Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Türkvizyon Song Contest

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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Member station Hayat TV
Appearances
Appearances 3
First appearance 2013
Best result 6th: 2013
Worst result 12th: 2015

Bosnia and Herzegovina has participated in the Türkvizyon Song Contest twice since its début in 2013.[1] The Bosnian broadcaster, Hayat TV, has been the organiser of the Bosnian entry since its début in the contest. In 2013, the Bosnian entry, Ters Bosanka, qualified to the grand final, where they finished in 6th place with a score of 187 points.

History

2013

Bosnia and Herzegovina made their début in the Türkvizyon Song Contest at the 2013 contest, in Eskişehir, Turkey.[1] Hayat TV internally selected the band Emir & Frozen Camels to represent them on their debut.[2] On 19 November 2013 it was announced that the band would be singing "Ters Bosanka", the song features Mirza Šoljanin.[3] It was later announced in an interview that they would sing the Turkish version of the song at the contest called "Bosnali Kiz".[4]

At the contest Bosnia and Herzegovina performed 5th in the semi final and qualified for the final. In the final they performed 5th again and finished in 6th place with 187 points.

2014

On 10 September 2014 Bosnia and Herzegovina were confirmed again as participating in the contest in Kazan, Tatarstan.[5] On 14 October 2014 Hayat TV confirmed that they had internally selected the singer Mensur Salkić to represent them in Kazan.[6] It was announced on 25 October that Mensur would singer "Šutim" at the contest,[7] in Kazan the song was changed to "Susuyorum" an entirely Turkish version of the song.

In Kazan Bosnia and Herzegovina performed 16th in the final, they qualified for the final 13th place with 168 points. In the semi final Bosnia & Herzegovina was shown as having received 171 points which was incorrect, this changed an 11th-place finish into a tie with Yakutia and Bulgaria.[8] It was decided the day after the semi final that the top.15 countries would qualify for the final. They performed 12th in the final and finished 10th on a total of 176 points.

Contestants

Table key
  Winner
  Second place
  Third place
  Last place
Year Artist Language Title English translation Place Points Semi-final Points
2013 Emir & Frozen Camels feat. Mirza[2] Bosnian Ters Bosanka[3] Moody Bosnian girl 6 187 Qualified —
2014 Mensur Salkić Bosnian "Šutim" I am quiet 10 176 13 168
2015 Adis Škaljo [9] Bosnian "Pa šta" So what 12 153 No semi-final

See also

References

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