Magdi Rúzsa
Magdolna "Magdi" Rúzsa (; sr, Магдолна Ружа, 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. Biography Born in Vrbas into the Hungarian ethnic minority in Serbia, 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 d ...
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Vrbas (town)
Vrbas ( sr-Cyrl, Врбас; hu, Verbász) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, the town had a population of 24,112, while the municipality had 42,092 inhabitants. Name Its name stems from the word "Willow" in the Serbian language. During the SFRY period, the town was renamed ''Titov Vrbas'' (meaning "the Vrbas of Tito"), after Josip Broz Tito. Like all other towns in Socialist Yugoslavia named after Tito, the first part was dropped once the new states were formed during the early 1990s. In Rusyn, the town is known as ''Вербас'', in Hungarian as ''Verbász'', in Croatian as ''Vrbas'', in German as ''Werbass'', and in Turkish as ''Verbas''. History Vrbas was mentioned first in 1213 during the administration of the Kingdom of Hungary. According to other sources, it was mentioned first in 1387. In the 16th century it became a part of the Ottoman Empire. During Ottoman administration ...
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