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Bosnia and Herzegovina at Eurovision

Bosnia and Herzegovina first sang at the Eurovision Song Contest in 1993 and has entered 19 contests, the last of them in 2016. It has never won; its best result is 3rd place, in 2006.

19
contests
0
wins
3rd
best
first song
1993
last song
2016
contests
19
wins
none
best result
3rd — 2006
in the final
9 of 10 tries since semi-finals began in 2004
sung in
Bosnian (12), English (7), Serbian (2), French (1), Croatian (1)
not in the line-up
1998, 2000, 2013–2015

Every song

All 19 entries, newest first. The year opens the story of that contest; the name opens the artist.

Year Artist Song Result Points
2016 Stockholm Dalal and Deen Ana Rucner and Jala “Ljubav je” Bosnian Out in semi-final 1 (11th of 18) 104
2012 Baku Maya Sar “Korake ti znam” Bosnian 18th of 26 55
2011 Düsseldorf Dino Merlin “Love in Rewind” English 6th of 25 125
2010 Oslo Vukašin Brajić “Thunder and Lightning” English 17th of 25 51
2009 Moscow Regina “Bistra voda” Bosnian 9th of 25 106
2008 Belgrade Laka “Pokušaj” Bosnian 10th of 25 110
2007 Helsinki Marija Šestić “Rijeka bez imena (Ријека без имена)” Serbian 11th of 24 106
2006 Athens Hari Mata Hari “Lejla” Bosnian 3rd of 24 229
2005 Kyiv Feminnem “Call Me” English 14th of 24 79
2004 Istanbul Deen “In the Disco” English 9th of 24 91
2003 Riga Mija Martina “Ne brini” Croatian, English 16th of 26 27
2002 Tallinn Maja “Na jastuku za dvoje (На јастуку за двоје)” Serbian, English 13th of 24 33
2001 Copenhagen Nino “Hano” Bosnian, English 14th of 23 29
1999 Jerusalem Dino and Béatrice “Putnici” Bosnian, French 7th of 23 86
1997 Dublin Alma Čardžić “Goodbye” Bosnian 18th of 25 22
1996 Oslo Amila Glamočak “Za našu ljubav” Bosnian 22nd of 23 13
1995 Dublin Davor Popović “Dvadeset prvi vijek” Bosnian 19th of 23 14
1994 Dublin Alma and Dejan “Ostani kraj mene” Bosnian 15th of 25 39
1993 Millstreet Fazla “Sva bol svijeta” Bosnian 16th of 25 27

Points for a song that went out in a semi-final are its semi-final points. Before 2004 there were no semi-finals: every song sang on the one night.

Sent more than once

The three acts Bosnia and Herzegovina has sent to more than one contest.

On air at home

The channels that carried the contest in Bosnia and Herzegovina, year by year, and who commentated where our source names them. Newest first.

  1. 2016
    • BHT 1, BHT HD, BH Radio 1 Dejan Kukrić
  2. 2013
    • BHT 1, BH Radio 1 Dejan Kukrić
  3. 2012
    • BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
  4. 2011
    • BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
  5. 2010
    • BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
  6. 2009
    • BHT 1, BH Radio 1 Dejan Kukrić
  7. 2008
    • BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
  8. 2007
    • BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
  9. 2006
    • BHT 1 Dejan Kukrić
  10. 2004
    • BHTV 1, BH Radio 1 Dejan Kukrić
    • FTV (final) Dejan Kukrić
  11. 2002
    • FTV1
  12. 1995
    • TVBiH

In our contest stories

Lines about Bosnia and Herzegovina from our story of each contest. Follow a link for the rest of that night.

  • 1993 Too many countries

    The three that came through were all republics of the former Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Slovenia.

  • 1993 The result

    Bosnia and Herzegovina was sixteenth.

  • 1996 Good luck from the prime minister

    Norway's message came from its prime minister, Gro Harlem Brundtland; Portugal's from António Guterres; Poland's from its president, and Bosnia and Herzegovina's from the head of its presidency, Alija Izetbegović.

  • 1997 A new way of being relegated

    Israel qualified and then withdrew: the date was its Holocaust Remembrance Day. Its place went to Bosnia and Herzegovina.

  • 2006 The result

    Bosnia and Herzegovina, in third, had its best result ever.

  • 2013 Thirty-nine

    Bosnia and Herzegovina and Portugal could not afford to come.

Results as published by the European Broadcasting Union. “Not in the line-up” means no song from Bosnia and Herzegovina was in that year’s contest, whatever the reason. Spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.