Magdolna Rúzsa

The native form of this personal name is Rúzsa Magdolna. This article uses the Western name order.
Rúzsa Magdolna

Magdolna's Photoshoot 2012
Background information
Also known as Magdi Rúzsa
Born (1985-11-28) November 28, 1985
Titov Vrbas, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Origin Hungary
Genres Pop, Rock
Occupation(s) Singer, musician, entertainer
Instruments vocals
Years active 2005–present
Labels CLS Records, Magneoton
Website http://www.rmfc.hu

Magdolna Rúzsa (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɡdolnɒ ˈruːʒɒ]; Serbian: Ружа Магдолна, Ruža Magdolna) or simply Magdi Rúzsa (born 28 November 1985 in Titov Vrbas, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian-Hungarian pop singer who won the 2006 title of Megasztár ("Megastar"), Hungary's nationwide talent search, that resembles, but is not based on, Pop Idol. As the winner of the category "Newcomer of the Year" at the Fonogram Hungarian Music Awards in 2007, she represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki, Finland with the song "Unsubstantial Blues". She finished ninth and won a Marcel Bezençon Award in the Best Composer category. She often performs songs by her favorite singer, Janis Joplin.

Biography

Rúzsa studied in Subotica as an obstetric nurse. She was discovered in 2005, after winning the third season of Megasztár (Megastar) in Hungary.

After winning the competition, Rúzsa's album, featuring the songs she performed during the show's finals, went triple platinum and to date has sold around 80,000 copies. Her first artist album Ördögi Angyal (Devilish Angel) was released on her birthday (November 28, 2006), and has sold 36,000 copies so far. These two records were the biggest-selling releases in 2006 in Hungary.

Rúzsa was voted New Talent of the Year in 2006, representing Hungary at the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. She decided to sing in English because she felt that the lyrics of the song are of high importance and wanted people to understand what Unsubstantial Blues was all about. The semi-finals took place on May 10, 2007, and Rúzsa made her way to the finals in second place with 224 points. At the final on May 12, 2007, she finished ninth with 128 points. Being the songwriter of Unsubstantial Blues, she was also granted the Best Composer Award, which is given to the best songwriter among the Eurovision song composers every year.

Magdi Rúzsa - Royal Castle, Budapest, 2014

2005/2006 Megasztár

Song performances by Rúzsa on Megasztár:

Finale: "The Winner Takes It All" (ABBA) (Crowned to be the Voice of 2006)

Discography

All figures and chart positions are given for Hungary if not stated otherwise.

Album information
A döntőkben elhangzott dalok
  • Released: June 6, 2006
  • Chart position: #1
  • Certification: 3x Platinum
  • Sales: 70.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Most élsz (#2)
Ördögi angyal (Devilish Angel)
  • Released: November 20, 2006
  • Chart position: #1
  • Certification: 2x Platinum
  • Sales: 36.000+
  • Official singles:
Kapcsolat Koncert
  • Released: November 1, 2007
  • Chart position: #7
  • Certification: Platinum
  • Sales: 15.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Vigyázz a madárra (#9)
Iránytű (Compass)
  • Released: November 5, 2008
  • Chart position: #2
  • Certification: Gold
  • Sales: 7.500+
  • Official singles:
    • Rövid utazás
Magdaléna Rúzsa
  • Released: November 28, 2011
  • Chart position: #2
  • Certification: 2x Platinum
  • Sales: 8.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Gábriel (#10)
Tizenegy (Eleven)
  • Released: November 11, 2012
  • Chart position: #1
  • Certification: 2x Platinum
  • Sales: 8.000+
  • Official singles:
    • Tárd ki a szíved (#33)
    • Csak a bolond remél
    • Ná-ná-ná (#30)
Dalok húrokra és fúvósokra
  • Released: November 28, 2014
  • Chart position: #3
  • Certification: 1x Gold
  • Sales: 2.000+

See also

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Preceded by
NOX		 Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
2007 		Succeeded by
Csézy
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