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Exclusive: Talking with Hungary's Magdi Rúzsa
Magdi talks about making videos and her passion for singing in the first part of our two part interview. She also talks about growing up in Serbia and her thoughts on reactions when she was selected to represent Hungary in the the Eurovision Song Contest.
Click to read "Part 1 - Lady Sings the Blues" here.
In the second part of our interview Magdi talks about her song Unsubstantial blues and her planned performance in Helsinki. The song is an emotional song for her, and she talks about that "casual man". Finally Magdi hints at the directions she hopes to go after the Song Contest.
Click to read "Part 2 - Lady Sings the Blues" here.
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this song is growing on me... 
I'm a little indifferent to this - her voice sounds forced and underdeveloped, and the song fizzles out flat towards the end. Ambitious and stylish but not much more than that.
Also this will play-won't play attitude by Hungary is slightly annoying - I didn't think Nox was THAT good, frankly, to sulk over it - this is actually better.
My ranking (semi-final):
01. NORWAY (THE WINNER!!!!!)
02. Bulgaria
03. Cyprus
04. Switzerland
05. Estonia
06. FYR.Macedonia
07. Hungary
08. Georgia
09. Poland
10. Slovenia
11. Denmark
12. Austria
13. Portugal
14. Belgium
15. Montenegro
16. Andorra
17. Albania
18. Malta
19. Netherlands
20. Serbia
21. Turkey
22. Latvia
23. Iceland
24. Moldova
25. Croatia
26. Czech Republic
27. Israel
28. Belarus
My ranking (final)
01. United Kingdom
02. Bosnia-Herzegovina
03. Greece
04. Ireland
05. Russia
06. Lithuania
07. Armenia
08. Sweden
09. France
10. Spain
11. Germany
12. Finland
13. Ukraine
14. Romania
Do you really believe that she can qualify for the finals? Well, it might be a quality song, but not many ESC spectators will have patience to listen to it till the end, let alone to vote for it.
@ Carla T
Hungary has no help from their neighbours! Not even Austria helps them! they gave a 7 to NOX in 2005 Semi Final, but no points in the final, so I think that it's very difficult for one of my fav countries to pass in the final...
Good luck Magdi, we love you!
With a little help from a central-European block...maybe Hungary will apear in the finals this year too!
i think Hungary can make it to the final too - there is alot of rubbish in this years contest and people sitting through it will remember the strong voices and songs and Magdi may just make it to saturday - i'll be voting for her
We'll be cheering for you here. Good luck from your home country - Serbia! 
I like Magdi a lot. I believe she will be in the final because people will be amazed about her live performance- at least I hope so but with her voice nothing should go wrong!
I think she will be around 8th- 10th place in the Semi- Final and around 10th- 12th place in the Final.
Anyway, the best of luck for Magdi and Hungary!
Magdi belongs to the singers with the strongest voices this year!
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