Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007

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

Hungary was represented by Magdi Rúzsa in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song "Unsubstantial Blues".

Before Eurovision

Fonogram 2007

A jury selected 6 acts for the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards. The winner of the category, Magdolna Rúzsa, was selected as the winner by a public vote, and thus represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2007.[1]

Draw	Artist	Televote	Place
1	Eszter Bartók	–	–
2	Angéla Póka	–	–
3	Magdolna Rúzsa	31,075	1
4	Eszter Szabó	–	–
5	Wendigo	31,057	2
6	Wisdom	–	–

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

Semi Final

12 points	Serbia
10 points	Iceland
8 points	Bulgaria
7 points	Slovenia
6 points	Turkey
5 points	Netherlands
4 points	Latvia
3 points	Poland
2 points	Belarus
1 point	Norway

Final

12 points	Serbia
10 points	Bulgaria
8 points	Romania
7 points	Greece
6 points	Russia
5 points	Moldova
4 points	Belarus
3 points	Ukraine
2 points	Georgia
1 point	Turkey

Points awarded to Hungary (semi-final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Denmark Iceland Serbia	Finland Georgia Norway Portugal Romania	Austria Czech Republic Estonia Latvia Netherlands Poland Sweden	Belgium Croatia Ireland Lithuania	Germany Slovenia
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Albania	Andorra Bulgaria Cyprus Malta Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom	Russia		Belarus Bosnia and Herzegovina Spain Turkey

Points awarded to Hungary (final)
12 points	10 points	8 points	7 points	6 points
Serbia	Finland	Denmark Iceland Norway Romania Sweden	Germany	Andorra
5 points	4 points	3 points	2 points	1 point
Belgium Georgia Ireland Latvia Slovenia	Croatia Estonia Lithuania Netherlands	Switzerland	Austria Poland Portugal United Kingdom	Malta

Commentators and spokespersons

Commentators – Gábor Gundel Takács
Spokespersons – Éva Novodomszky

References

"Magdi Rúzsa won with 31075 votes". eschungary.hu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-20.

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[1] "Magdi Rúzsa won with 31075 votes". eschungary.hu. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2008-07-20.