Eurovision Song Contest Moscow 2009 | News - Hungary: national final participants announced

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14/Jan at 17:56

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Hungary: national final participants announced

The 15 experienced music acts to compete in the Hungarian national final selection have now been revealed by broadcaster MTV. The songs were chosen by an jury that included Malek Miklós, Benko; László, Horgas Eszter and Lévai Balázs. As announced by esctoday.com back in November 2007, the Hungarian national final for the Eurovision Song Contest will be held on Friday 8th February.

The following singers will take part in the national final, as announced by MTV on their website this afternoon:

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Candis
Imre Zsuzsa
Vágó Zsuzsi - Mészáros Árpád Zsolt
Antal Zsuzsa & Fishers Company
DURE
Lola
21 gramm
Gál Csaba Boogie
Szekeres Adrienn
Hoffmann Mónika
Fiesta
Szatmári Orsolya
Csézy
Pflum Orsolya

Lola took already part in the 2005 national final with the song Szerelem but did not reach the top 4.

In 2007, Magdi Rúzsa represented Hungary and she finished second in the semi final and ninth in the final. The Hungarian entry Unsubstantial blues won the 2007 esctoday.com awards in three categories: Composer of the year, Best female performance and Best video. Furthermore, it was the runner-up in the Song of the year and Performance of the year categories.

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Csaba Nagy [44595]

Sun 20 Jan 2008 15:17:13

Monica has an amazing voice and she's beautiful! I think she would be a nice choice for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.
Good Luck Monica and I'll vote for You!

Viola Toth [44552]

Fri 18 Jan 2008 12:04:52

"I think it is more important for a Hungarian ESC artist that he/she can speak/sing good Hungarian..... "

Well, Monika can do that to! And I wonder why Hungary has got so few international stars...in comparison to Sweden. It's good to be able to speak/sing both languages!

cooler [23844]

Wed 16 Jan 2008 21:24:22

Thanks to Marcell, I've just listened to Candis - Van Aki Nyer and think it's great song: imagine those 3 girls on the ESC stage with proper choreography and in English.

Remind of Serebro and could achieve similar success.

Viola Toth [44552]

Wed 16 Jan 2008 09:19:28

Yes, you can never become international if you can't speak good english, unfortunately.

Stewie Griffin [26375]

Tue 15 Jan 2008 23:58:55

Magdi was great last year...very well sang, funky T shirt..loved the T shirt. Hope U `ll do it again Hungary.
Good luck

Jan 1964 [9886]

Tue 15 Jan 2008 21:13:59

top of that she can speak/sing good english! I would vote for her!
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I think it is more important for a Hungarian ESC artist that he/she can speak/sing good Hungarian.....

Viola Toth [44552]

Tue 15 Jan 2008 11:58:52

I think Monika would be perfect for this! She has got the energy, the voice, she is charming and on top of that she can speak/sing good english! I would vote for her!

Rita Markovich [38115]

Tue 15 Jan 2008 09:15:37

@vote united kingdom
Like usually- I agree with Khalid and you ofcourse.
Magdi was my fav. cause she brought quality in a simple, non glittery way..
No doubt the east sent better songs. It is about time the west improves and drop thr gimmics-simple ,powerfull songs sang by quality singers..

Sanna Johansson [44549]

Tue 15 Jan 2008 00:23:03

I'm delighted to see Monika Hoffman as a participant! Me and a bunch of my friends saw her live for the first time at the Sziget festival in Hungary! We were all stunned by her beautiful voice and her stage-presence, she's really a true performer
We're all routing for you,
- Lots of love from Sanna, Billan, Peter, Carl-Axel and Tord from Sweden