performing at the ESC 2007 in Helsinki.
Magdi Rúzsa performing at the ESC 2007 in Helsinki.
Background information
Born November 28, 1985 (1985-11-28) (age 22)

Titov Vrbas, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Genre(s) Pop, Rock
Occupation(s) Singer
Years active 2006–present
Label(s) CLS Records
The native form of this personal name is Rúzsa Magdolna. This article uses the Western name order.

Magdolna Rúzsa (Serbian: Магдолна Ружа, Magdolna Ruža) or simply Magdi Rúzsa (born 28 November 1985 in Titov Vrbas, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia) is a Hungarian singer who won the title of Megasztár, Hungary's version of Pop Idol, in 2006. As the winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards in 2007, she represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland. She came in ninth with 128 points.

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[edit] Biography

Magdi Rúzsa, a 22 year-old Hungarian girl originally from Mali Iđoš (Hungarian: Kishegyes; a village situated in the north Serbian province of Vojvodina) was discovered in 2006, thanks to the third edition of the televised pop idol contest Megasztár (Megastar) in Hungary.

She grew up in her home town, but studied in Subotica as an obstetric nurse. Following high-school, her ambition was to attend medical university. Being unable to afford it, she decided to try out for a pop idol contest in Budapest.

After winning the competition, Magdi's album - featuring the songs performed by her during the show's finals - went triple platinum and to date has sold around 80,000 copies. Her first artist album Ördögi Angyal (Devilish Angel) was released on her birthday (November 28), and has sold 36,000 copies so far with the release of one video. These two records were the biggest selling releases in 2006 in Hungary. She often performs songs by her favorite singer Janis Joplin. Magdi was voted New Talent of the Year in 2006, representing Hungary at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. She selected her own song Unsubstantial Blues. She decided to sing in English, because she felt that the lyrics of the song are of high importance and wanted people to understand what "Unsubstantial Blues" was all about. The semi-finals took place on May 10, 2007, and Magdi made her way to the finals with the 2nd place and 224 points behind the eventual winner Serbia. At the final on May 12, 2007 she finished 9th with 128 points. Being the songwriter of Unsubstantial Blues, she was also granted the Best Composer Award, which is given to the best songwriter among the Eurovision song composers every year.

[edit] 2006. Hungarian Idol - Megasztár

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

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

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Album information
A döntőkben elhangzott dalok
  • Released: June 6, 2006
  • Chart Positions: #1 HUN
  • HUN certification: 3x Platinum
  • HUN Sales: 70.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Most élsz (#2 HUN)
Ördögi angyal (Devilish Angel)
  • Released: November 20, 2006
  • Chart Positions: #1 HUN
  • HUN certification: 2x Platinum
  • HUN Sales: 36.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Aprócska blues (#9 HUN, #59 SWE)
    • Hip-Hop (#6 HUN)
    • Vigyázz a madárra (#9 HUN)
Kapcsolat Koncert
  • Released: November 1, 2007
  • Chart Positions: #7 HUN
  • HUN certification: Platinum
  • HUN Sales: 15.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Vigyázz a madárra (#9 HUN)

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