Songwriter Viktor Rakonczai represented Hungary in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997 as part of the band V.I.P.

[1] Hungary's best placing in the contest was fourth, which they achieved with their début entry in 1994 with the song "Kinek mondjam el vétkeimet?"

Hungary had attempted participate in the contest in 1993, however, their entry was eliminated in the preselection show Kvalifikacija za Millstreet.

In 2007, Hungary achieved their second best result in the contest since their début, placing ninth with the song "Unsubstantial Blues" performed by Magdi Rúzsa.

[3] Eurovíziós Dalverseny 2008: Magyarországi döntő was the national final that selected the Hungarian entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2008.

Fifteen entries competed in the competition which took place at the Pólus Center's Fortuna Stúdió in Budapest and was hosted by Éva Novodomszky and Levente Harsányi.

The summation of the jury scores created a final ranking from which points from 1 (lowest) to 15 (highest) were distributed.

[5] The jury panel consisted of:[6] Artists and composers were able to submit their applications and entries for the competition between 9 November 2007 and 12 December 2007.

[15] According to Eurovision rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country and the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) are required to qualify from one of two semi-finals in order to compete for the final; the top nine songs from each semi-final as determined by televoting progress to the final, and a tenth was determined by back-up juries.

[21][22] On stage, Csézy was joined by four backing vocalists: Miklós Németh, Ignác Czutor, Gergő Rácz and Gábor Molnár.

Viktor Rakonczai and Gergő Rácz previously represented Hungary in 1997 as part of V.I.P., with all backing performers being members of the a cappella group Fool Moon.

[23] At the end of the show, Hungary was not announced among the top 10 entries in the second semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final.