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 in the Eurovision Song Contest
◄2005 • 2007 • 2008►

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

Hungary 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.

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	-	-

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

See also

• Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest

References

1. "Magdi Rúzsa won with 31075 votes". eschungary.hu. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
2. "Rúzsa wins by just 18 votes". esctoday.com. Retrieved 2008-07-20.