Magdi Rúzsa

Magdi Rúzsa
Rúzsa in 2012
Background information
Birth nameMagdolna Rúzsa
Born (1985-11-28) 28 November 1985
Titov Vrbas, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
OriginHungary
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
InstrumentVocals
Years active2005present
Labels
Websiteruzsamagdi.hu

Magdolna "Magdi" Rúzsa (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈmɒɡdolnɒ ˈruːʒɒ]; Serbian: Магдолна Ружа, romanized: Magdolna Ruža; born 28 November 1985) is a Hungarian 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.