Bosnia and Herzegovina was represented by Mija Martina and the song "Ne brini" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The song was placed 16th out of 26th, with 27 points, in the Eurovision Song Contest itself. Mija did all of the choreography and design for how the song appeared on stage herself.
BH Eurosong 2003 was the national final organised by PBSBiH in order to select Bosnia and Herzegovina's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2003. The show took place on 1 March 2003 at the Skenderija Hall in Sarajevo, hosted by Ana Vilenica, Enis Bešlagić and Ognjen Blagojević and broadcast on BHTV 1 as well as streamed online via the broadcaster's website pbsbih.ba.
Competing entries[]
75 submissions were received by PBSBiH after the broadcaster opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries. A selection committee selected fifteen entries from the received submissions, while an additional three entries were selected from submissions by artists directly invited by PBSBiH for the competition.[1] The selected entries were announced on 31 January 2003 and among the competing artists, Amila Glamočak previously represented Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Eurovision Song Contest 1996, placing twenty-second with the song "Za našu ljubav".[2]
The final took place on 1 March 2003. Eighteen entries participated and the winner was to be selected over two rounds of public televoting, however due to a large number of votes received the televoting system failed and an eight-member back-up jury panel selected the winner over two rounds instead.[3] In the first round, the top four entries were selected to proceed to the second round, the superfinal. In the superfinal, "Ne brini" performed by Mija Martina was selected as the winner.[4] The back-up jury panel consisted of Ivica Šarić (Ministry of Culture and Sports of Sarajevo), Miša Molk (Head of Delegation for Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest), Alma Čardžić (1994 and 1997 Bosnian Eurovision entrant), Goran Janković (artist), Sabahudin Kurt (1964 Yugoslav Eurovision entrant), Dragan Džidić (Melodije Mostara director), Maja Tatić (2002 Bosnian Eurovision entrant) and Nermin Puškar (musician). In addition to the performances of the competing entries, the show featured a guest performance by 1999 Bosnian Eurovision entrantDino Merlin.[5]
On the night of the contest Mija Martina performed 6th, following Malta and preceding Portugal. Due to the televoting failure at national final, Bosnia and Herzegovina opted not to use televoting at Eurovision and instead it used the votes of a jury.[6]
At the end of the voting, Bosnia and Herzegovina received 27 points from 3 countries, placing 16th out of 26 entries.[7] As Bosnia and Herzegovina did not reach the top 11 in the final, the country was forced to compete in the semi-final of the 2004 Contest.
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