Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country  Hungary
National selection
Selection process Fonogram 2007.
Selected entrant Magdolna Rúzsa
Selected song "Unsubstantial Blues"
Finals performance
Semi-final result 2nd, 224 points
Final result 9th, 128 points

Hungary has returned to Eurovision in 2007 and the winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards represented Hungary. A jury selected 6 acts then televoting decided the winner. Magdi Rúzsa represented Hungary at Eurovision, singing "Unsubstantial Blues". She made it into the final of the contest, where she performed her song eighth, following Slovenia and preceding Lithuania. She finished the contest in ninth place with 128 points. In the semi-final she performed twenty-second and came 2nd with 224 points.

Contents

Nominated artists

# Artist Televotes Place
1 Eszter Bartók - -
2 Angéla Póka - -
3 Magdolna Rúzsa 31075[1] 1st
4 Eszter Szabó - -
5 Wendigo 31057[2] 2nd
6 Wisdom - -

Commentators and spokespersons

See also

References

  1. ^ "Magdi Rúzsa won with 31075 votes". eschungary.hu. http://eschungary.extra.hu/news/2007/helsinki2007_magdi_vilaghir.html. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
  2. ^ "Rúzsa wins by just 18 votes". esctoday.com. http://esctoday.com/news/read/7813. Retrieved 2008-07-20. 
(Note - Entries scored out are when Hungary did not compete)
Italics indicates semi-finalists who did not advance to the final.