Hungary: national final participants announced

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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:

  • EZ ONE zenekar
  • 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 inthe Song of the year and Performance of the year categories.