Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

Hungary returned to the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 after skipping the 2006 Contest. It was represented by Magdi Rúzsa with the song "Unsubstantial Blues".

Eurovision Song Contest 2007
Country Hungary
National selection
Selection processArtist: Fonogram 2007
Song: Internal Selection
Selection date(s)Artist: 24 February 2007
Song: 12 March 2007
Selected entrantMagdi Rúzsa
Selected song"Unsubstantial Blues"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultQualified (2nd, 224 points)
Final result9th, 128 points
Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2005 • 2007 • 2008►

Before Eurovision

Fonogram 2007

The Hungarian entrant at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 was selected through the "Newcomer of the Year" category of the 2007 Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards, which took place on 24 February 2007 at the Jövő Háza Theater in Budapest. A preselection jury nominated six artists for the category and the winner, Magdi Rúzsa, was selected by a public vote consisting of votes submitted through telephone and SMS voting.[1]

DrawArtistTelevotePlace
1Eszter Bartók— —
2Angéla Póka— —
3Magdi Rúzsa31,0751
4Eszter Szabó— —
5Wendigo31,0572
6Wisdom— —

Song selection

Magdi Rúsza's Eurovision entry, "Unsubstantial Blues", selected from her debut album Ördögi angyal, was released and presented to the public on 12 March 2007.[2]

At Eurovision
Magdi Rúzsa performing Unsubstantial Blues at the May 12 finals. Photo by Indrek Galetin.

Due to missing the 2006 contest, Hungary had to compete in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Magdi Rúzsa represented Hungary at Eurovision, singing "Unsubstantial Blues" performed 22nd, following Andorra and preceding Estonia In the semi-final she came 2nd with 224 points and qualified to the final. She performed 8th in final following Slovenia and preceding Lithuania finished the contest in ninth place with 128 points. With changes to the format of the competition coming into effect for 2008, Hungary would have to compete in one of two semi-finals for qualification into the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2008. As Hungary was not the winner of the 2007 Contest and was not a member of the Big Four, other results in the previous contest no longer pre-qualified nations to the final of the forthcoming contest.

Points awarded by Hungary
Points awarded to Hungary (semi-final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point
Points awarded to Hungary (final)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

Commentators and spokespersons

See also

References
  1. "Magdi Rúzsa won with 31075 votes". eschungary.hu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  2. Kasapoglou, Yiorgos (12 March 2007). "Hungarian song announced". Esctoday.
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