Magdi Rúzsa: The bus stop sign was my idea

Magdi Rúzsa´s participation in the Eurovision Song Contest became somewhat of a fairy tale come true. Not only did she manage to qualify for the final, she also reached the 9th place in the grand final and thereby secured Hungary a guaranteed place in next year´s final. After the final Magdi received the Composers´ award and recently she won the ESC Radio Award for Best Female 2007. In the same voting Unsubstantial Blues won 2nd prize in the Best song 2007 category.

Warm congratulations Magdi on the 9th place in the Eurovision Song Contest final and the 2nd place in the qualifying heat! How does it feel?

- It was really big pleasure!

Are you the slightest bit disappointed that you did not finish 2nd in the final as well?

- Well, we didn’t know in the final, that we had qualified in second place. We are not disappointed, as we saw that voting was rather based on geographical and national base than on musical taste

You finished in the top 3 in the televote in all the Nordic countries, why do you think your song was so popular in that particular region?

- I think my song is different from the others in the contest, and Nordic countries have a really sophisticated taste, so I am very happy they liked my song.

You were born in Serbia, how did you feel when you got 12 points in the Serbian televote?

- I was extremely happy, I know this was thanks to the people living in Vojvodina and the nearby.

And what do you think about the Serbian victory?

- It is a really great song, and she is a really big talent, so she deserved it well.

Did you make any news friends among your fellow competitors in Helsinki?

- Well, we made good relationship with Dado Topic, and there is a chance of future co-operation with him as well

Whose idea was it to have the bus stop sign on stage in Helsinki?

- It was my idea, and my label boss chose a nice bus stop design for it

What are your plans now? Are you going to release anything in other countries than Hungary?

- My CD has just been made available on Amazon.de and we hope that our Hungarian distributor Universal Music can make the release in Nordic territories happen.

Would you ever consider participating in the Eurovision Song Contest again?

- Yes, sure, why not, but again only with such a song that is typical of me