Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Hungary was represented by Csézy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008 with the song "Candlelight".

Eurovision Song Contest 2008
Country Hungary
National selection
Selection processEurovíziós Dalverseny 2008: Magyarországi döntő
Selection date(s)8 February 2008
Selected entrantCsézy
Selected song"Candlelight"
Finals performance
Semi-final resultFailed to qualify (19th, 6 points)
Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest
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Before Eurovision

Eurovíziós Dalverseny 2008: Magyarországi döntő

Eurovíziós Dalverseny 2008: Magyarországi döntő was the Hungarian national selection that selected Hungary's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Competing entries

MTV opened a submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries. Every artist had to send both the Hungarian and English version of the song, so all of the songs in NF were in Hungarian, but the winner was sung in English in Serbia. From all 30 songs submitted to MTV, 15 songs were selected by a jury panel for the competition. The selection jury consisted of Miklós Malek, László Benko, Eszter Horgas and Balázs Lévai.

Artist Song (English translation) Songwriter(s)
Adrien Szekeres "Piszkos tánc" (Dirty dance) Adrien Szekeres, Gábor Kiss
Candies "Van aki nyer" (Somebody wins) Szabó Zé, Ákos Várszegi
Csaba Gál (Boogie) "Úgy figyeltelek" (I was looking at you) Csaba Walkó, Csaba Gál, István Balahoczky
Csézy "Szívverés" (Heartbeat) Imre Mózsik, Jánosi, Viktor Rakonczai
DURE "Nem ismerlek már" (I don't know you anymore) DURE
Ez ONE "Lesz, ki téged hazavár" (Someone will wait for you) Attila Fehér, Ákos Várszegi
Fiesta "Gyűlölve szeretni" (Love and hate) Tamás Knapik
Lola "Legszebb nap" (The most beautiful day) Eszter Major, Viktor Rakonczai
Monika Hoffman "Légy te az első" (Be the number one) Ágnes Szabó, Zoltán Dandó
Orsolya Pflum "Távol" (Far away) János Bende, Tamás Kelemen
Orsolya Szatmári "Véletlen" (Accidentally) László Sárkány, Richárd Révész
Zsuzsa Antal & Fishers Company "Falak között" (Between walls) Charles Fisher, Zsuszsanna Antal
Zsuzsa Imre "Érintés" (Touching) Gábor Mészáros, Sándor K. Varga
Zsuzsi Vágó & Árpád Zsolt Mészáros "Két szív" (Two hearts) Tibor Kocsák, Szillárd Somogyi, Tibor Miklós
21 GRAMM "Még egy dal" (One more song) László Müller, 21 GRAMM

Final

The final was held on 8 February 2008 at the Fortuna Stúdió in Pólus Center in Budapest, hosted by Éva Novodomszky and Levente Harsányi. The winner was chosen by an "expert" jury (50%) and televoting (50%). The jury gave 1 to 10 points to the songs, and the televoting also made a rank for the songs, with the first song on each list receiving 15 points. As there was a tie at the end of the voting, the televoting took precedence and led to the victory of Csézy.[1] Three days later the new English version "Candlelight" was published.[2]

Final – 8 February 2008
Draw Artist Song Jury Televote Total Place
Votes Points
1 Candies "Van aki nyer" 26 3 5 8 12
2 Ez ONE "Lesz, ki téged hazavár" 22 1 4 5 15
3 Zsuzsi Vágó & Árpád Zsolt Mészáros "Két szív" 34 12 13 25 3
4 Monika Hoffman "Légy te az első" 31 9 1 10 11
5 Zsuzsa Antal & Fishers Company "Falak között" 36 13 7 20 4
6 Fiesta "Gyűlölve szeretni" 30 8 12 20 5
7 Zsuzsa Imre "Érintés" 27 5 10 15 10
8 Csaba Gál (Boogie) "Úgy figyeltelek" 33 10 8 18 7
9 Lola "Legszebb nap" 30 8 11 19 6
10 Adrien Szekeres "Piszkos tánc" 39 15 14 29 2
11 DURE "Nem ismerlek már" 26 3 3 6 14
12 Orsolya Pflum "Távol" 34 12 6 18 8
13 Csézy "Szívverés" 38 14 15 29 1
14 21 GRAMM "Még egy dal" 27 5 2 7 13
15 Orsolya Szatmári "Véletlen" 30 8 9 17 9

At Eurovision

In previous years, if a country placed in the top 10 countries in the final they automatically qualified to the final of the next contest. Had this rule remained for the 2008 contest, Hungary would have directly qualified for the final. However, a change in rules due to the large intake of countries participating in the contest meant that only five countries, the host country and the Big 4 countries, would automatically qualify to the final. As such, Hungary were forced to compete in one of the two semi-finals of the 2008 contest in Serbia. She competed in the second semi-final on May 22, performing fifteenth. She placed nineteenth and last with six points, getting four points from Serbia, one from Georgia and one from Denmark.

Commentators and spokespersons

Points Awarded by Hungary[4]
Points Awarded to Hungary (Semi-Final 2)
12 points 10 points 8 points 7 points 6 points
5 points 4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point

References
  1. Klier, Marcus (2008-02-08). "Hungary decided: Csézy to Eurovision!". EscToday.com. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  2. Floras, Stella (2008-02-11). "Hungary: Csézy to perform in English in Belgrade". EscToday.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-31. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
  3. "Information on Hungarian broadcasting". eschungary.extra.hu. Archived from the original on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  4. Eurovision Song Contest 2008


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